Refrigeration Engineer

Job title: Refrigeration Engineer

Location: Bishopton

Salary: £38,604

What you’ll be doing:

• Coordination of all Climatic Chamber Maintenance and Repair work at Environmental Test Facilities Site

• Support the lifecycle management of the Climatic assets, including replacement planning

• Handle refrigerants safely including recovery, recycling and recharging systems in compliance with F-Gas and industry regulations

• Responsible for carrying out various Planned Preventative Maintenance and Reactive Maintenance tasks to help support the site maintenance plan

• Delivery of Climatic Chamber planned and preventative maintenance & calibration

• Ordering of spares to support continued operation of Climatic Chamber equipment in line with the schedule and planned activity

• Ensure compliance with UKAS 17025 (2017) calibration of chambers

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience in a relevant engineering field post formal training

• Experience in a mechanical /electrical / civils and or evaluation environment or related discipline

• Ability to organize and manage all aspects of Climatic Chambers maintenance tasks and work under pressure to tight deadlines

Desirable:

• Ability to collect, analyse, and interpret data from drawing/site plans /record systems

• Experience in the use of Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Recognised Qualification in refrigeration Engineering (City & Guilds / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent) and F-Gas category 1 certification (training will be available)

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Facilities Team:

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a professional team supporting BAE Systems, here you will support operational efficiency by maintaining the heating and cooling equipment critical to business processes. Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, this role will involve collaborating with the Site Engineering and Trials Delivery Teams and supporting operational efficiency by maintaining the heating and cooling equipment critical to business processes.

As a crucial part of the business, this dynamic role within the Facilities Team provides support to a variety of programmes operating within a close-knit collaborative team at the expansive 430-acre Bishopton Site.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 8th August.

gust. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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