Air Conditioning Engineer

Air Conditioning Engineer

• Location: Scotland & North East England
• Salary: £30-33K depending upon experience

Our client is looking for an Air Conditioning Engineer to join a team of mobile technicians working on commercial contracts. You will be required to cover the north east and Scotland region.

The Role

• Accountable for ensuring all Environmental/Temperature Control rooms and equipment are available for end users, keeping down times to an absolute minimum during breakdowns.
• Fault find and carry out repairs on all A/C units, refrigeration systems and chiller plants on site.
• Ensure the site's F-Gas logbook is kept up to date, and all losses, recoveries and additions are recorded appropriately.
• Ensure all GWPs and CO2e's are calculated and leak checks are carried out at the correct frequencies.
• Be responsible for the maintenance and operational upkeep of portable and fixed refrigeration leak detection equipment.
• Plan, oversee and work with all subcontractors during service visits associated with Refrigeration systems.
• Recover, repair, pressure test, vacuum dehydrate, charge and re-commission A/C units as required.
• Carry out all PPMs as necessary to onsite AC units and other mechanical plant.
• Undertake any other engineering tasks as required by the Help Desk, Area Supervisor, or Line Manager
• Ensure that PPM and Reactive jobs are processed, and defects are diagnosed, and faults are repaired and testing.
• Responsibilities will also include being a member of the on-call rota for the contract
• Tasks will be allocated using a PDA, so all activities must be recorded and logged in real time
• Support the Helpdesk: in servicing and breakdowns of A/C and refrigeration appliances
• Be available for 'out of hours' call-out support for the contract
• Use the full functionality of the PDA to except/close down and report on all tasks in a timely manner
• Participate in the call out rota if required.

Equipment

You will be working on the below:-

• Chillers - wet and dry systems.
• Air conditioning systems such as VAV, VRV and FAT boxes
• Cooling Tower
• Air Handling Units
• Pumps
• Water Treatment
• Building management system (BMS)
• Control system

Qualifications or Required Experience:

• Recognised EITB or CITB apprenticeship or other similar approved training or further education qualifications in an appropriate discipline
• Minimum air conditioning engineer qualifications to NVQ level 2
• Fully conversant with all major manufactures systems and equipment
• Must have C&G award in 2079-11 F-Gas Cat1 and ODS regulations
• L8 Awareness
• Experience of maintaining all relevant mechanical and electrical equipment to clearly defined criteria
• Recognised Health and Safety Qualification, such as NEBOSH / IOSH would be advantageous
• Must be able to read and work to mechanical and electrical schematic drawings.

If you are interested in this position, please apply immediately.