Fire & Security Minor Works Engineer

Harwood Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Minor Works Engineer to work on small projects involving CCTV, Access Control, Intruder, and Fire Alarm Systems. The engineer will have a vital role in ensuring effective communication with clients and maintaining high-quality standards, with a focus on customer service. This position offers a competitive salary between £31,565 and £44,491, along with various benefits like overtime and a company vehicle. Ideal candidates will have at least 2 years of relevant experience and a technical background.

Benefits

Company Vehicle & Fuel Card

Company Tablet and Mobile Phone

Royal London Pension Scheme

Life Assurance 4x Basic Salary

Employee Recognition Scheme

Paid Referrals Scheme

Mental Health Support Scheme

Access to continued training at the company Academy

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years Fire & Security Installation experience required.
• Excellent communication skills and professional presentation are essential.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Work on small projects for CCTV, Access Control, Intruder, and Fire Alarm Systems.
• Liaise with the Lead Engineer on all critical sites.
• Maintain Fire & Security Systems in your region as required.

Skills

Good all-round knowledge of Fire and Security Systems

Experience working in Fire & Security Installation

Technical background in electrical/electronic industry

Front-line customer contact experience

Knowledge of current industry standards

Self-motivated and organized

Highly professional and computer literate

Full UK Driving Licence

Job description

Our Clients Minor Works Engineers

The positions will involve working closely with the Minor Works / Installations Team on small projects from inception through to completion on CCTV, Access Control, Intruder and Fire Alarm Systems. The successful Engineer will contribute to the team and will strive to deliver world class customer service and will be rewarded for doing so.

• Liaise with the Lead Engineer on all troublesome sites, including any critical issues.
• Work closely with sub-contract labour and onsite clients.
• Maintain Fire & Security Systems in your region when demand requires.
• Ensure effective communication with customers and schedulers when planning site visits.
• Utilise all customer portals as directed by your Lead Engineer in accordance with the customer requirements.
• Assist the team in any other works.
• From time to time, you may be required to support the Service Engineers on particular jobs, and occasionally work slightly out of your designated post-code area.
• Plan and respond to routine and re-active call visits in your area.
• Maintain your stock levels with support from the Stores team.
• Attend training sessions as and when required.
• Attend Engineering team meetings as and when required.
• Identify any personal training and development needs to help you provide the best possible customer service.

Our Clients Systems

Fire: Gent, Notifier, Kentec, Ziton, Advanced, Morley, C-Tec, Protec

Intruder: Galaxy, Texecom, Scantronic, Menvier, Risco

CCTV: Hikvision, Dahua, Bosch, Generic Analogue Systems

Access Control: Paxton, PAC. Salto

Requirements

In addition to having all the usual attributes of a great employee, such as; a positive attitude, excellent communication skills, well presented and professional at all times, ability to work alone and as part of a team….. For this opportunity, they are specifically looking for candidates who offer:

• Good all-round knowledge of Fire and Security Systems.
• Experience of working in a similar role previously - Fire & Security Installation Experience (minimum of 2 years)
• Technical background in the electrical / electronic industry.
• Experience of front-line customer contact preferred.
• Knowledge of current industry standards and able to commission multi-disciplined systems.
• Self-motivated and able to organise workload, with the ability to work on own initiative.
• Highly organised, professional and computer literate.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Benefits

How we Attract, Reward & Retain Our Employees

Our client recognise the importance of fairly rewarding our employees. We go above and beyond with our remuneration packages that not only meet the needs of a challenging economical climate, but we offer packages, benefits and incentives to support the broader needs of our people making their everyday lives and futures more comfortable.

Upon joining Our client, you will be remunerated with a generous and competitive basic salary, as well as the opportunity to earn overtime, on-call and travel which we encourage all of our Service Engineers to embrace to the fullest to maximise your progression and earning potential. We tailor these remuneration packages subject to the individual to ensure that we don’t miss out on the best talent in the market.

• Basic Salary - £31,565 £44,491 – Please see grading structure above
• Overtime, On-Call, Travel Time: Typically in the region of an additional £10,000 per annum (this would depend on the individual and how much you would be prepared to commit to)
• Company Vehicle & Fuel Card
• Company Tablet and Mobile Phone
• Royal London Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance x4 Basic Salary
• Employee Recognition Scheme
• Paid Referrals Scheme (up to £1,000 per successful candidate referral, unlimited referrals)
• Paid Holidays and Bank Holidays
• Holidays increasing after each year of service up to 25 days.
• Birthday Holiday
• Mental Health Support Scheme
• Long Service Award (increments of 5 years
• Access to continued training at the company Academy
• Development & Progression opportunities
• 4-Day induction upon start providing you with a full introduction to the company, training, assessments, portal access, issue of vehicle & equipment