State Field Engineering Manager

**About Woolworths Group**

Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand’s largest retailer. A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.

**State Field Engineering / Manager | WA | Woolworths
**Skilled, professional Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning Engineer required for refrigeration projects and asset engineering.
- **National retailer covering Refrigeration, air-conditioning, heating and ventilation systems.**:

- **Flexible working options available**:

- **Excellent opportunity to continue work on cutting edge tech and grow your career, working for one of the most recognisable brands in Australia**:

- **Area role covering multiple Woolworths stores
**About Us
The Woolworths 360 Team is a national team of 1,000, responsible for innovating and developing retail stores of the future across supermarkets, Metro & Big W. We’re construction people, facilities and asset management people. We’re planning & commercial people. We’re architects and sustainability people. We’re data analysts, refrigeration and air conditioning people. We are operations and training people. Together, we’re doing our part to bring fresh food and great experiences to our customers every day.

Within Woolworths 360, the Woolworths Facilities Management (WFM) Service team is one of the largest providers of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Services in Australia. The team operates around the country to support our stores, including performing day to day service and maintenance efficiently and with minimum disruption to our stores and customers.

The refrigeration landscape is always changing. We strive to be at the forefront of refrigeration technology with a focus on sustainability and have stores that utilise the latest CO2 refrigeration systems and associated controls. Don’t worry if you don’t have experience with these systems, as this role won’t only provide the exposure, we can also provide training and opportunities to further develop your skills, through our internal teams and relationships with industry-leading partners.

**About the role
**You will have the opportunity to join some of the most capable, hard-working and technically skilled people in the refrigeration and air-conditioning industry to achieve success and progress the business with energy and enthusiasm.

We are a team of top performers who are driven by not just meeting our own ambitious goals, but by exceeding them. We are proud to be working for an organisation that is committed to continuous improvement, a culture of accountability, a winner’s intensity and a strong service ethic.

We are continuing to grow the engineering and maintenance solutions to our selected customers across the industry as we understand that people are important to the success of our business.

As a Field Engineering / Manager, you will have the opportunity to join / manage Western Aaustralia and South Aaustralia field teams, working closely with both property and Construction project management. The role mediates between internal and external stakeholders to develop refrigeration engineering scope of work documents for all new store and store refurbishment projects. It also leads and has accountability for the management of in-store project support activities that deliver refrigeration works for new and store refurbishments. In addition, the Field Engineer will oversee the identification, initiation and delivery of the business units’ energy and greenhouse emissions minimisation strategies and further be involved in ensuring the successful implementation of approved projects to ensure the successful realisation of these strategies.

Furthermore, you will support the development of any tendering strategy for all refrigeration investment (design, installation, equipment procurement & maintenance) and
further ensure all compliance is maintained with relevant Woolworths’ specifications and Australian Standards.

**Who we’re looking for
To be successful in this position, it is essential that you have:

- Refrigeration trade certificate i.e. completion of apprenticeship as a Refrigeration Mechanic; High regard would also be given to Relevant tertiary qualification in an engineering or science discipline.
- Demonstrated experience in Supermarket, Commercial refrigeration and HVAC. Specifically, installation, commissioning, maintenance and engineering industry.
- Team management experience in any of these areas is preferred but not essential.
- Supermarket Commissioning and/ or installation supervisory level experience is essential.
- Program man