National Agreements

Enquiries from employers about the application, interpretation or implementation of the Agreement may be made to any member of the BESA Employment Affairs and Skills Department team, email: employmentaffairs@thebesa.com; or telephone any of the Department's Employee Relations Advisers.

Alternatively, individual employees may be advised by their employer to contact the appropriate Unite trade union official, whose details can be found at Appendix J of the Agreement.

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BESA National Agreement Handbook

Environmental Engineering Industry (EEI) Staff Salary Agreement

The Environmental Engineering Industry (EEI) Staff Salary Agreement applies to: technical/managerial; supervisory; administrative and clerical staff; and student engineers.

The parties to this Agreement are BESA and the Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA) on behalf of the employers, and the Staff Association EESA, on behalf of the staff.

The centrepiece of the Agreement is a straightforward-to-use, free-from-bureaucracy job evaluation scheme.  The scheme is a recognised method of assisting employers put in place a grading and pay structure for their staff employees which is fair, equitable and rational – whether or not they use the EEI Agreement.

The salary structure of the Agreement sits neatly against the grades that emerge from applying the job evaluation scheme.

The salaries set out in the Agreement are objectively and quantifiably linked to the salary levels which independent research shows are paid in the marketplace.

Two salaries are given for each grade:

1. a grade minimum salary for the evaluated grade for an individual employee’s job description; and
2. a guide salary for a fully competent employee  which is intended to be an indicator of the salary paid to an employee who is consistently meeting the full requirements of the job.  The Parties to the Agreement recognise that the Agreement confers no prescriptive or contractual entitlement to a salary at this level and actual salaries will be assessed by employers taking account of all relevant factors.

Pay progression between the grade minimum salary and the guide salary for a fully competent employee is performance-based using a formal personnel appraisal method developed and implemented in accordance with the guidance in the Joint Guidance Note contained in the Staff Salary Handbook of Agreements.        

The Staff Salary Agreement is available for members to download. Enquiries from employers about the application, interpretation or implementation of the Agreement may be made to any member of the BESA Employment Affairs and Skills team.

Enquiries from employers about the application, interpretation or implementation of the Agreement may be made to any member of the BESA Employment Affairs and Skills Department team, email: employmentaffairs@thebesa.com; or telephone any of the Department's Employee Relations and Skills Advisers.

Alternatively, individual employees may be advised by their employer to contact the appropriate EESA official.

Environmental Engineering Industry: Handbook of Agreements

Environmental Engineering Industry: Job Evaluation / Grading Scheme