Refrigeration Engineer Kent

  • Office Owls Recruitment Limited
  • Maidstone, Kent
  • Jun 23, 2026
Full time Trades & Services

Job Description

Refrigeration Engineer - Kent

Join our clients long-established in-house refrigeration team with decades of expertise, where your work genuinely matters. You'll play a vital role in keeping stores operational by maintaining and repairing critical refrigeration systems that customers rely on every day.

Our client is looking for a hands-on refrigeration and air conditioning engineers who enjoy solving problems and working independently.


Ideally you will have experience in supermarkets, commercial refrigeration, HVAC, transport refrigeration, or chillers

What You'll Be Responsible For
  • Maintaining and repairing refrigeration assets including:

  • Display cases, freezers, cold rooms

  • Chillers, packs, condensers
  • Diagnosing faults using engineering expertise and monitoring systems

  • Completing compliance paperwork accurately and efficiently

  • Supporting store operations by reducing downtime and repeat visits

Skills & Qualifications
  • NVQ Level 2/3 (or equivalent experience) in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

  • F-Gas Category 1 certification

  • Strong electrical and mechanical diagnostic skills

  • Customer-focused mindset and ability to work independently

  • Full UK driving licence

Salary & Package
  • £48k + £2500 On Call + Overtime if based live within M25) = £55k OTE

  • oor to Door travel time paid

  • Fully-spec'd company van (private use option), fuel card

  • 15% Iceland discount,
  • 30% Individual Restaurants discount.
  • tools, uniform, laptop

  • Access to paid parking apps

  • 33 days holiday, increasing with service up to 38 days (including bank holidays)
  • Pension and private healthcare

  • Generous employee discounts

  • Ongoing training, set store allocations, and defined working areas to support work-life balance

Standby is 1 week on 5 weeks off - ( to be discussed at interview as varies from Area to Area)


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