Chief Refrigeration Engineer in Manchester

We are currently recruiting for a Chief Refrigeration Engineer to be based at our Bury site. As the primary lead for all things refrigeration, you will support the Field Service teams and ensure the business stays fully compliant with current and upcoming F-Gas regulations.

Job Purpose:

• Provide F-Gas related advice and technical assistance to field-based refrigeration engineers or Installations Teams by telephone or site visits throughout the UK.
• Establish and manage an internal audit process to evaluate refrigeration engineering standards to ensure compliance with all F-Gas legislation/regulations.
• Ensure all documents, technical publications and equipment are correct, up to date, and maintained.
• Ensure all refrigeration servicing is carried out as per customer contracts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the refrigeration engineers in carrying out their refrigeration related tasks as directed by the business or on request from the engineer.
• Assist in the development of technical support data for refrigeration equipment and van stock parts in support of the refrigeration engineers.
• Ensure all Engineer F-Gas qualifications are correct and up to standard.
• Assist the business in resolving/managing refrigeration related problems throughout our customer base and visit site where required to see through to completion.
• Provide a point of contact for refrigeration engineers relating to refrigeration matters.
• Represent the Company in a professional manner at all times and develop good working relationships with company and customer staff.
• Diagnose chargeable tasks in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Comply with company Health and Safety rules and notify your line manager of any concerns.
• Provide accurate and up to date information to the business/refrigeration engineers on all refrigeration related matters.

Advantageous (Not Essential):

• High degree of flexibility in working hours and types of jobs undertaken.
• Advanced understanding of refrigeration equipment.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Full compliance in relation to regulation safety throughout the business.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Quality of repairs and maintenance.
• Improved KPIs of refrigeration engineers.
• Response to instructions from management to meet customer expectations.
• Development of engineer, customer and colleague relationships.

Company Information:

Millers Vanguard are proud to have been supporting all the UK’s Supermarket chains for over 40 years. We maintain a wide and varied range of assets from food production equipment through to loading bay lifts.

Our Services:

• Nationwide reactive maintenance.
• Hygienic deep cleaning & planned maintenance services.
• Refurbishment, logistics and installation of equipment.

We do all of this with the firm foundations of being owned by the global Ali Group, whose turnover is in excess of £4 billion p.a.

Our People:

Despite being a large operation here at Millers Vanguard, we still firmly believe in running the business like we have done for the last 40 years, by valuing our biggest asset: YOU, the employee. Our team of over 500 employees have the advantage of working in state-of-the-art working environments:

• New Technical response centre.
• Award Winning research, innovation, and recycling facility.
• Industry leading Mercedes Benz fleet.

We believe in providing you with the very best environment and tools to do the job.

Why Join Us?

• Job specific uniform & tooling for all roles.
• Company wide fun days and charity events.
• Company pension.
• 24 holidays per year plus bank holidays.
• Regular staff treats for employees and their families.

Hours: 42.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm.