Engineering Technician
| Posting date: | 10 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £23,565.40 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2026 |
| Location: | Chesterfield, Derbyshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Chesterfield Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | CBC26019 |
Summary
Salary details: £23,565.40 to £25,570.54 per year
Job term: permanent
Appointment type: part time
Hours: 30 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Location: Town Hall
Department: Corporate Property
Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.
Do you have an interest in ensuring Chesterfield Borough Council provides the best environment for its residents, businesses and visitors? Are you passionate about delivering first class customer service, experience, and ensuring resilient operations within a commercial property portfolio that includes but is not limited to leisure centres, commercial lets, office units, theatres, and shopping complexes, and residential?
Look no further as we are seeking a dedicated individual to join our team and contribute to the efficient delivery of first-class corporate facilities maintenance services.
As an engineering technician you will principally support the corporate property engineering and maintenance team in delivering excellent external public spaces, delivering maintenance service, as well as developing, delivering, and overseeing repairs and maintenance of our Council’s open car parks, footways, paved areas commercial property portfolio. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring that our estate facilities are well maintained and operate safely.
This is a diverse role in a busy team, and the applicant will need to have broad experience or a desire to learn and grow. You must be able to manage multiple requests for support and workstreams delivering support for residents, businesses and visitors, you will be proficient in report creation, organising inspection schedules and following up actions, especially repairs and planned maintenance.
You will need to be a driven self-starter, organise your own workload and have excellent communication skills with customers and within the team. If you’re ready to take on a rewarding challenge and contribute to the efficient management of our Council’s commercial property portfolio, we want to hear from you!
Apply now and be part of our dynamic team.
For a discussion about this post please contact Matt Godber or Nic Evans via email matthew.godber@chesterfield.gov.uk / nic.evans@chesterfield.gov.uk or for further information, please view the job description above.
How to apply
Interested candidates should initially apply with their CV and a covering letter stating the job title, and clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role. Please send it to hrjobs@chesterfield.gov.uk no later than the closing date shown below.
If you don't already have a CV you can use our template below. We also have advice about how to write your cover letter.
Closing date: 3 May 2026
Provisional interview date: to be confirmed
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