Job Description

Salary
34,893 - 41,050 / 29,079- 34,210(dependent on experience)
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Location
Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Location description
This role is based at Lerwick Lifeboat Station
Interview date
Week commencing 29 September 2025
Closing Date
21-09-2025
Reference
20090
Documents
Senior Station Technician (Level 4).docx
(Word, 292.75kb)

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 Lerwick Lifeboat Station for a Station Technician/Senior Station Technician to join the team. This would suit someone whose mechanical expertise, resilience, leadership, and management skills are just as strong as their ability to keep Thurso Lifeboat in perfect operational order.

Some of the benefits

Senior Station Technician From 34,893 (dependent on experience) Station Technician From 29,079 (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 is not held then suitable individuals may be offered a Station Technician role in lieu.



In either role most of your time will be spent ensuring that the Severn Class All Weather lifeboat is kept in the best possible condition. You will also ensure that the Lifeboat Station functions on a day-to-day basis. You will be involved in training volunteer crew members - so that when an emergency shout does occur, you, your crew, and your lifeboat will be absolutely prepared.

Your role will include:

Inspiring and motivating your team; supporting their development, conducting shore-based training, identifying ways they can improve and imparting your valuable knowledge. Meeting and talking to the general public about your station's 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 records are maintained and working with the Operations Team.

About you

You will 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.



You will be someone who already holds or is willing and able to work towards the required qualifications and competencies for this role. If you don't have everything mentioned in the job spec, please still apply, we are keen to hear how your previous experience could fit with this role in the RNLI. Attitude and willingness to progress and learn are most important.



You will be personally motivated, prepared to work in isolation and as part of a team, keen to solve problems, drive your own development and support others to develop. You will have high quality interpersonal skills and the ability to build open and inclusive relationships. You will take pride in your work and be willing to ask for and receive feedback.



To be considered for the role of Station Technician/Senior Station Technician at Thurso Lifeboat Station you will need:


Knowledge and experience of the operation, maintenance, and repair of marine diesel engines. An engineering background and mindset is essential. To demonstrate leadership and management qualities, and the ability to motivate and maximise people's potential. The potential to be a passed-out as a RNLI ALB Afloat Mechanic. Experience of fulfilling a Lifeboat Mechanic role or equivalent, with the capacity and willingness to develop skills in other areas of seagoing duties.

Maritime mechanical skills are not an absolute necessity, if you've 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 Thurso, 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.

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.