Commercial Refrigeration Engineer - Kent
Posted Today by MCFARLANE TELFER LIMITED
£55,000 Per year
Outside
Onsite
Dartford, Kent
Summary: The role of Commercial Refrigeration Engineer involves maintaining refrigeration systems for high-end clients across Kent, with a focus on building strong customer relationships. The position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for professional development. Engineers will manage their own customer sites and are expected to work approximately 50 hours per week, including travel and paid breaks. The company values its engineers as integral to its success and provides a supportive work environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and service commercial refrigeration systems for high-end customers.
- Manage customer sites within a designated area to build lasting relationships.
- Work collaboratively with other engineers to ensure high-quality service delivery.
- Participate in a call-out rota and perform Saturday servicing work as needed.
- Utilize company-provided van for work and personal use, including managing travel expenses.
Key Skills:
- Recognised industry qualifications such as FGas, NVQ, and City & Guilds.
- Electrically qualified with manufacturer training (e.g., Fosters, Williams, True).
- Experience with various refrigeration equipment.
- Strong relationship-building skills with customers and colleagues.
- Valid driving licence.
Salary (Rate): £55,000 yearly
City: Dartford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Commercial Refrigeration Engineer - Kent - £45k - £55k + Benefits
Benefits: 36 days holiday (28 + bank holidays) - Pension scheme - Life insurance - HealthShield healthcare & wellbeing benefits - Annual discretionary bonus - Long Service Awards - Employee Referral Scheme - Sales Lead Referral Scheme - Development & Training - Annual cost-of-living pay review.
Paid d2d, Van (Fully Racked, Sat Nav, Air Con, Fuel Card, Parking app facilities), Laptop, Phone, Less travel, more onsite, 1:12 call out rota, Saturday Servicing work available....
Location: Kent - Dartford, Gravesend, Chatham, Swanley, Sevenoaks, Maidstone, Bexleyheath, Swanley
Who are we?
We are a nationwide company who specialise in Catering and Refrigeration maintenance working for high end customers. Due to growth, we are now looking for experienced Commercial Refrigeration Engineers that can work as part of a dynamic team, who can effectively manage customers' expectations and are proud of the results they deliver.
Our philosophy is simple; our engineers are the heartbeat of our business; we look after them and in turn they look after our customers.
There are regular opportunities to do more than your guaranteed 40 hours each week, on average our engineers work a 50 hours per week (Monday to Friday), this includes door to door travel and paid lunch breaks.
Our engineers drive one of our branded vans, have fuel cards and have auto pay parking, toll charges and congestion charges - the van is also available for personal use.
How we work :
Each engineer manages their own customer sites within a workable area, we don't believe in travelling for hours to get to a site, it's not productive. Our customers want the same engineer to look after them, which means building lasting relationships with the customer and their teams.
Being part of a team:
Every one of our engineers is as valuable as each other, they work closely with one another to ensure we are the best version of ourselves every day! The customers we work with want the same person to go to their kitchen, which means we build lasting relationships with our customers and our engineers stay - we are not recruiting new engineers to replace people, we are most defiantly recruiting engineers to service, support and manage our expanding customer portfolio.
Ideally what you'll have:
- Recognised industry qualifications - FGas (others such as - hydrocarbon, NVQ and City & Guilds)
- Electrically qualified
- Manufacturer training - such as, Fosters, Williams, True
- Knowledge and experience working on a variety of refrigeration equipment.
- Proven record of building strong relationships with customers and colleagues
- Driving licence is a must.
Why work for MCFT?
- Door-to-door competitive hourly rate that is enhanced when you are onsite.
- Award winning training and development - Internal, external and manufacturers.
- Mobile phone and tablet.
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Use the van for personal use.
- Excellent opportunities for progression.
- Health cash plan.
- Pension scheme.
- Income protection.
- Annual pay review & a discretionary bonus.
If you'd like to know more, please apply day. Why not visit our People page to find out more - MCFT - People Website
Work Location: In person