AC Engineer

Thermatic Group; Swindon; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in HVAC services is looking for a full-time Air Conditioning Engineer to provide service and maintenance for clients in Swindon and surrounding areas. The role requires a UK driving licence and offers opportunities for growth, benefits, and a supportive working environment. Join us in contributing positively to client relationships while ensuring compliance with safety regulations and delivering high-quality service.

Benefits

33 days holiday including bank holidays

Personal use of company van permitted

Auto-enrolment Pension - 9% combined contributions

Death in Service Insurance @ 4 X salary

Extensive Healthcare & Wellbeing provisions

Access to virtual GP support

Enhanced Family Leave policies

Referral bonus

Long Service Awards & Loyalty Holidays

Qualifications

• Experience with VRVs, VRFs, Splits, and Chillers.
• Sound understanding of Building Regulations.
• Asbestos Awareness.

Responsibilities

• Undertake air conditioning installation and maintenance.
• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance.
• Participate in a 24-hour call-out rota.

Skills

Air Conditioning & Refrigeration equipment experience

Health & Safety knowledge

Basic plumbing skills

Education

FGAS Cat 1

NVQ Level 2 in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Job description

We are looking for a full time Air Conditioning Engineer to join our growing team of service engineers. You’ll be working alongside our other service engineers across a large number of our commercial clients across Swindon and surrounding areas.

This is a fully remote role and requires a full UK driving licence.

This role will support the effective, efficient, and safe delivery of our client services by attending client sites to conduct planned and reactive maintenance.

Thermatic Technical FM provide complete nationwide coverage, across the full spectrum of Hard FM services to large, commercial clients. Our team of mobile engineers are supported by the account teams at Head Office to provide both reactive breakdown and planned maintenance services to our clients.

The Benefits:

• Opportunities to increase take home pay through overtime
• Personal use of company van permitted
• 33 days holiday (inc bank holidays) + a day off on your Birthday
• Auto-enrolment Pension - 9% combined contributions
• Death in Service Insurance @ 4 X salary
• Extensive Healthcare & Wellbeing provisions including:
• Private Medical Insurance - excess paid
• Dental & Optical cash back scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to virtual GP support
• Health discounts
• Access to annual health screening
• Enhanced Family Leave policies
• Company events
• Referral bonus
• Long Service Awards & Loyalty Holidays
  
  

Hours & Location of Work:

Main location - this is a fully mobile role covering Swindon and surrounding regions

Regular hours of work - Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm - 40 hour working week. Whilst this is our company standard working week, our clients require "out of hours" maintenance so early starts/late finishes & night works are to be expected.

On Call - this role includes a 24 hour on call rota on a maximum 1 week in 4 schedule (Friday-Thursday)

Skills, Experience & Qualifications:

Essential:

• Experience working on a range of Air Conditioning & Refrigeration equipment including VRVs, VRFs, Splits and Chillers
• FGAS Cat 1
• NVQ Level 2 in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Equipment
• Working knowledge of Building Regulations
• Building Environmental and Electrical Services including heating, ventilation, and air conditioning within the building services industry
• Sound understanding and experience of meeting Health & Safety obligations regarding maintenance activities
• Basic plumbing and building material skills/knowledge
• Asbestos Awareness
  
  

Desirable:

• IPAF & PASMA
• Part P Electrical certificate
  
  

Responsibilities include:

• Undertaking all aspects of air conditioning and refrigeration installation, commission, and maintenance including the service and repair of VRVs, VRFs, Splits, and Chillers
• Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance in accordance with Thermatic’s PPM (Planned Preventative Maintenance) and task schedules as directed by the Help Desk and/or management team
• Providing accurate timesheet information to designated timeframes
• Carrying out basic facilities maintenance tasks as required
• Supporting team members including acting as second-man where required
• Participating in a 24 hour call out rota
• Attending team meetings or briefings as required
• Supporting contract teams with meeting SLAs by attending client premises within the desired timeframe
• Supporting Thermatic with maintaining positive client relationships through on-site interactions with representative and customers of our clients
• Assisting office-based staff with producing quotations by providing accurate and good quality information where extra works are identified
• Producing technical and situational reports as required
• Escalating any major site issues or incidents via the appropriate channel and within acceptable timeframes
• Supporting the training and upskilling of junior service engineers
  
  

Our People

We’re a business built on people and it’s the people that make us different from other companies. If you believe your skills and experience can bring value to this role then we'd love to hear from you.

We’re a diverse group and encourage our people to be independent thinkers and collaborative doers to create a supportive culture full of passion.

We provide opportunities for growth and development across our organisation through apprenticeships, professional qualifications, management training, and on the job learning. As a business that is continually growing, we’re looking to attract the best talent in the industry to grow our workforce and join our combined efforts towards our goals.

Thermatic Group is an Equal Opportunities employer and takes is responsibilities relating to Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion seriously. For further information, you can request a copy of our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy.

Guaranteed Interview Commitment - We have made a commitment to improve employment opportunities for ex-military personnel. Therefore, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the commitment and the essential job role criteria.