Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Various
Worker Type: Offsite Worker
Salary: Starting Salary £36,363 (Level one) rising to £39,152 (Level four) pro rata for part-time – pay award pending.
Location: Enviroenergy, Nottingham City Council, 12 London Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 3AB.
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce – perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you – people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
About The Role
Nottingham City Council is seeking an experienced Senior Service Technician to support the operation and maintenance of the district heating network and associated infrastructure across the city.
This is a hands‑on role undertaking both planned and reactive maintenance on key assets including pipework, pumps, valves, meters, boilers and CHP plant, ensuring the safe and reliable delivery of heat services to customers.
Qualifications & Experience
- A Level 3 Engineering Fitter Apprenticeship, a City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Engineering Construction – Fabrication Pipefitting, or similar, and/or significant relevant professional experience.
- Demonstratable experience with pumps, valves, heat exchangers, system balancing and pipework behaviour (e.g., airlocks and flow restrictions).
- Working knowledge of fault‑finding methods and repair of heating systems and mechanical components or assemblies.
- The ability to communicate effectively with engineers, customers, contractors and residents.
- Fluent English – required under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) for public sector workers.
- DBS check required.
- Participation in the on‑call rota.
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) plus bank holidays, with the ability to buy additional leave annually.
- Access to a generous defined‑benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%.
- Smart Working – support for work‑life balance.
- Health and wellbeing benefits including the Employee Assistance Programme.
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and more.
Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from minority ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled – these groups are under‑represented in our workforce and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage you to discuss this during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
Application Process
Closing Date: 31/07/2026 (advert may close earlier).
Interviews will be held: July 2026.
For informal enquiries please contact Robert Aston, Senior District Heating Network Engineer, by email at robert.aston@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support.
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