Refrigeration Maintenance Engineer

Yolk Recruitment

Refrigeration Maintenance Engineer

Shift: Days (Monday-Friday) + 1 Saturday per month (TOIL provided)

Pay: Up to £47,000 + Premium Overtime + Excellent Benefits

Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire

Are you a Refrigeration Engineer looking to escape call-out heavy contracting and join a modern environment where quality comes before quantity?

Do you want to work in a technically interesting facility with flexible hours, outstanding benefits and genuine work-life balance?

Whether your background is within pharmaceutical, healthcare, hospitals, MOD, facilities management, building services, critical environments, HVAC or industrial maintenance, this could be the opportunity you've been looking for if you're seeking a days-based role with genuine work-life balance.

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a market-leading business in their search for a Refrigeration Maintenance Engineer as they continue to invest in and strengthen their engineering team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing organisation supplying critical products and services across the UK, offering long-term stability and exposure to a variety of equipment and technologies.

What we're looking for

  • Time-served apprenticeship or NVQ Level 3 qualification.
  • F-Gas qualification or significant refrigeration experience.
  • Strong fault-finding ability.
  • Previous experience carrying out planned and reactive maintenance.
  • A proactive approach and willingness to work within a highly regulated environment.

Engineers from the following sectors are encouraged to apply:

  • Pharmaceutical and healthcare.
  • Hospitals and NHS estates.
  • MOD and defence.
  • Facilities management.
  • Building services.
  • Critical environments and data centres.
  • HVAC and refrigeration contractors.
  • Food and beverage.
  • Medical devices.
  • Utilities and process industries.

Experience maintaining equipment such as refrigeration plant, chillers, air conditioning systems, HVAC equipment, pumps and building services infrastructure would be highly advantageous.

And this is what you'll get in return

  • Salary package up to £47,000.
  • £44,000 basic salary plus £250 monthly standby allowance.
  • Overtime available paid at x1.5.
  • Double time on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
  • Flexible start times available.
  • One Saturday per month with TOIL.
  • Excellent pension scheme with enhanced employer contributions of up to 8%.
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
  • Enhanced company sick pay.
  • Life assurance of 8x salary.
  • Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP service.
  • Employee discounts and reward platform.
  • Long-term stability and development opportunities.

You'll be joining a growing business with a strong reputation, operating within a clean and modern environment where engineers are given ownership, technical variety and the opportunity to make a genuine impact.

Unlike many refrigeration roles, this position offers a varied workload, excellent work-life balance and the chance to work within a highly regulated environment supporting critical products and services across the UK.

Are you up to the challenge?

Please get in touch today with engineering specialist Liam Reid.

Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days, unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for future opportunities.

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