Refrigeration Engineer
Salary: £46,000
Hours: 38.5 hours, Monday to Friday, rotating 06:00-14:30/13:30-22:00
On call rota: every other week (including the weekend of that week)
Your expertise as Refrigeration Engineer will form part of an integral team, as the onsite Refrigeration Engineer you will be responsible for the day-to-day running, maintenance, and repairs of various refrigeration plants across a fast moving, high volume, food manufacturing site.
This site is rich is heritage and is proud of its dedicated Research & Development Teams to ensure the continued success of their products. The business is driven a culture of continuous improvement and has innovation high on its agenda to ensure continued success and a great place to work.
Benefits Include:
A Shift Pattern that provides great work life balance
30 days holiday + 3 Bank Holidays
Online and High-street retailer discount scheme and well-being portal
Auto Enrolment Pension Plan
Long Service Awards
Subsidised Canteen
Onsite free and secure car park
Charity Initiatives and Team events
24/7 Access to Grocery Aid
As the Site Refrigeration Engineer Your Duties Will Include:
Daily Plant checks to include Ammonia-Glycol Plant, Grasso (Freon/FGAS) Plant, CO2 Spiral Plant and Cooling Tower (BAC) checks for each of the 3 active cooling towers.
Regularly monitor the Plant overview system for faults and action these in a timely manner.
Daily water samples from each cooling tower and relevant tests performed, identifying, and rectifying any issues as required.
Produce permits to work for contractors, monitoring and overseeing the work on contractors.
Attend breakdowns, identify, and rectify faults. Record breakdowns on the CMMS (Hollistech) system.
Perform building and fabric repairs as required e.g. fridge doors, walls, barriers, door handles with completion recorded on the CMMS (Hollistech) system.
Dosing system to be topped up with Bromine and other water treatment chemicals added when required.
Complete Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM’s) and record on the CMMS (Hollistech) system.
Ad hoc tasks including fire alarm testing, boiler checks/repairs, building and fabric repairs, general plant maintenance.
Daily handovers between refrigeration engineers including issues outstanding and issues in progress.
Experience:
Multiskilled Refrigeration Engineer who has experience with Freon, CO2 and Ammonia refrigerants, as well as a strong electrical background and good mechanical ability
Category 1 FGAS Certificate with previous on-the-job experience (does not need to include
hydrocarbons or M.A.C)
Minimum Level 2 Refrigeration related qualification
Minimum Level 2 Electrical qualification preferably with industrial experience
Experience working in complex electrical control panels of all voltages both with and without the presence of drawings
Experience working with inverters, primarily Danfoss, Fenner, and in-fan mounted inverters e.g. “Ebmpapst”
Good mechanical ability ideally with a level 2 or greater certification
Experience of working with stock count and ordering systems.
PLC knowledge (desirable)
Experience of working in a manufacturing environment (desirable)
Interested To Learn More or Apply?
If you are someone with a can-do attitude, who can demonstrate job ownership, and can work well under pressure and in a fast-paced 24/7 manufacturing site we would love to hear from you.
Please upload your CV, and a Recruitment Partner from Wagstaff will be in touch for a direct conversation. No onerous recruitment processes—speak to a human and see if the job is right for you.
If you would like to talk to us directly, please reach out and call Stuart Cooper or Ruth Forster.
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