Structural Engineer

Chesterfield Borough Council; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Chesterfield is seeking a skilled Structural Engineer to support its corporate property team. This role involves maintaining and overseeing repairs of a diverse commercial property portfolio, including leisure centers and residential properties. Candidates should demonstrate significant engineering experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage workloads effectively. Apply now to be part of a dynamic team focused on delivering premier structural maintenance services.

Qualifications

• Significant structural engineering experience in commercial and residential property.
• Proven track record in a structural engineer role.
• Excellent communication skills with customers and team.

Responsibilities

• Support the corporate property team in maintaining the council’s commercial property.
• Develop, deliver, and oversee repairs and maintenance.
• Manage inspection schedules and follow-up actions.

Skills

Structural engineering experience in commercial property

Structural engineering experience in residential property

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Reporting and inspection scheduling

Job description

Overview

Reference: CBC25060a
Salary details: £39,152 to £40,777 per annum
Job term: permanent
Appointment type: full time
Hours: 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Location: Town Hall, Chesterfield
Department: Corporate Property and Estates

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.

About the role

Do you have significant structural engineering experience in commercial and residential property?
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, we are seeking a dedicated individual to join our team and contribute to the efficient delivery of first-class corporate facilities maintenance services.

As a structural engineer, you will principally support the corporate property team in delivering an excellent structural maintenance service, as well as develop, deliver, and oversee repairs and maintenance of our council’s commercial property portfolio. On occasion there will also be the opportunity to support colleagues in the residential team to ensure our housing stock is structurally sound.

Your role will be pivotal in ensuring that our commercial facilities are well maintained and operate at their optimum capacity.

This is a diverse role in a busy team and the applicant will need to have significant and broad experience of managing structural issues and requests for reporting, organising inspection schedules and following up actions, repairs and planned maintenance.

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. You will need to be a driven self-starter, organise your own workload and have excellent communication skills with customers and within the team, plus a proven track record in working on commercial and residential property in a structural engineer role.

Responsibilities

• Support the corporate property team in delivering an excellent structural maintenance service for the council’s commercial property portfolio.
• Develop, deliver, and oversee repairs and maintenance; manage inspection schedules and follow-up actions; coordinate repairs and planned maintenance.
• On occasion, support colleagues in the residential team to ensure housing stock is structurally sound.
• Manage structural issues and requests for reporting within a busy team environment.
• Contribute to efficient operation and maintenance of facilities to ensure optimum capacity.

Qualifications and experience

• Significant structural engineering experience in commercial and residential property.
• Proven track record in working on commercial and residential property in a structural engineer role.
• Excellent communication skills with customers and within the team.
• Driven self-starter with the ability to organise own workload.
• Experience in reporting, inspection scheduling, and coordinating repairs and maintenance.

How to apply

For a discussion about this post please contact Matt Godber via email at [e-mail] or for further information please view the job description and person specification attached.

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 [e-mail] 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: 12 October 2025
Provisional interview date: to be confirmed