Fire & Security Engineer - Training, Progression & On-Call

Bimplus; Portsmouth; Hybrid; 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 is recruiting an experienced Fire & Security Engineer to join a contractor delivering fire and security solutions across commercial and industrial environments in Portsmouth.

The role covers planned maintenance, reactive fault finding, system installations and on-call cover, working with IP networks and a range of fire and security technologies. Excellent communication and customer-facing skills are essential.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years' experience within fire and/or security engineering.
• Full, clean UK driving licence.
• Strong customer-facing and communication skills.
• Good time management and logical fault-finding ability.
• Working knowledge of IP and IT networking.

Responsibilities

• Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) 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

IP networking

Fault finding

Customer facing

Communication

Time management

Driving licence

Job description

Optima Site Solutions is recruiting an experienced Fire & Security Engineer to join a contractor delivering fire and security solutions across commercial and industrial environments in Portsmouth.

The role covers planned maintenance, reactive fault finding, system installations and on-call cover, working with IP networks and a range of fire and security technologies. Excellent communication and customer-facing skills are essential.