Medical & Dental Servicing Section Technician (MDSS)
Defence Electronics & Components Agency
Vacancy Reference Number: 222953
Closing Date: 11:55 pm on Friday 29th July 2022
Salary: £25,826 – £31,569
Grade: Executive Officer D
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Commercial Directorate – Managed Services
Type of role: Engineering Other
Working pattern: Full-time
Number of posts: 1
Medical & Dental Servicing Section Aldershot, MDSS – Building DCO 002, Wavell Barracks, Evelyn Woods Road, Aldershot, Hants, GU11 2LS
About the job
Summary
• Inspection, installation, servicing and repair of various types of Medical, Dental & Veterinary equipment held by MoD customer units.
• Plan scheduled equipment programs for the MDSS team including liaison with customer.
• Diagnosis of faults to major component level and specification testing of all Medical & Dental equipment (both Mechanical and Electronic) using MoD publications and Manufacturers manuals.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. Monday – Thursday 8:00 – 16:30, Friday 8:00 – 13:00.
Job description
• Monitor MDSS performance against customer contractual targets.
• To ensure that all Medical and Dental equipment under the responsibility of DECA is maintained to the correct standard i.a.w. JSP 473
• Maintaining and raising all the necessary maintenance and performance records as required in accordance with MoD publications. These consist of both manual and computer records for all work carried out on Medical & Dental equipment; including spares & defect reporting.
• Co-ordinate the provision of spares with MDSS customer and equipment OEM’s.
• Ensure MDSS monthly data is completed and Work in Progress is minimised.
• To ensure compliance with all relevant DECA policies, health, safety and environmental legislation.
• Be responsible for the investigation, completion and maintenance of all associated assessments, inspections and checks.
• To promptly report serious problems and issues that will prevent any maintenance from being completed at the required time to the MDSS Production Manager.
• Create and maintain a positive culture by raising the profile of DECA (Med & Dent) to other DECA employees, customers and contractors.
• Feeding of information back into the Medical & Dental Management Information System
• You will be required to make on the spot engineering decisions on equipment’s, including withdrawal from use where patient or user safety is concerned.
• Scrutiny of relevant safety bulletins and hazard warnings.
• Safety is a primary consideration and work of high integrity is paramount
• Most work is carried out at the customer’s site, so you will be required to hold a full UK driving licence and maintain a high level of driving competence at all times when driving a DECA vehicle
Responsibilities
2. Read, interpret and understand engineering data, drawings and Air Publications.
3. Provide other engineers with support and solutions for manufacturing issues.
4. Carry out job surveys for Customer Services, consisting of capability of carrying out the task, required material quantities and specifications, spares and consumables, timescales and tooling.
5. Certify that tasks are carried out in accordance with work instructions.
6. Maintain and store correctly and safely materials including metal, spares and POL.
7. Undertake further specialised and mandatory training to fulfil role.
8. Understand the importance of Compliance in Aviation Engineering.
9. Ensure all work undertaken follows the quality and organisational procedures as defined in the DECA business system documentation and complies with all statutory COSHH, occupational health and safety, and environmental protection instructions.This position is advertised at 37 hours per week
Benefits
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• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension and significant employer pension contributions
• 26.5 days holiday per annum rising to 31.5 days after 5 years’ service excluding Bank Holidays
• Cycle to work SchemeThings you need to know
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.Candidates will be required to complete a:• CV
• Application formApplication
At application you will be assessed against the following:
• Technical
• Strengths
• AbilityApplication sifting is scheduled to take place on week commencing 1st August 2022. If successful you will be invited to interview.
Interview
The interview will last between 45 – 60 minutes.
Interviews are planned for week commencing 15th August 2022. A minimum of 5 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews. We endeavour to stick to these dates, but these are subject to change around business needs.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.Apply and further information
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name :Iain Dale
- Email :Iain.Dale@deca.co.uk
Recruitment team :
- Email :John.Evans@deca.mod.uk
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Skills and Experiences
• Recognised and relevant training/qualifications in an Electronic & Electronic Engineering or Military equivalent
• Full Clean UK driving licence
• MoD biomedical engineering certificate as required by JSP 473 or will agree to attend a 12 week residential course (currently MoD Lyneham) prior to starting in the post.
Desirable:
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. (Word, Excel etc.).
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Developing Self and Others
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Hand skills
- Fault Diagnosis
- Working as a Team
- Working autonomously
- Working at pace
