Chiller Service Engineer

Johnson Controls; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay

Company vehicle

Mobile phone

PPE & tools

Leave 25 days

Pension

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Cycle to Work

Training & development

Career progression

Safety culture

Job summary

Johnson Controls is seeking a mobile Chiller Engineer to support customers around Newcastle upon Tyne with occasional travel across the North East region. You will perform planned maintenance, diagnose faults, and rectify refrigeration, electrical and control issues while ensuring safety and quality standards.

The role offers industry-leading training, career progression, and the chance to work with a market-leading organisation renowned for its safety culture and comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience servicing air-cooled and water-cooled chillers.
• Strong fault-finding across refrigeration, electrical and controls.
• Ability to read technical drawings and electrical schematics.

Responsibilities

• Planned preventative maintenance (PPM).
• Reactive repairs and fault diagnosis.
• Diagnosis and rectification of refrigeration, electrical, controls and mechanical faults.
• Identify equipment improvements and upgrades.
• Complete service documentation.
• Comply with health and safety procedures.
• Support HVAC equipment including AHUs, ventilation and cooling systems.

Skills

Chiller maintenance experience

Fault diagnosis

Reading electrical schematics

Driving licence

Education

NVQ Level 2 Refrigeration & Air Conditioning (Level 3 desirable)

Tools

HVAC tools

Job description

Johnson Controls is the global leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary plus premium overtime rates
• Standby allowance and call-out payments
• Company vehicle, mobile phone, tablet, PPE and specialist tools
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Pension, life assurance and Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee discounts and Cycle to Work scheme
• Ongoing training and development
• Structured career progression
• Zero Harm safety culture

What You Will Do

This is a mobile role, where you will primarily support customers around Newcastle upon Tyne, but occasional travel to surrounding areas across the North East region might be required.

• Planned preventative maintenance (PPM)
• Reactive repairs and fault diagnosis
• Diagnosis and rectification of refrigeration, electrical, controls, and mechanical faults
• Identification of equipment improvements and upgrades
• Completion of service documentation
• Compliance with all health and safety procedures
• You may also support associated HVAC equipment, including AHUs, ventilation and cooling systems.

What We Are Looking For

• Experience servicing and maintaining air-cooled and water-cooled chillers
• Experience working on York, Trane, Carrier, Daikin, Mitsubishi, or similar commercial chiller systems
• Strong fault-finding skills across refrigeration, electrical, and controls systems
• F-Gas Category 1 Certification
• NVQ Level 2 in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning (Level 3 desirable)
• Ability to read technical drawings and electrical schematics
• Full UK driving licence

If you're an experienced Chiller Engineer looking to join a market-leading organisation with industry-leading training, excellent earning potential, and genuine career progression opportunities, we'd love to hear from you.

Johnson Controls: Enhancing the Intelligence of BuildingsYour buildings have a purpose. They are places for people to live or work. Facilities for learning or healing. Venues for entertainment and shopping. Sites for the specialized storage of tangible goods or mission‑critical data. Your buildings have a huge variety of functions; they are central to your mission. This is where Johnson Controls comes in, helping drive the outcomes that matter most. Through a full range of systems and digital solutions, we make your buildings smarter. A smarter building is safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and, ultimately, more sustainable. Most important, smarter buildings let you focus more intensely on your unique mission. Better for your people. Better for your bottom line. Better for the planet. At Johnson Controls, we’ve been making buildings smarter since 1885, and our capabilities, depth of innovation experience, and global reach have been growing ever since. Today, we offer the world’s largest portfolio of building products, technologies, software, and services; we put that portfolio to work to transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play.