Southern Apprentice Service Engineer

Job Role:    Apprentice Service Engineer – Process Cooling/Industrial Refrigeration
Location:     Chandlers Ford

The Company

Established in 2001, Aqua design, supply and install innovative temperature control solutions, across the UK. Our Sales, Hire and Service teams support customers from every industry sector, whether they are looking to purchase, hire or maintain equipment. Products include process chillers, adiabatic, dry air & free coolers, cooling towers, temperature control units, boilers, air conditioning units and portable heaters. As a business, we have a strong focus on energy efficiency and the ability to design completely bespoke solutions. Aqua are proud recipients of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation.

The Company has a clearly defined growth plan over the coming years which will offer employees training and development opportunities. Due to our continued growth, we are seeking to expand our production team.

The Role

Our network of engineers are field based, reporting directly to a Regional Service Manager and supported by the service team at head office. Day to day responsibilities include:

• Installations, servicing and preventative maintenance of our specialist products
• Responding to client call outs for breakdown and repair
• Installation & commissioning of new equipment
• Completion of relevant documentation
• Attending college to obtain a qualification to advance your career

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• a can do attitude with a “first fix” mentality and a commitment to proving a first-class customer experience
• hold a clean current driving licence or be working towards obtaining their licence
• happy to work on your own and travel to customer sites when required.

Benefits:

• Salary – meets minimum wage
• Company vehicle (typically a Ford Transit custom once qualified)
• Company laptop and mobile phone.
• 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
• 8% Employer pension contribution
• Overtime rates = time and a half on standard days, double time on Sundays and bank holidays
• Overnight allowance = £30 per night
• 5 days’ sickness allowance, if unused will be paid as a bonus in December each year

Employment Type

• Full-time (40 hours a week)
• Permanent contract