Technical Applications Engineer

Wolseley UK Limited; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension matched up to 9%

Bonus potential

Healthcare

Discounts

YuLife app

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Wolseley UK Limited's Climate Centre seeks a Technical Applications Engineer to work field-based, selecting and quoting refrigeration products for branches in central and northern regions. You will attend contractor and end-user sites to assess requirements and support commissioning, producing detailed designs and load calculations for complex systems.

The role is full time (40 hours/week, Mon-Fri 08:00–17:00) with competitive pay and extensive benefits, including a pension, bonus potential and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in semi-industrial refrigeration technical sales and applications.
• Understanding of CO2 trans critical booster packs, gas coolers, evaporators, and ancillary equipment selection.
• F-Gas, PED and DSEAR knowledge.
• Able to read P&ID and electrical drawings.
• Knowledge of RDM, Carel and Danfoss refrigeration controls and application.

Responsibilities

• Select and quote refrigeration products and services for colleagues and customers across Wolseley Climate Center central and northern regions on specific branches as part of a wider team.
• Attend contractor and end-user sites to assess project requirements, validate designs, and support commissioning activities.
• Produce detailed project designs including system layouts, component selections, load calculations, and refrigerant line sizing.
• Prepare quotations for multi-component refrigeration systems, ensuring accuracy in pricing, part selection, and system compatibility

Skills

Refrigeration sales

Field-based engineering

Technical design

P&ID reading

RDM/Carel/Danfoss controls

Tools

Micro Calc

Hot-Chilli

Danfoss controls

Carel controls

Job description

Salary: Competitive Salary + Car/Allowance + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Technical Applications Engineer - Field Based - Climate Centre

So, who are we? We are Climate Centre a part of the Wolseley Group -a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do – and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild. Also, did we mention? In addition to the competitive salary there are also benefits on tap – including annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, and access to a great range of online and high street discounts. We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more!

As a Technical Applications Engineer based in Field Based you'll be responsible for:

• To select and quote refrigeration products and services for colleagues and customers across Wolseley Climate Center central and northern regions on specific branches as part of a wider team
• Attend contractor and end-user sites to assess project requirements, validate designs, and support commissioning activities
• Produce detailed project designs including system layouts, component selections, load calculations, and refrigerant line sizing.
• Prepare quotations for multi-component refrigeration systems, ensuring accuracy in pricing, part selection, and system compatibility

This is a full time permanent role, 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday 08:00 - 17:00.

And here’s what we’d like you to have:

• 5+ years in semi-industrial refrigeration technical sales and applications.
• Understanding of CO2 trans critical booster packs, gas coolers, evaporators, and ancillary equipment selection.
• Familiar with HFO, HFC and natural refrigerants application and equipment selection.
• Some knowledge of F-Gas, PED and DSEAR
• Able to use pipe selection software such as Micro Calc or Hot-Chilli.
• Ability to read P&ID and electrical drawings.
• Knowledge of RDM, Carel and Danfoss refrigeration controls and application.

Wolseley UK is the country’s largest plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant and we aim to be the first choice specialist merchant for trade customers. We supply 180,000 different products to over 100,000 customers every year. Join us and you’ll be part of a team that gets the right products to customers at the right price, in the right place, and at the right time. You’ll also enjoy extensive training and an award-winning pension and great rewards package. And, as part of the world’s largest specialist distributer of plumbing and heating products, you’ll have access to a wide variety of career opportunities.