A Senior Executive Technician is the fourth tier within the five grade Local Authority Technician grouping, which ranges from the entry grade of Technician Grade 2 up to the post of Chief Technician. Technicians work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within one of the previously outlined Local Authority Directorates to deliver a wide variety of key local authority services. These include social housing; transportation infrastructure; environmental protection; water, wastewater, & solid waste, recreation and amenity provision and community development. Local Authorities also play a key role in supporting economic development and enterprise promotion at local level. The Council employs several different disciplines of Technicians including civil/structural, environmental and architectural/building.
This competition relates to Architectural Technicians. Technicians can be based in various locations throughout the organisation including the headquarters in Tullamore or Municipal District offices situated in strategic locations through the county. A Senior Executive Technician will from time to time be required to deputise for more senior personnel and must be willing to take on this challenge.
The Senior Executive Technician Architectural will be part of an in-house design and project management team working primarily on social housing but, from time to time may work on civic/council buildings, public realm works and conservation works. This is a challenging opportunity for interested applicants seeking to be part of an expanding local authority with a clear objective to develop its social housing infrastructure, civic/council building programme, public realm works, conservation and repair of its civic and historic buildings and structures. The successful candidate will join an established architectural team seeking to expand its range and depth of work. They will undertake and manage detailed design and production information over a range of Architectural projects, ensuring that design work is in accordance with best practice and current Building Regulations. The Senior Executive Technician will provide technical leadership to the technicians within the section, and provide technical advice as required
Further Information can be found in the Candidate Booklet