Refrigeration engineer

Job Description:

Refrigeration Engineer 

Location: Leicester 

Pay: up to £45,000

Company van

Join Our Specialist Refrigeration Team

Become a key part of one of the biggest supermarkets in‑house refrigeration team, established for over 27 years, ensuring our stores run smoothly by maintaining reliable refrigeration systems.

Bring Your Expertise or Learn with Us

We’re seeking practical, hands-on refrigeration and air conditioning engineers who enjoy solving problems. Experience in supermarkets, transport refrigeration, commercial systems, HVAC, or chillers is beneficial. Don’t have supermarket experience? That’s absolutely fine — we provide full training on our equipment and safety procedures.

Why This Role Matters:

Your skills will make a real impact every day. You’ll have autonomy, flexibility, and the chance to work independently while supporting store operations.

How You’ll Work

• Plan your own schedule, prioritise calls, and optimise routes to minimise downtime.
• Use systems like RDM to diagnose issues before arrival and bring the right parts.
• Communicate with store teams for smooth access and minimal disruption.
• Follow health & safety and F-Gas regulations, keeping accurate records.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and repair refrigeration assets (display cases, freezers, cold rooms, chillers, packs, condensers).
• Diagnose faults using engineering skills and monitoring systems (RDM, Monika).
• Ensure compliance and documentation.
• Collaborate with store teams to reduce downtime.

Essential Skills:

• NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning (or relevant experience).
• F-Gas Category 1 certificate.
• Electrical and mechanical diagnostic skills.
• Strong customer focus and ability to work independently.
• Full UK driving licence.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary, overtime rates, standby payment, London weighting.
• Company van (Automatic Transmission fully spec'd with private use option), fuel card, tools, uniform, laptop.
• Access to paid parking app's 
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
• Pension and private healthcare.
• Ongoing training and set store allocations and area for work-life balance.