Trainee Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineer

FRONTrunner Recruitment Ltd; Cherwell District, Woodstock; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency in Thames Valley is seeking a Trainee Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineer. This position offers hands-on training, a competitive salary of £12.21 per hour, and additional benefits like door to door travel pay, a pension, and private healthcare. The ideal candidate should reside near Oxford and possess a willingness to learn and grow. This is a great opportunity to progress in a sustainable sector where demand for skilled engineers is high.

Benefits

20 days holidays + 8 bank holidays

Workplace pension

Private healthcare

Door to door travel pay

Full training provided

Qualifications

• Living in or around Oxford area, ideally with an OX postcode.
• Driving licence is beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Helping and shadowing an engineer to learn service and maintenance.
• Occasionally driving the van if licensed.
• Completing an apprenticeship in air conditioning and refrigeration.
• Working on various cooling equipment including small water chillers and fridges.

Skills

Hands-on experience within engineering or construction

Great personality

Willingness to learn and grow

Any experience with air conditioning or refrigeration

Education

C&G / NVQ qualifications in air conditioning and refrigeration

Job description

My client is a well established, Thames Valley based air conditioning and refrigeration contractor that specialise in installation, service, maintenance and repair on cooling equipment. They have been running for well over 30 years and can boast some very well known clients on their patch. Engineers stay with this company for a long time as there are some great opportunities for overtime and also internal progression.

Due to expansion they are recruiting a Trainee Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineer , you will be:

Responsibilities

• Helping and shadowing an engineer to learn how to do service and maintenance on commercial air conditioning and refrigeration
• Sometimes helping with driving the van (if you have a licence)
• Doing a full apprenticeship with C&G / NVQ qualifications in air conditioning and refrigeration as well as learning on the job
• Working on splits, multi splits VRV VRF DX small water chillers (up to about 200kw), walk in cold rooms fridges and freezers
• Covering the Thames Valley area in the M4 / M40 corridor - Berkshire Buckinghamshire Middlesex Oxfordshire

Skills Needed to be a trainee air conditioning and refrigeration engineer

• Living in or around the Oxford area, an OX postcode would be ideal so you are close enough in to the office
• Having a driving licence would be beneficial but is not essential
• You would ideally need some sport of hands on experience within engineering or construction
• This person needs to have a great personality, have common sense, the willingness to learn and grow
• Any experience with air conditioning or refrigeration would obviously be an advantage no matter how small

Salary and Benefits of a trainee air conditioning and refrigeration engineer

• £12.21 living wage per hour, 40 hour week
• Door to door travel pay - you also get paid the time it takes to get from home to work and work to home - this is on top of your basic salary amount
• 20 days holidays + 8 bank holidays
• Workplace pension
• Private healthcare, phone, full training given as well as courses and certificates
• The change to become an engineer in a very sustainable sector - all companies are always looking for good air conditioning engineers

For an immediate interview contact Adam Southam