Fire and Security Engineer - South West Region

Servicing and maintaining various fire detection systems, emergency lighting and portable fire extinguishers

- Servicing and maintaining various intruder, CCTV and access control systems.

- Working on large and small installation projects across all fire and security disciplines

- Understanding the requirements of the customer, communicating clearly and reacting efficiently.

- Providing customers with training and demonstrations on systems and educating on the causes and implications of false alarms.

- Taking responsibility for health and safety and adhering to relevant British Standards

- Working proactively and efficiently on your own or as part of a team.

- Maintaining Tay Fire and Security's commitment to excellence in customer service and workmanship and translating this into your role.

- Providing on call telephone support and attendance of out of hours call outs as per the company standby schedule.

- Any other reasonable requests from management

The role will be covering the South West part of the UK, so the successful candidate will need to be willing to undertake an element of travel and some occasional working away for which expenses and accommodation will be paid. Our Head Office is in Nottinghamshire, so periodic attendance may be required.

This is an exciting and varied role for a BAFE accredited, unique and vibrant company who place a commitment to their engineer's happiness and well-being. The role will be made up of a mixture of servicing, remedial and installation work. Any required training will be provided for the right person.

The successful candidate must have the following:

- A positive attitude and commitment to excellence

- Proven experience within the industry

- Excellent communication skills

- Knowledge of a variety of fire systems and manufacturers

- Knowledge of security systems

- Knowledge and experience of emergency lighting and portable fire extinguisher maintenance

- Full driving licence

- Willingness to travel throughout the specified region with periodic time away from home

It would be an advantage to have the following:

- FIA Modules in Fire Detection and Portable Fire Extinguishers

- IPAF, PASMA, Asbestos Awareness and Working at Height certifications,

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)


Experience:

• Fire and Security: 2 years (required)


Language:

• Fluent English (required)
  
  Competitive basic salary & overtime, door to door travel, better than standard pension offering, company vehicle, iPhone, iPad & engineer-specific benefits