White Label Recruitment
Refrigeration Engineer
Refrigeration Engineer at White Label Recruitment, based in Maidstone, South East England. This is a permanent role.
- Pay
- Not given by the employer
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · On site · Night shifts
- Location
- Maidstone, South East England
- Closing date
- Sector
- Maintenance Engineer
Reference 57246465
About the role
Location: Field Based
Salary: £40,000 – £42,000 + Overtime + £750 On-Call Allowance + Van
Are you an experienced Refrigeration Engineer looking for a field-based role working on specialist industrial refrigeration equipment?
We're recruiting for a growing engineering business looking to strengthen its Service team. You'll be working on portable cold stores, blast freezers and associated refrigeration systems across customers within food manufacturing, seafood, cold storage and pharmaceutical environments.
This is a great opportunity for someone from an industrial or commercial refrigeration background, although experienced transport refrigeration engineers looking to move into industrial refrigeration will also be considered.
The Role- Service, maintenance and PPM of refrigeration equipment
- Reactive breakdowns, diagnostics and fault finding
- Working on cold stores and blast freezing equipment
- Mechanical and electrical repairs
- Refrigerant recovery, charging and re-gassing
- Commissioning and decommissioning
- Remote monitoring and diagnostics
- Completing service reports and identifying follow-up works
- Providing technical support to customers
- F-Gas qualification – essential
- Previous refrigeration engineering experience
- Industrial or commercial refrigeration experience preferred
- Experience with cold stores, blast freezers, chillers or food-production refrigeration would be advantageous
- Transport refrigeration backgrounds will also be considered
- Strong fault-finding and service skills
- Full UK driving licence
- Good work ethic and customer-facing skills
- £40,000 – £42,000 basic salary
- Door to door
- Excellent overtime opportunities – typically 10–15 hours available per week
- Weekday overtime at time and a half
- Weekend overtime at double time
- £750 on-call standby payment
- On-call currently 1 in 4, with plans to move towards 1 in 6
- Company van and fuel card
- Laptop and mobile phone
- Hotel and trade cards
- 20 days' holiday + bank holidays
- 5% matched pension
- Private healthcare after six months
- 4x Death in Service
- PPE and specialist equipment provided
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm. Approximately 2–3 nights away per month may be required depending on workload.
If you're an F-Gas qualified Refrigeration Engineer looking for a technically interesting role with excellent earning potential and the opportunity to join a growing service operation, apply now with your CV to find out more.
Reference: 57246465 · Posted 1 week ago · Closes 2 Dec 2026 · Listed via White Label Recruitment
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