Entry-Level Locksmith - Access Control Track

A-1 Locksmith & Security, Inc.; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

On-the-job training

Paid time off

Tools provided

Vision insurance

Job summary

A-1 Locksmith & Security Center in Phoenix, AZ is hiring an early-career field technician to learn commercial locksmithing and access/security installations. You will be trained hands-on, complete a structured apprenticeship, and advance through qualifications while serving commercial customers across the Phoenix metro area.

Normal hours are Monday–Friday with overtime as needed. Starting pay is $17.00/hour and increases to $20.00/hour after completing the apprenticeship requirements; a formal

Qualifications

• Valid driver's license and ability to meet driving requirements.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Ability to safely use hand and power tools and learn mobile job software.
• Willingness to complete the apprenticeship and qualification process.
• Able to perform field work including ladders, kneeling, overhead tasks.

Responsibilities

• Learn commercial locksmithing, rekeying, key control, and door hardware.
• Assist qualified technicians with electrified locks and access-control installations.
• Document conditions, work performed, and next steps using mobile software.
• Keep keys, master-key materials, credentials, tools, and work areas secure.
• Travel to commercial sites across the Phoenix metro area.
• Communicate with customers and dispatch, and participate in training and qualification path.

Skills

Dependable

Mechanically curious

Honest about limits

Security material awareness

Documentation skills

Written and verbal communication

Hand and power tools

Willingness to learn apprenticeship

Driver's license

Tools

Mobile job software

Job description

A-1 Locksmith & Security Center is a veteran-owned Arizona company serving commercial customers since 1975. We work across the complete door opening-from mechanical locks, master-key systems and door hardware to electrified hardware, access control, CCTV, alarms and ADA operators. Our standard is simple: When Quality Matters.

We are hiring an early-career field technician who wants to build a real skilled-trade career. You do not need to arrive as an access-control expert. You do need to be dependable, mechanically curious, honest about what you know, careful with security-sensitive materials and willing to document your work clearly. We will teach the right person through hands-on work, structured qualifications and increasing responsibility.

What You Will Do

• Learn commercial locksmithing, rekeying, key control, locks and door-hardware service in the shop and field.
• Assist qualified technicians with electric strikes, electrified locks, exit hardware, ADA operators, cabling and access-control installations.
• Use mobile job software to document conditions found, work completed, final condition and next steps.
• Keep customer keys, master-key materials, credentials, tools, parts and work areas secure and organized.
• Communicate clearly with customers, dispatch and the next technician when work must be handed off.
• Attend scheduled training, accept coaching and progress through A-1's locksmith and access/security qualification path.
• Drive to commercial customer sites throughout the Phoenix metro and occasionally elsewhere in Arizona.

You May Be a Strong Fit If You

• Take responsibility when you make a mistake-even if nobody else noticed it.
• Can explain what you did, why you did it and what still needs to happen.
• Enjoy hands-on troubleshooting and learning from experienced technicians.
• Follow procedures but know when to stop and ask because conditions have changed.
• Want long-term growth in commercial locksmithing and electronic security, not simply a short-term job.
• Can meet a predictable Monday-Friday field schedule and communicate promptly when an unexpected issue occurs.

Requirements

• Valid driver's license and ability to meet job-related driving requirements.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Ability to use hand and power tools safely and learn mobile job software.
• Ability, with or without reasonable accommodation, to perform field work involving ladders, kneeling, overhead work and material handling.
• Willingness to complete A-1's locksmith apprenticeship and qualification process.
• Ability to meet job-related customer-site and pre-employment screening requirements.

Schedule and Development

Normal business hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Occasional overtime, travel and after-hours work may occur. On-call participation begins only after qualification and assignment. Starting pay is $17.00 per hour. Pay automatically increases to $20.00 per hour when A-1's apprenticeship requirements are completed and documented. A formal review occurs near 90 days; apprenticeship completion is based on the approved requirements, not time alone.

A-1 Locksmith & Security Center, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity and considers qualified applicants without unlawful discrimination.

• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• On-the-job training
• Paid time off
• Tools provided
• Vision insurance