A Shift Charge Engineer is mainly deployed on assisting a Chief Engineer/Senior Engineer in supervising the operation and maintenance of engineering plants in hospital, workshops, sewage treatment facilities or other engineering plants in the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department or in other departments. [ Successful candidates may be posted to other departments and may be required:

• (a)to work irregular hours/in remote areas/in hars[h conditions;
• (b)to perform shift duty/stand-by duty/on call duty/emergency duty;
• (c)to wear uniform/protective clothing;
• (d)to carry pager/mobile phone;
• (e)to work with computer; and
• (f)to perform any other duties as specified from time to time. Successful candidates may also be required to perform self-drive duty (training will be provided where necessary) on a voluntary basis.]

Candidates should have

• (a)Corporate Membership of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (Electrical or Mechanical Discipline) elected after 5 December 1975, or equivalent;
• (b)at least five years' relevant experience of which two years must be in a responsible position on the management, control and operation of the electrical and/or mechanical aspects of plant(s)/workshop(s), including the preparation and implementation of efficient and economic operational/maintenance procedures and the compliance with the safety precautionary measures; and
• (c)met the language proficiency requirements of 'Level 1' results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), or equivalent [See Notes
• (1)& (2)].