Higher Computer Aided Surveyor / 3D Specialist
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Job Title: Higher Computer Aided Surveyor / 3D Specialist
Salary: The starting salary is £51,637, which includes allowances totalling £2,841.
The salary is broken down as £48,796 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £52,730. Plus, a location allowance of £1,841 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: London
Your skills matter. Join the Met Police as a survey and laser scanning specialist and apply them to a new challenge.
As a Higher Computer Aided Surveyor and 3D professional, you’ll join our Computer Aided Modelling Bureau (CAMB), using your abilities to help us bring offenders to account and deliver justice. If you want to help keep London safe – and use the latest geomatics tech – join us.
Computer Aided Modelling Bureau
The Computer Aided Modelling Bureau (CAMB) are part of a dedicated operational support section within the Met’s Property Services department providing measured land and building information for crime scenes and operational policing. We carry out high definition 3D laser scan surveys and provide CAD drawings and detailed 3D models. We map the scene and provide precise measurements and spatial information.
The role
This is an exciting opportunity based at the heart of the Met. Your task? To provide accurate measured surveys and 3D data for police investigations. You’ll be joining a small team of specialists who use their geomatics and CAD expertise to produce spatial information, digital drawings and 3D models for police operations. Together, you’ll be supporting cases going to court and operational police teams seeking justice for our communities.
We’re looking for a capable survey, reality capture, AEC or CAD professional with an eye for the detail, who knows how to make the best use of geomatics technology and apply best practice. People skills will be essential too - day to day you’ll be working with police officers, staff and other experts to support operational policing, providing you with the scope to determine requirements, coordinate contractors and oversee a project to completion.
The role involves attending scenes and other locations using CAMB’s technical response vehicles to capture and process measured survey and laser scan data. You’ll be producing accurate drawings and point cloud models for analysis and presentation of scenes of crime, so you’ll need to be prepared to view disturbing material and explain your work at court if required.
With a can-do attitude, bags of initiative and hands-on technical skills, you’ll also be keen to explore the latest advances in 3D modelling, CAD, laser scanning and photogrammetry and help us develop innovative solutions.
Plus with your knowledge and experience of working within the built environment industry, you’ll also help us manage the Met’s extensive property portfolio.
Finally, you must hold a full driving licence and be confident to drive work vehicles in central London, ready to work out of hours if required, and to participate in an on-call rota.
It’s your opportunity to join a unique team and use your skills to support police operations and investigations.
Besides the rewarding nature of the job itself, a competitive salary and a Civil Service pension, you'll benefit from excellent career and professional development.
You should have:
- A background in measured survey (or an AEC, CAD or engineering/metrology related industry) with an understanding of survey principles and a range of practical experience.
- An appropriate qualification in a survey/geomatics, engineering or CAD related discipline, with knowledge/experience of the built environment.
- Competence in using CAD software (such as AutoCAD, BricsCAD or Rhinoceros 3D etc.)
- Experience of processing laser scan data (e.g. registration/editing/cleaning/QA) and of deriving accurate as-built CAD detail from modern survey datasets - producing floor plan layouts, topographic site plans, sections and elevations.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, with a strong team ethos.
- Enthusiasm and pro-activity, with a can-do approach to problem solving.
- A high level of personal responsibility, professionalism and integrity, capable of providing service excellence for the public and our communities.
- Commitment to improving measurement, digital data and information quality within policing.
- A strong focus on health and safety, operating professionally to ensure safe working practices.
- Willingness to work flexibly in an operational context, at short notice or out of hours when required, and to participate in an on-call rota responding to urgent requests if needed.
- Full driving license.
Application Form Questions:
Competency - We take ownership
- Please provide an example of when you have taken ownership of a problem, challenge or issue. You should evidence your answer by using a specific example drawn from your own experience. Include what action you took to resolve the situation and how your actions positively impacted the outcome.
Competency in taking ownership is referred to within the Competency Values Framework (CVF) information provided and may help you prepare your application.
Value - Professionalism
- Please provide an example demonstrating when and how you have acted with high standards of professionalism. You should evidence your answer by using a specific example drawn from your own experience.
Professionalism is referred to within the Competency Values Framework (CVF) information provided and may help you prepare your application
Value - Integrity
- Please provide an example demonstrating how you ensure you act with integrity, and how you have gained and maintained the trust of colleagues, clients and stakeholders or partners? You should evidence your answer by using a specific example drawn from your own experience.
Integrity is referred to within the Competency Values Framework (CVF) information provided and may help you prepare your application.
Tips to remember when answering these questions:
Candidates should carefully choose their best examples.
The “SOAR” model has been recognised as an effective way of structuring an example:
S = Situation
Identify a specific example, not a general theme
O = Objective
Explain what you were trying to achieve
A = Action
Explain what you did (what actions you took). Explain how you did it. This should make up the major part of your example and this is where you should seek to demonstrate the broader performance dimensions from the Competency Values Framework (CVF)
R = Result
Explain what the outcome was. Were your objectives achieved? How do you know it was due to your actions?
Vetting
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post; with a willingness to undergo Developed Vetting (DV) once in post, if required.
Additionally, this material is of particular sensitivity to the UK and its distribution must be restricted to UK nationals. In approved circumstances dual nationals (of which one element is British) may also be granted access. However, in the event that potential conflicts of interest cannot be managed the post holder will not be able to see the intelligence material and will not be able to perform their duties. For the purpose of safeguarding national security and in line with Cabinet Office Policy, supported by Section 82(2) to (4) of the Police Reform Act (2002), applicants who do not hold or acquire Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) OR Developed Vetting (DV) clearance and meet the nationality requirements cannot be offered the post.
How to apply
Click the apply now button below and start your career at the Met. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement, and online application form. Your personal statement should outline why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role. (NB. Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV).
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 21st October 2024.
- We take ownership at level 3
- Professionalism
- Integrity
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