HVAC Service Maintenance Technician
As an HVAC Maintenance Technician at Tesco, covering our Teeside and Middlesbrough areas, you’ll play a crucial role in keeping our environments comfortable, safe, and fully operational for both customers and colleagues. Your expertise in heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems will ensure our stores remain energy-efficient and compliant with safety standards.
You’ll be part of a skilled maintenance team, responsible for both planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs across a wide range of HVAC systems and equipment. From diagnosing faults to carrying out repairs and optimising system performance, your work will help ensure a seamless shopping experience for thousands of customers every day.
This is a hands-on, mobile role that requires strong technical knowledge, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and a commitment to high standards of service and safety. In return, you’ll benefit from ongoing training, career development opportunities, and the chance to be part of one of the UK’s most recognised and respected retail brands.
What is in it for you We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!- Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary.
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.
- Ensuring all Tesco sites are a safe and functioning environment for customers and colleagues.
- Following the planned work schedule to achieve first time fix, maximising productivity, and effectiveness.
- Delivering high quality work standards across the estate, with year-on-year improvement.
- Using problem-solving skills and innovation to identify and develop solutions for key and common issues.
- Own tasks at a local level through to completion/resolution, informing key stakeholders through the process, where required.
- Using mobile devices; phone and tablet, to drive best practice in work completion and updates.
- Use the business systems to drive best practice in work order reporting to support asset lifecycle management.
- Supporting KPI delivery, through the practical application of skill sets, and effective use of business systems to drive achievement of your own set KPIs.
- Full driving license
- Health & Safety awareness
- Communication & stakeholder management
- Office 365 knowledge
- Can comfortably operate mobile phone and tablets to view workload, emails, teams, and use of business systems.
- Refrigeration and AC C&G 6187, 7189, 6090 or NVQ or equivalent
- Heating & Ventilation C&G 7188, 6288, 6188 or NVQ or Equivalent
- Plumbing & Heating C&G 4467, 3345, 6189, 6035 or NVQ or Equivalent
- City & Guilds 2079 - F-Gas and ODS regulations (Air Con)
- UNVENTED G3 (Hot water systems and safety)
- Core Commercial Gas Qualifications
- COCN1 – Core Commercial Gas Safety (mandatory starting point for most commercial gas work)
- CODNCO1 – Changeover from domestic to commercial gas (typically held by engineers progressing from domestic gas work)
- Commercial Appliance Qualifications
- CIGA1 – Indirect-fired commercial heating appliances
- CDGA1 – Direct-fired heating appliances
- CORT1 – Radiant tube and plaque heaters
- ICPN1 – Installation of commercial pipework
- TPCP1A – Testing and purging pipework up to 150mm
- TPCP1 – Testing and purging pipework over 150mm
- BMP1 – Gas boosters
- CLE1 – Commercial gas meters