Refrigeration Engineer

Overview

Refrigeration Engineer

Home Counties (Northampton)

Salary £47,676 inc Standby Fee plus vehicle, and excellent package

Permanent full time

We are working with a large, national facilities management contractor who have an excellent industry reputation, look after their staff well and have very established and stable contracts nationally.

They are currently looking to recruit a Refrigeration Engineer ideally based around the Southampton and surrounding regions to work on a range of refrigeration and air conditioning units and systems.

The role will involve carrying out planned and reactive refrigeration maintenance across supermarket stores, maintaining, and repairing a range of refrigeration equipment. Additionally, you will undertake regular planned store visits to complete reactive work, PPMs and minor repairs as requested by the customer.

• Carrying out PPM and reactive refrigeration maintenance across a number of sites.
• Service and repair a range of CO2 refrigeration pack equipment.
• Identify non-repairable faults in plant and machinery and promptly advise the Refrigeration Manager of findings, with recommendations regarding suitable replacement.
• Carry out minor alterations and installations within the individual’s technical competence in accordance with current specifications.
• Participation in an out of hours standby rota. Responsible for arranging and communicating any cover required due to holidays/unforeseen circumstances to line manager.

• Multiple years’ experience working with supermarket refrigeration systems.
• Flexible to be part of the 24/7 on-call rota every 1:4 weeks.
• Full driving license.
• Experience using a PDA system.
• Ability to read technical drawings.
• Experience carrying out PPM and reactive maintenance within a similar retail environment.

• SVQ/NVQ Level 2/3 within Refrigeration or equivalent Qualification.
• City and Guilds 2079-1 FGas Category 1.

• Basic salary £47,676 (inclusive of 13 periods of standby)
• OTE £60,000 (based on typical engineer earnings over the last 12 months)
• Vehicle and travel paid except for first and last half hour of each day
• Monday - Friday 40 hours per week
• 33 days annual leave
• Callout rota 1 week in 4 weeks (hours of work paid in addition to standby payment)
• Pension contribution
• Overtime available but not forced
• Genuine career progression