Refrigeration Engineer

Refrigeration Engineer

Edinburgh

Salary £51,027 inc Standby Fee plus vehicle, and excellent package

Permanent full time

We are working with a large, national facilities management contractor who have an excellent industry reputation, look after their staff well and have very established and stable contracts nationally.

They are currently looking to recruit a Refrigeration Engineer ideally based around the Edinburgh and surrounding regions to work on a range of refrigeration and air conditioning units and systems.

The role will involve carrying out planned and reactive refrigeration maintenance across supermarket stores, maintaining, and repairing a range of refrigeration equipment. Additionally, you will undertake regular planned store visits to complete reactive work, PPMs and minor repairs as requested by the customer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carrying out PPM and reactive refrigeration maintenance across a number of sites.
• Service and repair a range of CO2 refrigeration pack equipment.
• Identify non-repairable faults in plant and machinery and prompt advisement to the Refrigeration Manager of findings with recommendations regarding suitable replacement.
• Carry out minor alterations and installations within the individual's technical competence in accordance with current specifications.
• Requirement to participate on an out of hours standby rota. Responsible for arranging & communication of any cover required due to holidays/ unforeseen circumstances to line manager.

The ideal candidate:

• Multiple years' experience working with supermarket refrigeration systems.
• Flexible to be part of the 24/7 on-call rota every 1:4 weeks.
• Full driving license.
• Experience using a PDA system.
• Ability to read technical drawings.
• Carried out PPM and reactive maintenance within a similar retail environment.

Qualifications / Experience:

• SVQ/NVQ Level 2/3 within Refrigeration or Equivalent Qualification.
• City and Guilds 2079-1 FGas Category 1.

Whats On Offer?

• Salary £51,027 inc Standby Fee
• Vehicle and Travel paid except first and last half hour each way
• Monday - Friday 4.5 hours per week
• 33 days annual leave
• Callout rota 1 week in 4
• Pension contribution
• Overtime available but not forced
• Genuine career progression