Refrigeration Engineer - Hampshire

Project Start Recruitment Solutions; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Fuel card

Discounts

Pension

Private healthcare

Laptop

Parking apps

Uniform

Training

Job summary

Project Start Recruitment Solutions seeks a hands-on Refrigeration Engineer to maintain and repair commercial refrigeration assets across key stores in Hampshire. You will diagnose faults, service display cases, freezers and chillers, and ensure compliance paperwork is completed accurately to support store operations.

Ideal candidates hold NVQ 2/3 in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, F-Gas 1 certification, and a full UK driving licence, with a strong customer-focused mindset and ability to work

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2/3 in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning or equivalent
• F-Gas Category 1 certification
• Strong electrical and mechanical diagnostic skills
• Customer-focused mindset and ability to work independently
• Full UK driving licence

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and repairing refrigeration assets within key stores
• Display cases, freezers, cold rooms
• Chillers, packs, condensers
• Diagnosing faults using engineering expertise and monitoring systems
• Completing compliance paperwork accurately and efficiently
• Supporting store operations by reducing downtime and repeat visits

Skills

Electrical & mechanical diagnostics

Customer-focused attitude

Independent worker

Full UK driving licence

Education

NVQ Level 2/3 Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

F-Gas Category 1

Job description

Refrigeration Engineer – Hampshire Join our clients long-established refrigeration team with decades of expertise, where your work genuinely matters. You’ll play a vital role in keeping stores operational by maintaining and repairing critical refrigeration systems that customers rely on every day.

Our client is looking for a hands-on refrigeration and air conditioning engineers who enjoy solving problems and working independently.Ideally you will have experience in supermarkets, commercial refrigeration, HVAC, transport refrigeration, or chillers

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Maintaining and repairing refrigeration assets within key stores
• Display cases, freezers, cold rooms
• Chillers, packs, condensers
• Diagnosing faults using engineering expertise and monitoring systems
• Completing compliance paperwork accurately and efficiently
• Supporting store operations by reducing downtime and repeat visits

Skills & Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2/3 (or equivalent experience) in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
• F-Gas Category 1 certification
• Strong electrical and mechanical diagnostic skills
• Customer-focused mindset and ability to work independently
• Full UK driving licence

Salary & Package

Salary £45k + £2500 Standby + OT + Annual loyalty bonus

• Fully-spec’d company van (private use option), fuel card
• 15% company discount, 30% Individual Restaurants discount.
• Tools, uniform, laptop
• Access to paid parking apps
• 33 days holiday, increasing with service up to 38 days (including bank holidays)
• Pension and private healthcare
• Generous employee discounts
• Ongoing training, set store allocations, and defined working areas to support work-life balance
• Opt in or opt out of the personal use on the van