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Date Added: Thu 26/03/2026

Design Engineer Refrigeration

Leicester, LE1, UK
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Company: CALEDONIAN RECRUITMENT GROUP LTD

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

To design and propose industrial refrigeration systems for food manufacturing facilities and logistics cold storage centres. Detailing costs and designs to customers while meeting legislative and customer-specific requirements. To create comprehensive designs from initial briefs and/or drawings, whilst adhering to the latest company and industry standards.
Produce detailed design work, consisting of but not limited to: cold room and facility heat load calculations, equipment selections, pumped circulation system design, P&ID development and approvals, concept design presentations, sales stage design applications, engineering specification sheets, pipework isometric drawings, and pipe sizing for ammonia refrigeration systems.
This is a remote working role, but attendance at the Leicester office will be required as will site visits, surveys, and client presentations.
Main Responsibilities

Carry out site surveys where required

Generate and update enquiry bank

Attend customer scoping and design meetings where required

Produce initial outline design/scope

Produce Design File (electronic or hard copy) in line with ISO 9001 standard

Produce detailed design post sales stage and convert into live project for delivery team

Conduct heat load calculations, produce engineering sheets and pipework isometric drawings, equipment selections and pipe work sizing

Produce supplier/sub-contractor enquiries for quotations

Produce data for Design of Contracts project handover including: Equipment/supplier/sub-contractor procurement schedule, identify PED category of system and inform compliance team if CAT 4, calculate system refrigerant charge, produce high level program of works and high level phasing with support of delivery team

Raise Contract Approval Form to enable project to be booked on system

Mark up drawings and issue to CAD department to produce

Attend site at least once during project installation period, to carry out design review

Assist PM during delivery phase for design queries

Maintain excellent service levels at all times, ensuring a “first Class” service to all customers

Take on projects as and when required and see them through to successful completion
Financial

Produce estimates in line with customer budgets and to agreed company margins

Produce formal scope of works and formal quotations

Assist CM with project variation design and costs

All contracts over £500k to have contract/design review with senior member of staff

To identify means of generating extra revenue through new initiatives (forward thinking)
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