New Job Opening: Refrigeration Engineer in Slough, UK

Refrigeration Engineer

Slough/Reading

Salary £51,996 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 Slough/Reading 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. 


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Whats On Offer?

• Salary £51,996 inc Standby Fee

• Vehicle and Travel paid door to door


• Monday - Friday 45 hours per week

• 33 days annual leave


• Callout rota 1 week in 4


• Pension contribution


• Overtime available but not forced


• Genuine career progression