Industrial Refrigeration Engineer

PRS

Leicestershire, England

12 months ago

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Position:Industrial Refrigeration Engineer

Location:Leicestershire (East Midlands)

Salary: circa£50K plus benefits package & paid overtime.Stand by allowance. Vehicle & fuel card supplied.

Industry:Refrigeration & Cooling Technologies (Food, Pharma, Industrial)

PRS has engaged with a key client and an innovative specialist within Cooling Technologies & Refrigeration Solutions supplied into industries such as Commercial, Food, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals & Industrial. We are seeking an Industrial Refrigeration Engineer to hire on a full time, permanent basis.

We currently seeking an experienced Industrial & Commercial Refrigeration Service Engineer to cover Various customer locations throughout the East Midlands & Lincolnshire.

Key Responsibilities:

To proactively deliver the engineering tasks received, including maintenance and service visits to food factory’s, RDC, warehouses on a variety of equipment, these will include; Recip, Scroll, Screw compressor packs including Ammonia, Co2 & HFC/HFO Installations
Carrying out service and reactive breakdown cover in normal working hours, along with supporting out of hours works by being part of a standby rota.
Observes internal and client support functions to meet the requirements and objectives of our customers and our business
Ensures that the engineering tasks received are supported with the appropriate commercial awareness and business system compliance at all times
Responsible for the quality of each individual engineering task received in support of contract responsibilities, by ensuring all practices are followed at all times
Participants conform to all industry best practice and legislative guidelines

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Proven knowledge of the Industrial Refrigeration engineering services sector, and the expectations of Industrial Refrigeration customers
Can demonstrate the appropriate technical competencies and certificates relevant to the skills required E.g. 2079 Refrigerant handling, ACRIB, Ammonia.
Successfully completed a recognised training course / apprenticeship in Industrial Refrigeration
A good base knowledge of maintenance & service duties on medium to large industrial applications
Experience of large central plant technical diagnosis and fault-finding skills for various installations. Likewise experience on refrigeration compressors Grasso, Sabroe, J&E Hall, GEA, Mycom etc.

Employee Benefits:

Overtime x1.5 on weekday and x2 on weekends + day in lieu on bank holidays
Standby rate is £15 per day and £50 on bank holidays
25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata into shifts for shift workers)
Company funded health cash plan
Ability to buy and sell holidays – buy 5 days & sell 2 days
Life assurance
Auto-enrolment company pension scheme
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Cycle to work scheme
Purchase an electric vehicle via salary sacrifice
Employee discounts with various brands
Learning and development programs, training and career opportunities.
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