Refrigeration Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection LTD; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a qualified Refrigeration Engineer for a varied role involving service and installation of machinery in the food manufacturing sector. The position is based near Hinckley, Leicestershire, and will require travel to customer sites across the UK and occasionally abroad. The ideal candidate will have F-GAS qualifications and experience with refrigeration systems. Competitive salary of up to GBP48,000 with additional benefits included.

Benefits

Paid overtime above standard 40 hours

23 days holiday & bank holidays

Government standard pension

Company van

Qualifications

• Experience with ice cream or dairy machinery is a plus.
• Full UK driving licence required.
• Experience in installation, service and maintenance of refrigeration equipment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct pre delivery inspections and tests in the workshop.
• Install and commission machinery equipment.
• Respond to breakdowns and conduct routine maintenance.

Skills

Refrigeration equipment experience

Mechanical principles

Electrical principles

Customer training

Education

F-GAS qualification

Job description

Are you a fully qualified Refrigeration Engineer who wants to work on ice cream, dairy and manufacturing machinery and process equipment? This is a varied role covering service, installation, maintenance and breakdown. Our workshop is in Leicestershire, and you will need to travel to customer sites both nationally and internationally, but not every day!

BASIC SALARY : up to GBP48,000 dependant on experience

BENEFITS :
Paid overtime above your standard 40 hours,
23 days holiday & bank holidays
Government standard pension
Company van

LOCATION : Near Hinckley, Leicestershire

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS : Coventry, Lutterworth, Rugby, Leicester, Tamworth, Nuneaton, Market Harborough, Daventry, Northampton, Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough, Leicester, Royal Leamington Spa, Birmingham, Solihull, Kenilworth,

JOB DESCRIPTION : Refrigeration Engineer, Service Engineer - F-GAS

Do you want to work on market leading commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment?

We work in a variety of ice cream, dairy and food manufacturing environments nationally and abroad.

We will provide excellent in-house and manufacturer training for you. A chance for you to be workshop and customer based. No two days or weeks will be the same for you, if you want a really varied role.

You will need to live within 30-45 minutes of our site because some weeks you will have no call-outs or planned installs or maintenance. We will keep you busy though, with hands on testing and fault-finding in our workshop. You do need to be prepared to travel to customer sites UK wide and occasionally abroad too.

If you want a role that gives you engineering variety - installation, service, maintenance (the full after sales solution). Then look no further!

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES : Refrigeration Engineer, Service Engineer - F-GAS

Pre delivery inspection and test in our workshop because we sell new and use machines
Installation and commissioning of machinery equipment
Reactive response to breakdowns - the better they're maintained the less they break!
Customer training, updating and maintain machinery and equipment manuals
Routine planned maintenance - you understand the importance of this!

YOUR BACKGROUND : Refrigeration Engineer, Service Engineer - F-GAS

You have experience with refrigeration equipment, chillers, coolers or similar - that could be from manufacturing or commercial environments
We'd love it if you had experience of ice cream machinery, but we are open to a background of dairy, frozen or chilled food manufacturing and or process machinery or distillery equipment. If you are unsure if your background is suitable, please ask us
You understand this role will involve travel to customer sites for installation, commissioning, service and breakdown when you are not in our workshop and there may be occasions you need to stay over too
Hold suitable refrigeration-based qualifications and a good general background in mechanical and electrical principles
You will hold a full UK driving Licence

THE COMPANY :

We are the number one stockist of new and used dairy, chilled and frozen food processing machinery. Our product range covers most of the leading manufacturers globally. We offer a full range of after-sales services including installation, commissioning, planned maintenance and reactive breakdown and repair.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: commercial refrigeration, fridges, freezers, chillers, thermoelectric, absorption, mechanical compression, refrigerator, refrigeration, service, commissioning, installation, engineer, technical, electrical, commercial catering, F-GAS, fluorinated, heat-pump, air-conditioning.

INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.

Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF : JAC18205, Wallace Hind Selection