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Industrial Refrigeration Engineer

PRS
Leicester
3 days 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.
  • Company vehicle

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