Job Description
Air Conditioning Service Engineer
Luton, Wembley, Milton Keynes, Hemel Hempstead and surrounding regions
Permanent, Full Time
Salary £43,000–£48,000 DOE + Company Van and Excellent Package
We are working with a reputable and growing facilities management and building services contractor providing maintenance, servicing and installation services to commercial clients across the UK.
Due to continued growth, they are looking to recruit an experienced Air Conditioning Service Engineer to join their mobile engineering team, covering a varied portfolio of commercial properties.
This role would suit a technically strong engineer with a minimum of five years' experience, confident carrying out servicing, maintenance, fault finding and repairs across a wide range of commercial air conditioning systems.
The Role
You will be responsible for carrying out planned and reactive maintenance, servicing and repairs across commercial air conditioning systems.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive repairs on commercial air conditioning systems.
- Service, maintain and fault-find on split, multi-split, VRV and VRF systems.
- Diagnose faults and complete repairs safely and efficiently.
- Carry out refrigerant recovery/decanting, pressure testing and associated service works.
- Complete compressor replacements and other major component repairs.
- Identify additional faults, remedial works and replacement requirements.
- Support general commercial gas servicing, fault finding and repairs where appropriately qualified.
- Respond to reactive maintenance requests and complete works within agreed timescales.
- Work independently across a mobile commercial portfolio.
- Liaise with clients, site teams and internal colleagues.
- Complete job reports, maintenance records and relevant certification accurately.
- Ensure all works comply with relevant regulations and Health & Safety procedures.
- Participate in the out-of-hours callout rota as required.
The Person
The successful candidate will:
- Have a minimum of five years' experience working on commercial air conditioning systems.
- Hold a current F-Gas qualification.
- Ideally hold an NVQ in Air Conditioning / Refrigeration or recognised equivalent.
- Have strong experience servicing, maintaining and repairing split, multi-split, VRV and VRF systems.
- Be confident with fault finding, refrigerant recovery, pressure testing and compressor replacements.
- Have previous experience working across commercial properties.
- Ideally have commercial gas experience and relevant Gas qualifications, although these are not essential.
- Be comfortable working independently in a mobile engineering role.
- Have strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
- Hold a full UK driving licence.
- Have good communication and IT/reporting skills.
The Package
- Salary £43,000–£48,000 DOE.
- Permanent, full-time position.
- £150 standby allowance per callout week.
- Callout rota - 1 week in 6.
- Approx 1 week in 3 or 4 during the summer months.
- Travel paid, excluding the first and last 30 minutes of each working day.
- Overtime available
- Genuine opportunities for training and career development.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Additional day off for your birthday.
- Extra day's annual leave for every 4 years of service, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.
Air Conditioning Service Engineer in Luton employer: Vertu FM
Join a dynamic and forward-thinking Facilities Management contractor in Newcastle, where you will thrive in a supportive and ambitious work culture. With a focus on employee development, you will benefit from career progression opportunities, a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package, including 28 days of annual leave and a pool vehicle for site visits. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a growing team that values innovation and collaboration.
