Refrigeration Engineer Manager

COREcruitment; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

COREcruitment is seeking a Refrigeration Engineer Manager to lead a team of engineers across a multi-site retail and industrial portfolio. This hands-on leadership role blends technical oversight, team development, and client-facing responsibility to ensure reliability and compliant operation of complex refrigeration systems.

You will drive safety, quality, and performance, manage workload and KPIs, and contribute to tendering and resource planning while growing your engineering team across the

Qualifications

• Senior Refrigeration Engineer or Refrigeration Manager experience in FM, retail or industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of commercial refrigeration systems, including CO and A2L refrigerants.
• Experience leading and developing engineering teams with focus on safety, quality and performance.
• Confident client communicator, able to manage relationships at site and regional level.
• Organised and data-driven, comfortable using CMMS/FM platforms to track works, compliance and KPIs.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regionally.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and manage a team across multiple sites.
• Oversee planned maintenance, reactive breakdowns and project works on commercial/industrial refrigeration systems.
• Ensure compliance with F-Gas, H&S, PSM and client standards.
• Manage workload planning, call-out rotas and on-call cover to meet KPIs.
• Drive first-time fix rates and uptime through root cause analysis.
• Liaise with clients and stakeholders to agree priorities and scopes.
• Own technical documentation and compliance logs.
• Support tendering, scope definitions and resource planning.
• Contribute to recruitment and training within the team.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Client-facing

Problem solving

Safety compliance

Tools

CMMS/FM platforms

Job description

We're working with a leading facilities management and commercial refrigeration contractor to appoint a Refrigeration Engineer Manager to lead a team of engineers across a multi-site retail and industrial contract portfolio.

This is a hands‑on leadership role combining technical oversight, team management, and client‑facing responsibility. You'll ensure optimal performance, compliance, and reliability of refrigeration systems while developing your team and driving continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of refrigeration engineers and senior technicians across multiple sites
• Oversee planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive breakdowns, and project works on commercial and industrial refrigeration systems (including CO, transcritical, and parallel compression systems where applicable)
• Ensure compliance with F-Gas, H&S, PSM, and client‑specific standards and audit requirements.
• Manage workload planning, call‑out rotas, and on‑call cover to meet SLAs and KPIs.
• Drive first‑time fix rates, reduce repeat calls, and improve system uptime through root cause analysis and engineering solutions.
• Liaise with clients, site managers, and internal stakeholders to agree priorities, scopes of work, and improvements.
• Own technical documentation: P&IDs, maintenance records, risk assessments, method statements, and compliance logs.
• Support tendering, scope definitions, and resource planning for new and existing contracts.
• Contribute to recruitment, training, and competency development within the engineering team.

About You

• Proven background as a Senior Refrigeration Engineer or Refrigeration Manager within FM, retail, or industrial environments
• Strong technical knowledge of commercial refrigeration systems, including rack systems, condensers, evaporators, controls, and refrigerants (including CO and A2L where relevant)
• Experience leading and developing engineering teams, with a clear focus on safety, quality, and performance.simplyhired+1Confident client communicator, able to manage relationships at site and regional level.
• Organised and data‑driven, comfortable using CMMS/FM platforms to track works, compliance, and KPIs.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across a regional patch.