Fire Engineer, Bristol

Smile Digital; West of England; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Fuel card

Paid travel

23 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Birthday off

Holiday increasing with service

Tool cover

Personal accident insurance

24/7 GP access

Company sick pay

Employee assistance programme

Referral scheme

Ongoing training and technical dev

Job summary

Smile Digital is seeking a Fire Engineer in Bristol for a field-based, permanent role focused on fire alarm and life-safety systems. You will service, fault-find, and maintain systems across customer sites, with on-call duties and strong customer liaison.

The ideal candidate has hands-on fire life-safety experience, good electrical knowledge, and a full UK driving licence. Experience with major brands is useful, and on-site work is expected.

Qualifications

• Hands-on fire alarm or life-safety experience.
• Experience servicing and maintaining fire systems.
• Full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Servicing and maintaining fire alarm systems.
• Reactive fault finding and breakdown response.
• Routine system testing.
• Completing like-for-like repairs.
• Identifying and diagnosing electrical and system faults.
• Carrying out minor remedial works.
• Emergency lighting testing and maintenance.
• Completing service records and documentation.
• Working independently across customer sites.
• Liaising professionally with customers.
• Participating in the on-call rota.

Skills

Fire life-safety experience

Electrical competence

Fire system servicing

Fault-finding ability

Reactive repairs

Customer-facing skills

UK driving licence

Fire system brands familiarity

Emergency lighting experience

Electrical qualifications

Education

Electrical qualifications (FIA / FESS / ECS)

Tools

Advanced

Kentec

Gent

Morley

C‑Tec

Hochiki

Job description

Fire Engineer, Bristol - £34,000 to £40,000 DOE, Permanent | Field Based

We are recruiting for a Fire Engineer to join an established and growing Fire & Security business covering the Bristol area.

This is a hands‑on service role focused on fire alarm and life‑safety systems, with a strong emphasis on maintenance, reactive fault finding and repairs.

The role could suit someone who already has solid fire engineering experience or somebody earlier in their career who has strong electrical foundations, good fault‑finding ability and wants to continue developing technically.

The role will include

• Servicing and maintaining fire alarm systems


• Reactive fault finding and breakdown response


• Routine system testing


• Completing like‑for‑like repairs


• Identifying and diagnosing electrical and system faults


• Carrying out minor remedial works


• Emergency lighting testing and maintenance


• Completing service records and documentation


• Working independently across customer sites


• Liaising professionally with customers


• Participating in the on‑call rota

We are looking for

• Hands‑on fire alarm or fire life‑safety experience


• Good electrical competence


• Experience servicing and maintaining fire systems


• Confident fault‑finding ability


• Comfortable carrying out routine reactive repairs


• Good customer‑facing skills


• Full UK driving licence


• Experience with systems such as Advanced, Kentec, Gent, Morley, C‑Tec or Hochiki would be useful


• Experience with emergency lighting would also be beneficial


• Relevant FIA, FESS, ECS or electrical qualifications would be advantageous, but technical ability and practical experience are equally important

Package

• £34,000 to £40,000 depending on experience


• Company vehicle


• Fuel card


• Paid travel


• 23 days holiday plus Bank Holidays


• Birthday off


• Holiday increasing with service


• Tool cover


• Personal accident insurance


• 24/7 GP access


• Company sick pay


• Employee assistance programme


• Referral scheme


• Ongoing training and technical development

Working hours are broadly 8am to 5pm, door to door, with participation in an on‑call rota.