Fire & Security Engineer – Lead Roles & Training (Portsmouth)

Optima Site Solutions Ltd; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Life insurance

Profit sharing

Referral programme

Funded training

Career progression opportunities

Regular company events

Job summary

Optima Site Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced Fire & Security Engineer to join their team in Portsmouth, delivering maintenance and installation across commercial and industrial sites.

You will work on fire alarms, intruder alarms, CCTV and access control, with training provided for progression to lead-engineer level. A full, clean UK driving licence is essential and there is an on-call rota.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years' experience within fire and/or security engineering.
• Experience servicing, maintaining and fault finding fire and/or security systems.
• Full, clean UK driving licence.
• Strong customer-facing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Planned preventative maintenance of fire and security systems.
• Reactive call-outs, fault finding and repairs.
• Diagnosing faults and providing safe, compliant solutions.
• Completing remedial works and system installations.
• Working across fire alarms, intruder alarms, CCTV and access control systems.
• Providing clear technical updates to customers and site contacts.
• Completing accurate service reports and documentation.
• Participating in the on-call rota (approximately 1 week in every 3).

Skills

Customer-facing

Communication

Time management

Fault finding

IP networking

Tools

Fire alarm systems

Intruder alarm systems

CCTV systems

Access control

Job description

Optima Site Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced Fire & Security Engineer to join their team in Portsmouth, delivering maintenance and installation across commercial and industrial sites.

You will work on fire alarms, intruder alarms, CCTV and access control, with training provided for progression to lead-engineer level. A full, clean UK driving licence is essential and there is an on-call rota.