Lead Tooling & Automation Engineer

We are recruiting for a full time Lead Tooling & Automation Engineer (Halo Platform), on a permanent basis.

Your passion has never had a greater purpose

Here at SEPA, we’re connected by a passion that drives us to be purposeful in every action we take - to protect our environment. Through our expertise, we lead projects that make a difference for Scotland, and our workplaces are grounded in respect for that expertise.

That’s why, when you join us as Lead Tooling & Automation Engineer, you’ll discover enriching benefits, meaningful support, and opportunities to learn every day. That’s what it means to be Passionately Purposeful - for our environment, and for your career.

Work that goes beyond your desk

Experts at what we do, we work in a professional way towards our shared goals, knowing the work we do makes a genuine, lasting difference on the environment. As Lead Tooling & Automation Engineer, that involves:

• Act as the technical lead and subject matter expert for the Halo platform.
• Own the development roadmap and future direction of Halo across the organisation.
• Design and implement automation, workflows, service catalogues and business processes.
• Lead the design and delivery of integrations between Halo and corporate systems.
• Work directly with stakeholders across the business to identify opportunities for automation and service improvement.
• Develop reporting, dashboards and management information to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Ensure platform governance, resilience, security align with SEPA and government frameworks.
• Provide technical leadership on platform enhancements, upgrades and future adoption.
• Support the expansion of Halo into additional business functions and service areas.

Respect for your expertise

This is a highly important role within our Finance, Modernisation & Digital portfolio, which means you’ll need:

• Experience administering, configuring and developing HaloITSM or a comparable enterprise platform.
• Experience acting as the technical lead, platform lead, or senior specialist for a business-critical application.
• Experience designing and implementing business process automation and workflow improvements ,delivering and supporting system integrations using APIs and related technologies.
• Experience of building relationships working directly with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Experience of leadership in shaping and articulating complex or ambiguous technical problems to enable effective solution design and informed decision-making

Please open the link to the Digital Lead role profile link which outlines the core responsibilities and expectations of the role within a defined activity family. Please note the role profile name may be different to the job title being advertised.

Support that goes beyond the workplace

We’re cultivating a workplace that supports not only your passion and your professional lives, but your personal life. So, you’ll find benefits that make a difference at work and at home. Such as:

• Hybrid and Flexible working opportunities
• Up to 35 days annual leave and 7 additional public holidays each year (pro rata)
• Paid time off to support your Wellbeing and enable you to Volunteer in your community
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Progressive Family Friendly policies
• Training & development to enable colleagues to improve their skills, competencies and knowledge to perform at their best.

Plus, many more lifestyle benefits such as 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform, credit union facilities and access to a Cycle to Work Scheme.

Passionately you. Purposefully supportive

SEPA is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and good relations in everything it does - as a community leader, as a provider and commissioner of services, and as an employer.

Passionately Purposeful about Scotland’s environment - and your career.

Protecting our environment, promoting our work, and supporting our people, working at SEPA means being part of an organisation that’s grounded in respect for your expertise - and your wellbeing. So you can be your best, and make the biggest impact.

We recruit solely based on merit. Our shortlisting process is conducted on an anonymous basis.

We support flexible working arrangements to help you maintain a healthy balance between career and homelife. This includes working part time, reduced hours, job sharing, working remotely. As a flexible first employer we are open to having conversations about flexible working arrangements that work for you and SEPA from day 1 of your employment with us.

We are proud to be a 'Disability Confident' employer and will work to identify and implement reasonable adjustments and equipment to support you in the role that you do.

Applicants with a visual impairment can request job descriptions and application forms in Braille, large print or on tape.

For the security and wellbeing of our colleagues, successful candidates will undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) pre-employment checks including a level one Disclosure Scotland check.

If you have questions or need any assistance with the recruitment process please contact SEPA’s Recruitment Team at recruitment@sepa.org.uk