Vacancy for Executive Engineer (Electrical Engineering)

Official Gazette item 1895 from the Famagusta District Local Government Organisation concerns one permanent, first-appointment Executive Engineer (Electrical Engineering) post. The postholder organises and supervises electrical, electronic and/or mechanical works and systems; supports the operation and maintenance of infrastructure, wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, water tanks and waste-management systems; and coordinates works performed under contract. Duties include preparing studies, drawings, quantity schedules, estimates and tender documents; evaluating bids and preparing reports; and arranging equipment purchase, installation, maintenance and repair. The postholder also prepares maintenance programmes and material schedules, checks material and equipment quality, reports on system operation and future expansion, prepares strategies and information for seeking EU funds, applies relevant legislation, supervises, guides and trains junior technical staff, and provides information to the public. The role includes maintaining inspection and maintenance registers and technical-document records, and resolving problems involving communications and connections of computerised and telecommunications-telemetry equipment.

Applicants need a university diploma or degree, or equivalent qualification, in Electrical Engineering (a postgraduate qualification is included), registration with ETEK in the relevant engineering branch, integrity, administrative and organisational ability, responsibility, initiative and sound judgement, and very good Greek and English, French or German. Language proficiency must be evidenced by accepted proof or examination by the application deadline. For applicants whose mother tongue is not Greek, who lack a Greek secondary-school leaving certificate and who chose to belong to the Greek Community under Article 2.3 of the Constitution, good Greek is sufficient if they have excellent English. A relevant postgraduate qualification following at least one academic year of study and/or at least two years of relevant experience is an advantage. Applicants must be citizens of the Republic of Cyprus or an EU Member State; exceptionally, a fixed-term contract may be made with a non-citizen only in a special case that cannot be met by a Cypriot or EU citizen and subject to other applicable laws. Applicants must be at least 17 and have fulfilled or been lawfully exempted from military obligations; must not have a conviction for a serious offence involving dishonesty or moral turpitude, or a prior dismissal or termination for disciplinary misconduct from the public service, a service of the Republic or a public-law organisation; and must be medically certified as fit following an examination that includes a chest X-ray. Qualifications and other appointment conditions must be met by the application deadline. Applicants covered by the 2009 and 2018 Laws on the Recruitment of Persons with Disabilities in the Wider Public Sector (Special Provisions) are asked to declare this; original certificates from treating doctors may be requested later.