Fire Damper Tester & Field Engineer — Travel + Company Van

EA-RS Fire Management Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Overtime + call out

Training and development

Pension scheme

Career growth potential

Job summary

EA-RS Group Ltd is seeking a Fire Damper Tester to inspect and test fire dampers across sites, ensuring compliance with standards and manufacturer requirements. The role involves identifying defects, documenting findings with photo evidence, and communicating clearly with clients.

The candidate should be comfortable working in hospitals, commercial buildings, and universities, with the ability to travel nationally, work occasional nights/weekends, and undertake basic remedial works when needed.

Qualifications

• Proven experience carrying out fire damper inspections/testing.
• Good understanding of relevant fire damper standards, manufacturer requirements and industry guidance.
• Able to identify installation defects, not simply perform a drop test.
• Understands the relationship between the damper, supporting construction and surrounding fire compartment.
• Able to recognise issues such as incorrect installation, damaged/modified dampers, access problems, missing/incorrect fire stopping and unsuitable fixings.
• Competent using testing/reporting systems and producing good-quality photographic evidence.
• Able to write clear, accurate engineer comments that a client can understand.
• Comfortable working in hospitals, commercial buildings, universities and other occupied environments.
• Good customer-facing skills — professional, presentable and able to communicate with site contacts.
• Able to work independently and manage their own workload.
• Willing to travel nationally and work occasional nights/weekends where projects require it.
• Strong preference: someone who can also undertake basic remedial works.
• Driving licence essential.
• To be able to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
• To assist other members of the team when needed.
• To be part of the on-call rota.
• Be able to converse with customers in a professional manner.

Responsibilities

• Carry out fire damper inspections and testing at various sites.
• Identify installation defects and ensure compliance with standards.
• Assess damper relationships with surrounding construction and fire compartments.
• Document findings with clear engineer comments and photographic evidence.
• Communicate results professionally to clients; travel nationally as required.
• Support on-call duties and assist with basic remedial works when needed.
• Work independently, manage workload and participate in team efforts.

Skills

Fire damper inspections

Fire damper standards

Identify installation defects

Damper relationships

Installation issues

Testing/reporting systems

Engineer reports

Working environments

Customer communication

Independent work

Travel availability

Remedial works

Driving licence

Teamwork/initiative

Team support

On-call

Job description

EA-RS Group Ltd is seeking a Fire Damper Tester to inspect and test fire dampers across sites, ensuring compliance with standards and manufacturer requirements. The role involves identifying defects, documenting findings with photo evidence, and communicating clearly with clients.

The candidate should be comfortable working in hospitals, commercial buildings, and universities, with the ability to travel nationally, work occasional nights/weekends, and undertake basic remedial works when needed.