Transport Refrigeration Technician (Truck Units) – Experienced

Keep cold rooms cold and offices cool for the hospital building services team in Johannesburg CBD. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Home base is a hospital building services team on the Johannesburg CBD side of Gauteng.

• Complete service reports on a tablet and have the site manager sign them
• Check chiller log sheets and water treatment on building service visits
• Clean coils, replace filters and check drain lines on scheduled services
• Commission new systems and show the client how to use the controls
• Service cold rooms, display fridges and freezers on planned maintenance routes
• Replace thermostatic expansion valves and electronic controllers
• Recover refrigerant into cylinders and log every kilogram used

• SAQCC Gas registration as an authorised person for refrigerants
• At least 2 years servicing commercial or residential systems
• Code 08 driver's licence, since the job is mostly on the road
• Understanding of single- and three-phase control circuits
• Refrigeration and air-conditioning trade test or an NQF 4 occupational certificate
• Brazing, flaring and vacuum skills you can demonstrate

• Transport refrigeration units on trucks and trailers
• Experience with VRF systems or chillers
• CO2 transcritical refrigeration experience in retail stores

• Manufacturer training on new equipment ranges
• Standby pay for weekend fridge breakdowns
• Company vehicle with a fitted tool rack

• Say which refrigerants and system types you have worked on. A recruiter for supermarket work wants to see CO2 or large rack systems.
• Your SAQCC Gas card must be current. Put the expiry date on your CV so nobody has to ask.