Refrigeration Field Service Engineer

Smart Search Technical Ltd; North West Leicestershire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Fuel card

Travel allowance

On-call rota

43 days holiday incl bank

Life assurance

Health plan

Pension

Training and development

Birthday day off

Cycle to work

Buy/sell holiday

Job summary

Smart Search Technical Ltd. is seeking an experienced Refrigeration Field Service Engineer to service and maintain temperature-controlled equipment across pharmaceutical, healthcare, and laboratory settings. You will calibrate and validate stability chambers, environmental rooms, and ultra-low temperature freezers.

Expect UK-wide travel, occasional Ireland trips, and involvement in an on-call rota. Benefits include a competitive salary with DOE and overtime opportunities.

Qualifications

• Field service experience in refrigeration.
• Experience with laboratory or temperature-controlled equipment is a plus.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills required.
• Full UK driving licence is essential.

Responsibilities

• Service, maintain and repair refrigeration equipment.
• Diagnose electrical, mechanical, refrigeration and humidity faults.
• Carry out planned maintenance, calibration and validation.
• Complete service reports and communicate findings to customers.
• Manage van stock and respond to breakdowns.
• Participate in an on-call rota.
• Travel throughout the UK, with occasional travel to Ireland.

Skills

Field service experience

Refrigeration equipment

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical fault-finding

Driving licence

F-Gas Category 1 desirable

Calibration and validation

GMP desirable

Job description

Location: Rochdale / Field-Based UK Travel

Salary: £40,000£45,000 DOE + Overtime
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Refrigeration Field Service Engineer to join our team, working on specialist temperature-controlled equipment across pharmaceutical, healthcare and laboratory environments.

The role will involve servicing, maintaining, fault-finding, calibrating and validating stability chambers, environmental rooms and ultra-low temperature freezers.

Key Responsibilities

• Service, maintain and repair refrigeration and temperature-controlled equipment

• Diagnose electrical, mechanical, refrigeration and humidity faults

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance, calibration and validation

• Complete service reports and communicate findings to customers

• Manage van stock and respond to breakdowns

• Participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota

• Travel throughout the UK, with occasional travel to Ireland

Requirements

• Previous field service engineering experience

• Refrigeration and/or laboratory equipment experience

• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills

• Full UK driving licence

• F-Gas Category 1 desirable

• Calibration and validation experience desirable

• GMP experience desirable

Benefits

• £35,000£45,000 salary DOE

• Overtime opportunities

• Company van and fuel card

• Paid home-to-home travel

• Daily allowance and expenses covered

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays

• Life assurance

• Medicash health cash plan

• Virtual GP

• Company pension

• Training and development opportunities

• Birthday day off

• Cycle to work scheme

• Buy and sell holiday scheme

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