Contract Engineer

Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning; Slough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Job summary

Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning is seeking a Contracts Engineer to manage the installation of refrigeration, air handling, and air conditioning systems. You will coordinate with installation teams and subcontractors, ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental policies while delivering excellent customer service.

Based in or around Reading, you will serve as the main contact from order through commissioning, occasionally visiting sites to plan and resolve issues.

Qualifications

• Experience in refrigeration/air conditioning engineering is essential.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites.
• Based in or around Reading and able to work on-site.

Responsibilities

• Project manage installation of refrigeration, air handling and air conditioning systems.
• Ensure health, safety and environmental policies are followed.
• Visit sites to plan jobs, advise installation teams or resolve issues.
• Act as main contact for customers from order to commissioning; coordinate engineers and subcontractors.

Skills

Refrigeration & AHU engineering

Contract management

Customer relationship management

Driving licence

Microsoft Office 365

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

Location: Reading

Contract: Full time, Permanent

We are a leading business in the heating and cooling industry. For over sixty years we have been partnering with our clients, making a difference to their lives and businesses.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone with the right experience, based in or around Reading.

The Role

As a contracts engineer you will be responsible for project managing the installation of refrigeration, air handling and air conditioning. You will apply your technical skills and organisational skills to make sure we deliver an outstanding customer service, meeting the unique requirements of each job.

A very important part of your role will be to make sure that all health, safety and environmental policies and procedures are being followed.

Your days will vary, sometimes you may be in the office for most of the day, other days you will be visiting customer sites to plan a job, advise the installation team or to solve problems.

You will be the main contact point for customers from initial order until commissioning. You will also work closely with our in-house installation engineers as well as sub-contractors.

What We're Looking For

• Technical skills and knowledge as a refrigeration and air conditioning engineer are essential
• Experience in supervising or overseeing installation of refrigeration, air conditioning, chillers and/or AHU's would be an advantage but is not essential. If you are an experienced engineer with the right technical knowledge and you are looking for your next career move, this could be a good opportunity to learn contract management
• A friendly, professional manner and the ability to form strong business relationships with a wide range of customers, colleagues and sub-contractors
• Computer literate with the ability to use Microsoft Office 365
• A clean, current driving licence and a willingness to travel to sites
• Based in or around Reading

Benefits

• A generous salary
• A company car
• 25 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• Pension Scheme
• Working hours are 40 hours per week

Safeguarding

Due to the safeguarding requirements of our customers, many of whom are schools or hospitals, we complete confidential criminal record checks on all roles that attend customer sites. If you are successful, you will be required to complete a DBS check. We strictly follow the DBS code of practice and comply with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you have a criminal record, this will not necessarily preclude you from working for us.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We encourage applicants from every background to apply for our vacancies.

You may have experience in the following: Contracts Engineer, HVAC Engineer, Refrigeration Engineer, Air Conditioning Engineer, Mechanical Engineer HVAC, Project Engineer HVAC, Installation Engineer HVAC, Service Engineer HVAC, Building Services Engineer, Facilities Engineer, Commissioning Engineer HVAC, Chiller Engineer, etc