Senior Refrigeration Engineer

Senior Refrigeration Engineer

Location: Leeds, York & Along the A1
Salary: £53,000+ per annum, depending on experience
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced Senior Refrigeration Engineers to join a growing refrigeration business experiencing significant growth across new projects and long-term service contracts.

The business is looking for experienced CO2 Refrigeration Engineers across Leeds, York and along the A1, offering competitive salaries, excellent benefits and long-term career development opportunities.

The Role

You will be responsible for servicing, maintaining, fault-finding and repairing large-scale commercial and industrial refrigeration systems across a variety of sites, including:

• Food processing and manufacturing facilities

• Distribution centres and logistics sites

• Large cold stores and warehouses

• Factories, industrial facilities and ripening rooms

Systems will include CO2, Freon and chilled water applications. Ammonia experience is advantageous but not essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on refrigeration systems.

• Diagnose and resolve refrigeration and electrical faults.

• Ensure systems operate safely and efficiently.

• Complete service reports and relevant documentation.

• Follow Health & Safety procedures and approved working practices.

• Liaise with customers and internal teams to deliver excellent service.

• Manage workloads independently and meet deadlines.

Skills & Experience

The ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum 5 years' refrigeration engineering experience.

• Strong commercial or industrial refrigeration experience, particularly CO2.

• Previous Senior Engineer experience.

• City & Guilds Refrigerant Handling / F-Gas 2079 qualification.

• Strong electrical controls and fault-finding skills.

• Knowledge of COSHH and Health & Safety requirements.

• CSCS accreditation and MEWP experience.

• Full UK driving licence.

• Good communication, customer service and IT skills.

Salary & Benefits

• £53,000+ basic salary, depending on experience.

• Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm.

• Flexible start and finish times.

• Overtime paid after 40 hours.

• Full door-to-door pay.

• 1 in 4 on-call rota, reducing as the team grows.

• £225 weekly on-call standby payment.

• 33 days' holiday, including bank holidays.

• Contributory company pension.

• Private healthcare, Health Support Scheme and Death in Service benefit following successful probation.

Interested?

If you're an experienced Senior Refrigeration Engineer with strong CO2 knowledge and are looking for your next career move, apply today to find out more.