Fire & Security Engineer
Location
Colchester or Cambirdge
Salary or rate
£40k - £43k (OTE £50K)
Contract type
Permanent
Hours or shifts
Full time
About the role
We are proud to announce that one of our valued clients, who are a leading Fire & Security company, are now looking to recruit 2 experienced Fire & Security Engineers due to their continued growth and expansion. They're a highly established, BAFE-accredited provider of Fire Protection and Security systems with over 30 years of industry experience reuslting in them ammasing an outstanding reputation for delivering high quality solutions to a prestigious customer base and are now seeking a Fire & Security Engineer to join their growing team in in either Colchester or Cambridge!
Key responsibilities
Install, commission, service and repair intruder alarms, CCTV, access control and fire alarm systems
Complete planned preventative maintenance and reactive works with a high first time fix rate
Communicate effectively with admin, sales and operations teams to support efficient scheduling
Upload documentation, certificates, photos and job notes using the job management systems
Work on an various Conventional & Addressable fire systems..
Maintain accurate van stock, tools and overall vehicle condition
Participate in the call out rota and provide occasional remote support
Identify recurring faults or design issues and contribute to continuous improvement
Manufacturers:
Fire - Advanced, Kentec, Ctec, Morley, Gent, Notifier Vesda
CCTV - in Hikvision, Dahua, Axis and Avigilon
Access Control - Paxton, ACT Vanderbilt, Grosveno
Skills and experience required
Essential:
Experience in Installation, commissioning, maintenance and fault finding of Fire and Security Systems for an NSI & BAFE registered company
Competent in the Installation, commissioning, maintenance and fault finding of Fire, Access control systems, Intruder alarms and CCTV systems.
Competent on Conventional & Addressable fire systems including Advanced, Kentec, Ctec, Morley, Gent, Notifier Vesda etc.
Experience in the use associated fire and security software.
Experience with intruder alarms with key experience in Galaxy, Texecom, Eaton etc.
Experience with IP CCTV systems with key experience in Hikvision, Dahua, Axis and Avigilon etc.
Experience with Access control systems with key experience in Paxton, ACT Vanderbilt, Grosvenor etc.
Experience with emergency lighting.
Must have working knowledge and experience of the current British Standards for fire systems, Intruder alarms, Access control and CCTV.
Desirable:
Qualifications/Experience in BS5839, BS50131, PD6662, BS60839, NCP109, BS8418, BS6276, NCP104 and BS5266/FIA Units preferable
What is on offer
Salary of £40k - £43k (OTE £50k)
Overtime available at enhanced rates
Travel time paid
Great progression oppportunties
Company van, laptop, mobile phone and specialist tools provided
Awards Programme
Health & Wellbeing Programme
If this Fire & Security Engineer role is the right next step for you, please apply with your CV as soon as possible.
FIRENG
Salary description
£40000.00 - £43000.00 per year