Refrigeration Engineer

Job Title:

Refrigeration Engineer

Location:

Reading

Contract Type:
Permanent

Working Hours:

40 Hours Per Week

Salary: £46,791.53 Total Salary (Inclusive of Standby Payment), Overtime, Travel Time, 33 Days Holiday, Private Pension & Benefits - Including Private Health Care, Life Insurance, Employee Discounts

An exciting opportunity has emerged for an experienced Refrigeration Engineer to join our company to work with one of our major UK supermarket clients.

The role will involve carrying out planned and reactive refrigeration maintenance across several retail 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.

Key Responsibilities:

* 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.

Qualifications /

Experience:

Essential

* SVQ/NVQ Level 3 within Refrigeration or Equivalent Qualification.

* City and Guilds 2079-1 FGas Category 1.

Desirable but not essential

* City and Guilds 7671 18th Edition.

* City and Guilds Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Refrigeration System Services.

The ideal candidate:

* 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.

* Carried out PPM and reactive maintenance within a similar retail environment