Parking Engineer

Job description

Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week, on a shift rota from 6am to 11pm over 7 days per week,

Worker Type: Mobile

Salary: Starting Salary is £33,673 (Level one) rising to £36,581 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Trinity Square car park, North Church Street, Nottingham, NG1 4AF

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.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

To provide an effective and efficient repairs and maintenance service across all the city council and its external contracts of parking buildings, premises stock and equipment operated both on and off street.

Work closely with the Service Manager and Operations Manager to provide and maintain a mobile repairs and maintenance service from a central location, responding to the needs at multiple locations to ensure ongoing continuity of service.

There are 2 posts available, successful applicants will need to be flexible, working a shift/rota over 7 days each week between the hours of 6am to 11pm.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• An NVQ in a related area or willingness and ability to attend training to attain this, must attend and pass courses provided by external suppliers of parking equipment
• To undertake a key role in supporting the operational management of Parking Services, ensuring that the team delivers all repairs/maintenance either adhoc or through a planned maintenance programme.
• To be provide technical support within the service to ensure parking operations smooth running and operation.
• Experience / working knowledge of health and safety legislation and regulations and their application to highways activities.
• Tact and diplomacy in all interpersonal relationships with the public and colleagues.
• The role requires you to participate in the on call rota.

You can find the job description for this post here.

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 additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Karen Day, Service Manager, by telephone on 07592 104531 or by email at [email protected]

Closing Date: 25th September 2026

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

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.

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 currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.