Contract Type : Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Off-site Worker
Salary: £33,945 (Level one) rising to £36,648 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Location: Humber Building, Eastcroft Depot, London Road, Nottingham, NG2 3AH
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. So, 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.
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About the Role
The post holder will be working for Nottingham City Council’s Enviroenergy department as a Senior Service Technician on the Nottingham District Heating Network and National client properties as and when required. The post holder will be required to undertake high quality mechanical work, HIU installations or associated infrastructure works of a specialist nature on a local and national basis. The role predominantly supports our local district heating customer base but may also include works on the national domestic properties within our portfolio of clients. The post holder will have a varied and exciting role, servicing and maintaining Heat Interface Units (HIU’s), installing radiators, fault diagnosis and repair on high pressure heating systems and being involved in installing our own in-house decentralised energy payment metering solution the EE Monitor, commissioning of these and undertaking all other installation works, this could be fitting a router, installing a data logger solution, or installing a heat meter on site and any other associated works as required. The post holder will be required to undertake work on the prepayment metering upgrade project for 5000 domestic properties in the City and the continual works that are required across the portfolio. The work will involve delivering services to residents that have a high-pressure district heating supply, this could be repairing a HIU fault, replacing faulty valves and a host of other issues that may arise as part of a district heating system. Although the post is predominantly looking after our Nottingham district heating network customers, the post holder may be required to travel across the UK to complete works as and when required, with some overnights stays required for ongoing contracts. Nottingham City Council Enviroenergy are an innovative forward-thinking team, the post holder will be heavily involved in the development and delivery of new solutions to the decentralised energy market.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
1. A minimum of a Level 3 qualification in Mechanical bias (Qualification is required to the role)
2. Thorough knowledge of safety procedures and legal regulations and guidelines
3. Ability to read and understand technical diagrams and blueprints
4. Experience of working in a customer facing environment
5. Ability to perform acceptance testing on mechanical/electrical products and complete the necessary quality sign off documentation
6. Hold a full current driving licence
7. Energy industry experience is essential
The role requires you to participate in the on call rota.
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At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact David Nicoll, Customer Service & Transformation Manager, by telephone on 07548 159143 or by email at
Closing Date: 15/11/2024
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
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