Engineer chap getting work (9)
I believe the answer is:
manoeuvre
'engineer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'chap getting work' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before).
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'work' becomes 'oeuvre' (I've seen this before).
'man'+'oeuvre'='MANOEUVRE'
(Other definitions for manoeuvre that I've seen before include "Military training exercise" , "Work on possibly private" , "plan" , "A co-ordinated movement" , "Planned movement" .)