Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 Hours per week
Worker Type: Mobile
Salary: Starting Salary is £28,598 (Level one) rising to £31,022 (Level four) per annum (pro rata for part-time) (pay award pending)
Location: Woodthorpe Grange Park, Woodthorpe Drive, Nottingham, NG5 4HA, though the position is ‘mobile’ with work covering the entire City.
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
The role of Playground Engineer is vital, providing ongoing inspections, repairs and maintenances of all the Council's 100+ playgrounds, ball courts, outdoor gyms and other related features across the City.
Ensuring these facilities remain safe for children to use is at the heart of the role and we are looking for a enthusiastic individual who can identify risks, take the appropriate action to report issues and then carry out suitable repairs to equipment to bring playgrounds back into full use.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Experience of working outside, in a safe manner, ensuring that all health and safety legislations are followed
- Ability to use a mobile phone / tablet based system to undertake weekly site inspections
- Ability to undertake general repairs and maintenance operations such as carpentry, painting and metal work including the use of power tools
- Hold a full UK driving licence
- Hold relevent playground inspections qualifications, or be prepared to undertake the required training
- You will be required to join a team of 2 existing Engineers to provide additional capacity to ensure playgrounds are maintained to a high standard.
- The role is City wide, based out of a vehicle and will be responsible for inspecting, repairing and reporting on the condition of playgrounds and related facilities. The wider service covers development and improvement of all Green Spaces, including parks, nature reserves and Allotments.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
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 Martin Harris by email at martin.harris@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: Friday 31st July 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: Thursday 13th August 2026
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.
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 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 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented 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 we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.