Vibrant Recruits Ltd
Refrigeration Engineer
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Refrigeration Engineer – Industrial Refrigeration
- Salary: £42,000–£50,000 Basic + Overtime - OTE Approx. = £70,000 - £75,000+
Locations: Ideally based in Peterborough, Northampton, Leicester, Milton Keynes or Cambridge
Are you a Refrigeration Engineer looking to take the next step in your career? Would you like to join one of the UK's leading industrial refrigeration specialists, earn an excellent package, receive industry-leading training, and build a long-term career with a company that genuinely invests in its people?
We're recruiting for an experienced Refrigeration Engineer to join a growing business delivering first-class service across the food production, brewing, dairy, healthcare and manufacturing sectors. This is an outstanding opportunity to become part of a supportive, close-knit engineering team where you'll be valued, developed and rewarded.
Whether you're already working with ammonia refrigeration or have a background in light industrial refrigeration or heavy chillers and are keen to learn ammonia systems, we'd love to hear from you.
Why Join?
Our client is recognised as one of the UK's leading industrial refrigeration companies, with long-standing customer relationships and an excellent reputation for engineering excellence.
As a Refrigeration Engineer, you'll receive continuous technical training, genuine career progression and the opportunity to work on a wide variety of industrial refrigeration equipment across prestigious customer sites.
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The Refrigeration Engineer Role
As a Refrigeration Engineer, you'll be responsible for:
- Servicing, maintaining, repairing and commissioning commercial and industrial refrigeration systems.
- Diagnosing electrical and mechanical faults, including PC and PLC-controlled systems.
- Working across food production facilities, breweries, dairies, healthcare environments and manufacturing sites.
- Producing accurate service reports and maintaining excellent communication with customers.
- Delivering high levels of customer service whilst maintaining exceptional engineering standards.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for a Refrigeration Engineer who has:
- Experience working within commercial, industrial refrigeration or heavy chiller environments.
- Ammonia experience is ideal, however engineers with light industrial refrigeration or heavy chiller experience who are eager to learn ammonia are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Current F-Gas Certification (essential).
- Experience working with CO₂ or hydrocarbon refrigerants would be advantageous.
- Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
- Electrical knowledge would be beneficial.
- A positive attitude, willingness to learn and excellent team ethic.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
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Salary & Benefits
The successful Refrigeration Engineer will receive:
- £42,000 – £50,000 basic salary
- Overtime with realistic earnings up to £70,000 - £75,000+
- Paid door-to-door travel
- Company van (including reasonable personal use)
- Laptop and mobile phone
- Full PPE provided
- Ammonia and PLC training
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Private healthcare
- Salary sacrifice pension
- Genuine long-term career progression with a company that values loyalty and promotes from within
Apply Today
If you're a Refrigeration Engineer looking for an employer that genuinely invests in your future, offers excellent earning potential and provides ongoing technical development, this is an opportunity not to be missed.
Engineers currently working within commercial refrigeration, industrial refrigeration, supermarket refrigeration or heavy chillers who are keen to develop their ammonia knowledge are encouraged to apply.
Apply today to join one of the UK's leading refrigeration specialists and enjoy an excellent package where you'll earn £60,000+ per year, with OTE around £70,000 - £75,000+ through paid door-to-door travel, standby payments and overtime, whilst building a rewarding long-term career as a Refrigeration Engineer.
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