Apprentice Field Service Engineer- Glasgow

Glasgow · Posted Oct 19

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At a glance

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Work type: Onsite
Category: Engineering

Apprenticeship program to become a Competent Industrial Refrigeration Engineer, based in Glasgow, with a 4-year progression involving shadowing, hands-on site work, planned maintenance, breakdowns, and office exposure to service branch operations.

What they are looking for

RefrigerationAir conditioningMechanicalElectricalFault finding

Location: Glasgow

GEA Heating & Refrigeration Technologies is a global specialist in Industrial Refrigeration, Heating and Sustainable Engineering Solutions for a wide array of industries including, food, beverage, dairy and oil & gas. Proven technologies provide their customers with what they value most — reliability, operating efficiency, sustainability and long equipment life cycles that reduce their total cost of ownership.

GEA provides turnkey cooling and heating installations, custom-engineered systems, compressors & compressor packages, chillers, controls, and heat pumps to meet precise temperature requirements. And comprehensive service programs support customers throughout the full life cycle of their plant and equipment to ensure peak performance.

Responsibilities / Tasks

You will be joining a strong team with 5 Engineers based in Glasgow and expected to travel to various sites in the Glasgow Area + the Northeast where we handshake with the Manchester & Leeds Service Branches. You will be enrolling on a 4-year program to develop you into a Industrial Refrigeration Field Service Engineer working across a wide verity of customer site covering a vast range of manufacturing process. For the first part of your program, you will spend all your time shadowing Qualified Engineers, learning on the tools & be expected to drive your own progress & development. The apprenticeship program is aimed to give an individual the opportunity to develop themselves & will rely on being inquisitive, asking questions and getting involved.

The Apprenticeship Program is aimed to develop individuals to become Competent Industrial Refrigeration Engineers. Later, in the progress of your Apprenticeship you will be expected to attend sites to complete Planned Maintenance, Breakdowns and lead Service tasks. Then moving towards the final years of your Program, you will be expected to cover Standby with appropriate support. We will also aim to give you experience ‘’in the Office’’ so you will be able to see both sides of the Service Branch Operation; quoting, problem solving, planning, and prioritising tasks based on severity.