Industrial Refrigeration Engineer

Randstad Construction Property Engineering; Hedge End; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading national Facilities Management company is seeking an experienced Industrial & Commercial Refrigeration Service Engineer. This mobile role involves maintaining critical refrigeration units across the South Coast, offering a salary of up to £50,000 and extensive benefits, including a health cash plan and pension scheme. Ideal candidates will have relevant technical expertise and a strong focus on client needs.

Benefits

Company-funded health cash plan

Life assurance

Auto-enrolment company pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of the Industrial Refrigeration engineering services sector.
• Successful completion of a recognized training course or apprenticeship.
• Experience working with refrigeration compressors from leading brands.

Responsibilities

• Deliver maintenance and service visits to food factories and warehouses.
• Provide crucial service and reactive breakdown cover.
• Ensure adherence to quality and compliance standards.

Skills

Technical expertise

Customer focus

Proactive engineering

Diagnostic skills

Education

2079 Refrigerant Handling certification

ACRIB certification

Formal training in Industrial Refrigeration

Tools

Refrigeration compressors

Job description

Are You a Seasoned Industrial & Commercial Refrigeration Service Engineer Seeking a Fresh Challenge?

My client, a leading national Facilities Management company, is on the hunt for a skilled and experienced Industrial & Commercial Refrigeration Service Engineer. If you're ready to join an established mobile team covering diverse customer locations across the South Coast, this could be your next big move!

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a varied portfolio of commercial and industrial properties, focusing on the maintenance, PPMs, breakdowns, and servicing of critical refrigeration units.

What You'll Be Doing:
As a mobile Industrial & Commercial Refrigeration Service Engineer, you'll be the backbone of our operations, ensuring peak performance for our clients' systems. Your responsibilities will include:

• Proactive Engineering: Delivering essential maintenance and service visits to food factories, RDCs, and warehouses. You'll work with a wide range of equipment, including Recip, Scroll, and Screw compressor packs, handling installations using Ammonia, CO2, HFC/HFO.
• Reactive Support: Providing crucial service and reactive breakdown cover during standard hours, and supporting out-of-hours needs as part of a standby rota.
• Client & Business Focus: Aligning with internal and client support functions to meet customer and business objectives.
• Quality & Compliance: Taking ownership of the quality of each engineering task, ensuring adherence to all contract responsibilities, industry best practices, and legislative guidelines. You'll also maintain appropriate commercial awareness and business system compliance.

Work-Life Balance & Compensation:

• Hours: Monday - Friday, with abundant opportunities for overtime and call-outs.
• Competitive Salary: Up to £50,000.
• Overtime Pay: x1.5 on weekdays, x2 on weekends, plus a day in lieu for bank holidays.
• Standby Rates: £15 per day, £50 on bank holidays.
• Annual Leave: 25 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata for shift workers).

Excellent Benefits Package:

We believe in supporting our employees. Our comprehensive benefits include:

• Company-funded health cash plan
• Ability to buy (up to 5 days) and sell (up to 2 days) holidays
• Life assurance
• Auto-enrolment company pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunity to purchase an electric vehicle via salary sacrifice
• Employee discounts with various brands
• Robust learning and development programs, training, and career advancement opportunities

Who We're Looking For:

We're seeking dedicated professionals with:

• Proven Experience: Demonstrated knowledge of the Industrial Refrigeration engineering services sector and a clear understanding of customer expectations in this field.
• Technical Expertise: Appropriate technical competencies and certifications, such as 2079 Refrigerant Handling, ACRIB, and Ammonia.
• Formal Training: Successful completion of a recognized training course or apprenticeship in Industrial Refrigeration.
• Application Knowledge: A solid understanding of maintenance and service duties on medium to large industrial applications.
• Diagnostic Skills: Experience with large central plant technical diagnosis and fault-finding.
• Compressor Familiarity: Experience working with refrigeration compressors from leading brands like Grasso, Sabroe, J&E Hall, GEA, and Mycom.

If you're a skilled and dedicated Industrial & Commercial Refrigeration Service Engineer ready for a rewarding mobile role with a supportive and expanding company, we encourage you to apply!

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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