Refrigeration Managing Engineer

Arcus FM; Woolwich; On-site; GBP 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities management company in Woolwich is seeking a Refrigeration Manager to supervise a team of Refrigeration Engineers. The role involves ensuring timely and budget-compliant maintenance, providing technical support and guidance to engineers, and managing an on-call schedule. The ideal candidate will have a full UK driving license along with extensive refrigeration experience, preferably in supermarket settings. This position offers competitive salary and benefits including a discretionary bonus scheme and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Salary: £55,988 per annum

Up to 4% discretionary bonus scheme

Full door-to-door pay

25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Life Assurance

Access to training academy

Health Cash Plan

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence is essential.
• Minimum 5 years post-qualification experience in refrigeration.
• Experience in an FM environment and supermarket refrigeration.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of Refrigeration Engineers.
• Manage the on-call rota and staffing.
• Provide technical support and training to the team.
• Assist Area Support Manager in HR and budget management.
• Address Health & Safety related issues.

Skills

Communication skills

Management experience

Refrigeration Engineering experience

Ability to work under pressure

Education

City & Guilds qualified in Refrigeration or equivalent

18th Edition certification

Tools

Building maintenance management systems

Job description

Overview

You will have responsibility for a team of Refrigeration Engineers to ensure that planned and reactive maintenance tasks are completed on-time and to budget. You will also be responsible for the call-out rota and ensure adequate and safe cover at all times.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the team, being their daily point of contact, provide management support, guidance, training and development to colleagues to achieve a consistent and high level of customer service.
• Provide technical support and training to your team of Refrigeration Engineers.
• Control staffing on a day-to-day basis including management of an "on-call" rota.
• Assist Area Support Manager with relevant HR processes including completion of return-to-work forms, handling and reporting disciplinary incidents, holding performance review meetings, managing performance on a day-to-day basis for under‑performing colleagues, scheduling holiday and absence cover, investigating, recording and escalating any accidents or near‑misses as directed by the Health & Safety Policy.
• Provide technical support as required, e.g., advice regarding major operational issues and assistance for major incidents.
• Assist the team in delivering high quality PPM work.
• Work with Area Support Manager to address and make safe all Health & Safety related issues in own area and that of engineers, reporting and escalating as necessary, including any matters relating to PPE.
• Assist Area Support Manager with effective budgetary management of parts and material usage, reporting overspend and variances to budget.
• Attend client and manager meetings on behalf of the business within your region.
• Explore advancing from Senior Refrigeration Engineer to a Managing Engineer role within Croydon and South East London or surrounding areas for candidates with proven supermarket refrigeration experience.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence is essential.
• City & Guilds qualified in Refrigeration (or equivalent), including F‑Gas.
• 18th Edition certification (desirable but not essential).
• Minimum 5 years post‑qualification experience, working on a mobile basis in the chosen field.
• Demonstrable management/supervisory experience (desirable).
• Must have experience in an FM environment and have Refrigeration Engineering experience within Supermarkets.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to influence and use diplomacy with clients and colleagues.
• Ability to supervise engineers in a pressurised environment dealing with store teams and members of the public.
• Capable of prioritising a complex and demanding workload; Disability Confident.

Benefits

• Salary: £55,988 per annum.
• Up to 4% discretionary bonus scheme, subject to achievement of targets.
• Overtime paid at time and a half.
• Full door‑to‑door pay; flexible working hours, including weekend working and on‑call cover (1 in 4 Saturdays, 1 in 4 weeks on call). Included within the salary.
• Group personal pension scheme of matched contributions between 5% and 6%.
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays.
• Life Assurance.
• Access to state‑of‑the‑art training academy.
• Funded Training Sponsorship Scheme.
• Refer a Friend reward scheme.
• Health Cash Plan.
• Up to 10% off B&Q / Trade Point.
• 20% off Nuffield Fitness and Wellbeing Centre.

Arcus is passionate about individual development and offers industry‑leading Learning & Development opportunities, including an in‑house training academy in Stevenage. Colleagues can expect significant investment in safety and technical training to ensure ongoing development of their skills and expertise.

Disability Confident: Arcus is a Disability Confident employer and will generally offer interviews to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job.