Job Description

Salary
334,893 - 341,050 / 329,079 - 334,210 (dependent on experience)
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Location
Kilkeel, Co Down, Northern Ireland
Location description
This role is based at Kilkeel Lifeboat Station.
Closing Date
11-05-2025
Reference
19487
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About us
Our purpose is simple: to save lives at sea. 24 hours a day, every day, RNLI lifesavers are ready to launch to the rescue.
There is an opportunity at Kilkeel Lifeboat Station for a Senior Station Technician to join the team. This role would be suitable for someone whose resilience, leadership, and management skills are just as strong as their ability to keep Kilkeel's Lifeboat in perfect operational order.
Some of the benefits

• Senior Station Technician 334,893 - 341,050 (dependent on experience)
• Station Technician 329,079 - 334,210 (dependent on experience)
• 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
• Life assurance
• Health and dental cash plan

Your role
The role of Senior Station Technician is focused for those individuals with an NVQ L4/SVQ L5 in an engineering discipline or time served engineering apprenticeship or sound background and experience in mechanical electrical or electronic engineering.
If these qualifications or experience are not held then suitable individuals may be offered a Station Technician role in lieu.
As a Station Technician, most of your time will be utilised ensuring that the Shannon class ALB and it's equipment work to the highest order, ensuring that the Lifeboat Station is well managed, and assist training volunteer crew members - so that when an emergency shout does occur, you, your crew and your lifeboat will be absolutely prepared.
You will not be the sole individual responsible for the lifeboat and its equipment. Our existing mechanic volunteers are there to support you, your training and maintenance activity. The wider lifeboat staff and volunteers will be there to welcome and support you in all other aspects of the role.
Your role will include:

• Inspiring and motivating your team; managing their progress by leading them on seagoing exercises, conducting shore-based training, identifying ways they can improve and imparting your valuable knowledge
• Meeting and talking to the general public about your stations work
• Taking a lead on Quality, Safety, Health, and Environment issues, helping to develop a positive culture within the station
• Spending time in the day to day running of the Lifeboat Station; this may be in the form of answering e-mails, ensuring maintenance records are maintained or updating the stations monthly assurance report.

About you
Youll have the ability to build effective relationships with volunteers at the lifeboat station, the supporters locally and RNLI staff beyond, while acting as an ambassador for the station and the RNLI within the community.
To be considered for the role of Technician at Kilkeel Lifeboat Station you will need:

• To be a passed-out RNLI ALB Mechanic or relevant experience to achieve competence in a timely manner.
• To demonstrate leadership and management qualities, and the ability to motivate and maximise peoples potential.
• Experience of fulfilling a Lifeboat Technician role or equivalent, with the capacity and willingness to develop skills in other areas of seagoing duties.
• Knowledge and experience of the operation, maintenance and repair of marine diesels would be desirable, an engineering background and mindset is essential.

This is an emergency response role so the successful candidates would need to live within a reasonable distance from the station and be prepared to respond to a pager 24/7 whilst on duty.
Maritime mechanical skills are not an absolute necessity, if youve worked on cars, HGV, agricultural, plant or generators we can train to adapt your existing skills to suit our equipment.
So, if you are ready for your next exciting challenge as our new Station Technician at Kilkeel, and if you consider yourself to be, someone who is a natural leader, who can inspire and motivate a team of dedicated people then please apply via the button shown.
Safeguarding
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a persons health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).
Diversity at the RNLI
Our staff and volunteers have been saving lives at sea without prejudice for 200 years. We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams, and consider it essential to help us deliver a world-class lifesaving service. We are an inclusive organisation and welcome applications from everyone. In addition to having the skills needed for the role, we also look for applicants who share our commitment to living our RNLI values (trustworthy, courageous, selfless, and dependable), and helping us work towards Our Vision: To save Every One.