New Job Opening: Refrigeration Engineer in Milton Keynes, UK

Refrigeration Engineer

Home Counties (Milton Keynes / Peterborough) 

Salary £51,287 inc SLA and Standby Fee plus vehicle, and an 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 Home Counties 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 promptly advise 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. 

What’s on Offer

• Basic salary £51,287 inc SLA (inclusive of 13 periods of standby) 


• OTE £60,000 (based on typical engineer earnings over the last 12 months) 


• Vehicle and Travel paid except for first and last half hour of each day


• Monday - Friday 40 hours per week

• 33 days annual leave

• Callout rota 1 week in 4 weeks (hours of work paid in addition to standby payment) 

• Pension contribution


• Overtime available but not forced


• Genuine career progression