Air Con Engineer
Contract: Key Account Network
Location: Birkenhead, CH41 6AD
Hours of work: 40
Contract Type: Permanent
We are seeking an experienced Air Conditioning Engineer with a strong refrigeration bias to deliver both Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance works across commercial environments.
The role involves working to agreed helpdesk response times, ensuring customer expectations are exceeded while maintaining high technical and compliance standards.
Job Description
We are looking for a proactive and technically competent engineer with experience across AC, refrigeration, HVAC, and commercial gas systems.
You will take full operational responsibility for assigned works, contribute to statutory compliance, and support wider building services maintenance activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver reactive maintenance and Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) for AC, refrigeration, HVAC, and commercial gas systems in line with helpdesk instructions, SLAs, KPIs, and contractual requirements
- Inspect, fault find, repair, modify, and install air conditioning, refrigeration, combustion, heating, and HVAC plant, equipment, and associated controls
- Carry out routine servicing and statutory maintenance on commercial gas, heating, and HVAC systems, ensuring full compliance with legislation, manufacturer guidance, and company standards
- Repair or replace defective components including compressors, motors, controls, belts, valves, heat exchangers, and safety devices
- Undertake general building services maintenance, including fabric, mechanical, HVAC, and related tasks as required
- Monitor service delivery against contractual requirements, identify defects or failures, and implement or report corrective actions
- Supervise contractors, issue Permits to Work, carry out quality checks, and ensure servicing obligations are met
- Review work orders, estimate labour and materials, arrange parts procurement, complete all required documentation, and recommend service, asset, or process improvements
Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of HVAC and refrigeration systems, theory, and standard industry practices
- Experience with materials, methods, and tools used in HVAC and refrigeration maintenance and repair
- AC: F-Gas certification and recognised air conditioning qualifications
- Gas: Commercial gas qualifications
- Proven experience working within PPM and reactive maintenance environments
- Full UK driving licence - travel required to client sites
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger,
#aplacetobeyou,
#facilitiesmanagement
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing [email protected]
If you are interested in learning about other opportunities at ISS, please join our Talent community by clicking on the following link: TalentPlace
To find out more about what we do - https://www.uk.issworld.com/
Pay: £37,000.00-£44,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
