Refrigeration Engineer – East Midlands

Company: Project Start Recruitment Solutions
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Location: Leicestershire
Job Description:

Refrigeration Engineer – East Midlands 

Join our clients long-established in-house refrigeration team with decades of expertise, where your work genuinely matters. You’ll play a vital role in keeping stores operational by maintaining and repairing critical refrigeration systems that customers rely on every day.

Our client is looking for a hands-on refrigeration and air conditioning engineers who enjoy solving problems and working independently.Ideally you will have experience in supermarkets, commercial refrigeration, HVAC, transport refrigeration, or chillers

What You’ll Be Responsible For

  • (Up to 19 stores) Maintaining and repairing refrigeration assets including:

  • Display cases, freezers, cold rooms

  • Chillers, packs, condensers
  • Diagnosing faults using engineering expertise and monitoring systems

  • Completing compliance paperwork accurately and efficiently

  • Supporting store operations by reducing downtime and repeat visits

Skills & Qualifications

  • NVQ Level 2/3 (or equivalent experience) in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

  • F-Gas Category 1 certification

  • Strong electrical and mechanical diagnostic skills

  • Customer-focused mindset and ability to work independently

  • Full UK driving licence

Salary & Package 

  • 43-45k + £2500 Standby + OT

  • 45 hrs per week 

  • Fully-spec’d company van (private use option), fuel card

  • 15% store discount, 30% Individual Restaurants discount.
  • tools, uniform, laptop

  • Access to paid parking apps

  • 33 days holiday, increasing with service up to 38 days (including bank holidays)
  • Pension and private healthcare

  • Generous employee discounts

  • Ongoing training, set store allocations, and defined working areas to support work-life balance

  • Engineers can opt in or opt out of the personal use on the van

Posted: March 31st, 2026