Senior Refrigeration Engineer in Leeds, West Yorkshire

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.