We have an exciting opportunity for a Fire & Security Engineer to join our clients’ team. Our client is proud to be both NSI Gold & BAFE registered.
Ideally the successful candidate will be Leicestershire based, working on the road in a company vehicle from home and accessing the clients’ offices near Loughborough. Salary is dependent on experience range starting salary £30K per year + engineering bonuses, team bonuses and substantial benefits.
About Us:
The client is a family-owned business who are thriving and growing through an honourable approach to building trusted relationships with clients across all business types.
From decades in fire safety engineering and latterly on-boarding CCTV surveillance, Access Control and Intruder clients, the quality of the workmanship has been recognised as outstanding by NSI GOLD and BAFE accreditation. This permits the client to connect to the Police response and the Fire Services.
They deliver their services by employing local people to support the local economy. We are recruiting additional local skilled people, to provide their services right first time, every time. We need staff who can share our passion to care for people who need our help, with all our work carried out to the UK’s highest standards.
Qualified Engineers:
The clients’ ethos is to employ Qualified Engineers, we therefore are committed to onboard staff and offer comprehensive training for each member of the team to achieve a life-long qualification, Level 3 in fire alarm and security system engineering.
Keep it local:
95% of the work is local. On occasions and with prior agreement, engineers do work away from home or switch hours of work to suit the client's sites. This can often allow staff to flex their work/life balance.
Core activities of this role:
* Maintenance and installation of fire alarms, security, CCTV, access control, emergency lighting and extinguisher systems.
* Maintaining systems to schedules as prescribed by relevant British Standards.
* Responding to attendance requests to system break downs or faults. An on call rota for 1 week in 3.
* Investigation of faults and providing engineered solutions to ensure systems are operational to the client's satisfaction.
* Undertaking refurbishment surveys, capturing data and providing information for follow up quotations to be prepared.
Candidates:
The candidate must be physically fit and capable of working at height. They shall have no criminal record, an enhance criminal records check to Police standards will take place before appointment.
Knowledge and Experience:
The candidate will develop his/her understanding of the requirements for Fire Alarms, Emergency Lighting and Security Systems and the engineering processes involved in installation and maintenance. Internal and external training will be provided by the company.
Skills - they will strive & train to be able to possess the following qualifications & skills
* An electrical qualification, skills, or electrical apprenticeship.
* Knowledge of current IEE and British Standards for said systems.
* Full driving licence; clean preferred.
* Be computer literate.
* Possess good communication skills written and verbal.
Personal Skills:
* Ability to work alone and plan work patterns, ability to work at height.
* Ability to work from a home base with company vehicle provided.
* Ability to schedule individual workloads in order to meet clients project requirements.
Benefits and Training:
* Competitive salary
* Team and Individual bonuses
* Pension provision
* Company vehicle, expenses, travel costs to & from home
* Comms tools
* Opportunities for overtime
* Product Training / Installation Standards and awareness training
* On Site Safety Training
* OFQUAL Level 3 equivalent training to achieve a formal qualification
* Opportunities for senior positions and career development
* Mainly local work for improved work/life balance
Working Schedule:
Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm with travel to and from site of up to 45mins either side of these hours.
On call on average of 1 weekend every 3 weeks
Pay: From £30,000.00 per year
Additional pay:
Bonus scheme
Commission pay
Performance bonus
Benefits:
Company car
Company events
Company pension
Employee discount
Free parking
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Overtime
Application question(s):
Are you willing to undergo an enhanced criminal/police background check, in accordance with local law/regulations?
Experience:
fire alarm, electrical installation or security: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
driver's licence (required)