Mobile Refrigeration Engineer in Portsmouth

Mobile Refrigeration Engineer - Portsmouth / Chichester / Bognor Regis

Join Iceland's In-House Refrigeration Team

Are you a Refrigeration Engineer looking for a role where you're trusted to do your job, equipped with the right tools and backed by a business that invests in your development?

At Iceland, our specialist Refrigeration Team have been keeping stores trading safely and efficiently for over 27 years. We're now looking for a skilled engineer to join us across Portsmouth, Chichester and Bognor Regis, maintaining the refrigeration systems that keep our stores running every day.

Whether your experience comes from supermarkets, commercial refrigeration, HVAC, chilled distribution, transport refrigeration, air conditioning or the Armed Forces, we'd love to hear from you!

Why Join Iceland?

• In-house role with a leading UK retailer
• Competitive salary, overtime and standby payments
• Fully equipped automatic company van with private use option
• Fuel card, tools, laptop, uniform and paid parking apps provided
• Private healthcare and pension scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 15% Iceland discount and 50% discount with Big Table Group
• Ongoing technical training and career development
• Set store allocation and geographic area to support work-life balance
• No micromanagement - manage your own day and workload

What You'll Be Doing

As a Refrigeration Engineer, you'll be responsible for maintaining and repairing refrigeration equipment across your designated stores, ensuring our systems remain reliable, compliant and operating at peak performance.

You'll

• Maintain and repair refrigeration assets including display cabinets, freezers, cold rooms, refrigeration packs, condensers and chillers.
• Diagnose faults using both your engineering expertise and remote monitoring platforms such as RDM and Monika.
• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance efficiently to minimise downtime.
• Work closely with store colleagues to deliver excellent service and keep disruption to a minimum.
• Ensure all work complies with F-Gas requirements and Health & Safety standards.
• Complete digital reports and maintain accurate compliance records.

A Role With Real Autonomy

This isn't a role where every minute of your day is managed for you.

Our Engineers Are Trusted To

• Plan and prioritise their own workload.
• Organise routes efficiently.
• Utilise remote diagnostic systems before arriving on site.
• Manage van stock and parts effectively.
• Make decisions that keep stores trading and customers served.

What We're Looking For

• NVQ Level 2/3 in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning or equivalent experience.
• F-Gas Category 1 certification.
• Strong refrigeration fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Electrical and mechanical maintenance knowledge.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Ability to work independently with a strong customer-focused approach.

Desirable

• Experience in commercial refrigeration, supermarket refrigeration, HVAC, transport refrigeration or air conditioning.
• Ex-Forces engineering background.

Invest In Your Future

Skills

• Hydrocarbon refrigerants
• A2L refrigerants including R455A
• Controls and diagnostics
• OEM manufacturer training
• New refrigeration technologies

Ready to Join Us?

If you're looking for a secure, long-term engineering career with a well-established household name, where you'll be trusted, supported and given the opportunity to develop your skills, we'd love to hear from you.