Vacancy Details
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Senior Foreman
Reference No. Circular No. HR/MEEC 17/2026
Public Service Employees
Indefinite
Technical and Industrial Published Date: 17/04/2026 11:00Closing Date: 04/05/2026 17:15
Vacancy Brief Description
1. The Director General (Operations) on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Public Cleanliness invites applications for the post of Senior Foreman in the Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Public Cleanliness.
Salary
2.1 This appointment is subject to a probationary /trial period of twelve (12) months.
2.2 During the probationary/trial period, appointees must successfuly complete appropriate induction programmes organised by the Institute for the Public Services to be eligible for confirmation of appointment.
2.3 The salary for the post of Senior Foreman is Salary Scale 10, which in the year 2026 is equivalent to, €27,055.98 per annum, rising by annual increments of €407.67 up to a maximum of €29,502.00.
2.4 Appointees will be entitled to the payment of an annual class alowance of €1,500.
a. Appointees wil also be entitled to such other benefits and such other conditions and obligations as stipulated in the Industrial and Supervisory Grades Agreement
2.5 In terms of the requirements emanating from Directive 16, regarding the “Governing Framework for Preventing and Managing Conflicts of Interest in the Public Administration”, issued by the Principal Permanent Secretary on 27th November 2023 and which came into force on 1st February 2024, the Selection Board will assess candidates’ previous employments to assess potential conflicts of interest. In this respect, candidates are to provide a completely updated CV, including qualifications and employment history with their application. Any potential conflict of interest matters noted will be reported to the respective Permanent Secretary, to ensure that should the candidate be recruited, such conflicts of interest would be appropriately managed.
Moreover, selected candidates are to report any known actual, potential or apparent conflicts of interest prior to accepting an appointment, through the prescribed Declaration available at Appendix 1 to Directive 16 (available here).
Duties
3. The job duties for the post of Senior Foreman may be viewed in Annex A attached to this Circular.
Eligibility
4.1 By the closing time and date of this call for applications, applicants must be Public Officers in the Malta Public Service or Public Officers in the Malta Public Service on loan/detailed with/deployed with/on attachment to Public Sector organizations.
(i) able to communicate in the Maltese and English languages in order to sufficiently and adequately carry out the duties applied for;
AND
Public officers must be confirmed in their current appointment or in their previous appointment within the same stream, provided al other eligibility requirements are satisfied. Such public officers must be in, or have held, the grade of:
(ii) Foreman;
(iii) Assistant Foreman (in Salary Scale 12) with not less than five (5) years' service in the grade of Assistant Foreman (in Salary Scale 12) or who are in possession of an appropriate qualification.
Public officers may apply for a lower grade even if not confirmed in their current appointment.
4.2 Public Officers holding a grade in a particular stream, and who were granted Officer in Scale status by virtue of a Grievances Unit decision in the same scale as that of a higher grade in that stream, are eligible to apply for grades open to officers holding such higher grade within the stream that carries the same scale as that of the Officer in Scale status.
The years of service since the effective date of appointment as Officer in Scale are reckonable for the purpose of satisfying any requisite years of service stipulated in calls for applications.
Any other eligibility requisites for the post must be met in terms of this call for applications.
4.3 Public officers who currently hold an appointment as Officer in Grade are considered on a personal basis to pertain to the Class/Stream of their immediately previous substantive grade, and may apply on the basis of their current scale as Officer in Grade, which must be equivalent to, or higher than, the requisite eligibility level required by this call for applications.
The years of service since the effective date of appointment as Officer in Grade are reckonable for the purpose of satisfying any requisite years of “service in the grade” as stipulated in calls for applications.
Any other eligibility requisites for the post/position must be met in terms of this call for applications.
Ministry / Department Details
Ministry / Department : | Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Public Cleanliness |
Contact Persons : | Ms Gianella Lia- Manager II |
Address : | 6, Qormi Road, Sta Venera, SVR 1302 |
Telephone : | 20953131 |
Email address : | [email protected] |
Note
- In case of conflict in interpretation of any part/s of a call for applications, the final interpretation should be that of the published Maltese version of the call for applications.