Refrigeration Engineer

Company: Trades Workforce Solutions
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Location: Northampton
Job Description:

Overview

Refrigeration Engineer

Home Counties (Northampton)

Salary £47,676 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 Southampton 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.

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.
  • Participation in an out of hours standby rota. Responsible for arranging and communicating any cover required due to holidays/unforeseen circumstances to line manager.

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.
  • Experience carrying 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 £47,676 (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

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Posted: July 11th, 2026