Job Description:

Job title
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.

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