Project Engineer

SER Limited; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle or car allowance

Laptop, iPad and phone provided

Overtime pay: time and a half weekdays

20 days holiday plus bank holidays, 25

Overnight stays paid + food allowance

Training provided on non-standard sys

Specialist equipment supplied

Company pension

Performance bonus

Progression to Project Management

No call-out rota

Job summary

SER Limited is recruiting a Fire & Security Project Engineer to join our nationwide project team. This is a project engineering role, not maintenance; you’ll install systems on site via subcontractors or hands-on, then commission and hand over to the client.

Projects are all new-builds across education, stadiums and commercial blocks; travel nationwide with overnight stays and allowances. ECS and IPAF are required, with a full UK driving licence.

Qualifications

• Experience installing and commissioning fire and security systems.
• ECS card and IPAF certification.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel nationwide.
• Own hand tools provided by the worker; specialist tools supplied by us.
• Good communication skills and professional approach with clients and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Manage fire and security installations on site, coordinating with subcontractors or performing smaller installs directly.
• Commission systems and hand them over to the client.
• Work with standard industry systems – Apollo, C-Tec, Paxton, Hikvision, Galaxy, Texecom, Advanced, GK, Oilisec and door entry.
• Work to project programmes and deliver on time.
• Maintain health, safety and quality standards our accreditations are built on.
• Occasionally start early or stay overnight to meet project needs.

Skills

Experience installing and commissioni

ECS card

IPAF

Full UK driving licence

Own hand tools

Good communication

Job description

Location: Nationwide
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £36,000 - £45,000
Hours: Monday to Friday, approx. 08:00-17:00 (flexible)

Benefits:

• Company vehicle or car allowance

• Laptop, iPad and phone provided

• Overtime: time and a half weekdays and Saturday mornings, double time Saturday afternoons and Sundays

• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays, rising to 25 with service

• Overnight stays paid for, plus food allowance when working away

• Training provided on any non-standard systems specified by clients

• Specialist equipment supplied

• Company pension

• Performance bonus for delivering projects on time

• Genuine progression route into Project Management

• No call-out rota. No standby. No maintenance.

About Us

We're an established mechanical and electrical engineering contractor with specialist fire, security, CCTV and data capabilities, trading since 1994. We're a true systems integrator - designing, installing, commissioning and supporting systems for major construction projects nationwide.

We're a properly accredited business and proud of it: ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certified, ISO 19650 for BIM, NICEIC Approved Contractor (including Hazardous Areas), ECA and JIB members, Constructionline Platinum, SSIP Acclaim, Achilles UVDB audited, RoSPA Gold Medal, and an affiliated member of the Fire Industry Association.

About the Role

We're looking for a Fire & Security Project Engineer to join our team. This is a project engineering role, not a maintenance role - we don't do maintenance. You'll be getting systems installed on site, either through subcontractors or hands-on where the job is small enough, then commissioning them and handing them over to the client.

Our projects are all new build - schools, football stadiums, residential blocks, office blocks and commercial developments. Work comes in nationwide, currently concentrated around the M62 corridor and East Midlands down to Birmingham, with the occasional job further afield. Where travel requires it, overnight stays and food allowance are covered.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage fire and security installations on site, working with subcontractors or carrying out smaller installs directly.

• Commission fire and security systems and hand them over to the client.

• Work across a range of standard industry systems - Apollo, C-Tec, Paxton, Hikvision, Galaxy, Texecom, Advanced, GK, Oilisec and door entry.

• Work to project programmes and deliver on time.

• Maintain the health, safety and quality standards our accreditations are built on.

• Work flexibly around site requirements, including occasional early starts, later finishes and overnight stays.

Requirements

• Experience installing and commissioning fire and security systems.

• ECS card and IPAF - and comfortable working on live construction sites.

• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel nationwide, including overnight stays.

• Own hand tools (specialist equipment is supplied by us).

• Reliable, honest and hardworking - we back people who apply themselves.

• Good communication skills and a professional approach with clients and subcontractors.

Desirable

• Experience across both fire and security (we're happy with a stronger bias either way).

• Experience on commercial new-build projects.

Why Join Us?

• No call-out. No standby. No maintenance. This is pure project work.

• Variety - one week a school, the next a stadium or a residential block. No two projects are the same.

• Nationwide exposure with travel and overnight costs covered.

• Strong overtime rates - time and a half in the week and Saturday mornings, double