Industrial Refrigeration Engineer

Randstad

  • Southampton
  • Temporary
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Are You a Seasoned Industrial & Commercial Refrigeration Service Engineer Seeking a Fresh Challenge?My client, a leading national Facilities Management company, is on the hunt for a skilled and experienced Industrial & Commercial Refrigeration Service Engineer. If you're ready to join an established mobile team covering diverse customer locations across the South Coast, this could be your next big move!This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a varied portfolio of commercial and industrial properties, focusing on the maintenance, PPMs, breakdowns, and servicing of critical refrigeration units.What You'll Be Doing:
As a mobile Industrial & Commercial Refrigeration Service Engineer, you'll be the backbone of our operations, ensuring peak performance for our clients' systems. Your responsibilities will include:
  • Proactive Engineering: Delivering essential maintenance and service visits to food factories, RDCs, and warehouses. You'll work with a wide range of equipment, including Recip, Scroll, and Screw compressor packs, handling installations using Ammonia, CO2, HFC/HFO.
  • Reactive Support: Providing crucial service and reactive breakdown cover during standard hours, and supporting out-of-hours needs as part of a standby rota.
  • Client & Business Focus: Aligning with internal and client support functions to meet customer and business objectives.
  • Quality & Compliance: Taking ownership of the quality of each engineering task, ensuring adherence to all contract responsibilities, industry best practices, and legislative guidelines. You'll also maintain appropriate commercial awareness and business system compliance.
Work-Life Balance & Compensation:
  • Hours: Monday - Friday, with abundant opportunities for overtime and call-outs.
  • Competitive Salary: Up to £50,000.
  • Overtime Pay: x1.5 on weekdays, x2 on weekends, plus a day in lieu for bank holidays.
  • Standby Rates: £15 per day, £50 on bank holidays.
  • Annual Leave: 25 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata for shift workers).
Excellent Benefits Package:We believe in supporting our employees. Our comprehensive benefits include:
  • Company-funded health cash plan
  • Ability to buy (up to 5 days) and sell (up to 2 days) holidays
  • Life assurance
  • Auto-enrolment company pension scheme
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Opportunity to purchase an electric vehicle via salary sacrifice
  • Employee discounts with various brands
  • Robust learning and development programs, training, and career advancement opportunities
Who We're Looking For:We're seeking dedicated professionals with:
  • Proven Experience: Demonstrated knowledge of the Industrial Refrigeration engineering services sector and a clear understanding of customer expectations in this field.
  • Technical Expertise: Appropriate technical competencies and certifications, such as 2079 Refrigerant Handling, ACRIB, and Ammonia.
  • Formal Training: Successful completion of a recognized training course or apprenticeship in Industrial Refrigeration.
  • Application Knowledge: A solid understanding of maintenance and service duties on medium to large industrial applications.
  • Diagnostic Skills: Experience with large central plant technical diagnosis and fault-finding.
  • Compressor Familiarity: Experience working with refrigeration compressors from leading brands like Grasso, Sabroe, J&E Hall, GEA, and Mycom.
If you're a skilled and dedicated Industrial & Commercial Refrigeration Service Engineer ready for a rewarding mobile role with a supportive and expanding company, we encourage you to apply!Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

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