Fire Protection Technician I | Field Service & Inspections

Total Safety Careers; Blaine (WA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Total Safety is hiring a Fire Technician to join a safety-conscious team in a hands-on role that covers service, inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair of fire equipment. Responsibilities include documenting work, performing visual and functional tests, and supporting field operations with setup, safety gear, and fleet tasks.

Qualifications include 1 year of relevant field experience, knowledge of NFPA/OSHA standards, regulatory familiarity, and proficiency with PPE and respiratory

Qualifications

• One (1) year of field experience in fire protection, petrochemical, oil refinery or related industry.
• Demonstrated ability to operate electronic safety equipment and understand fire systems and components.
• Ability to operate and maintain, reassemble, and test electronic safety equipment in accordance with manufacturers' specifications.
• Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose assigned equipment problems and take corrective action within policy and procedure limitations.
• Knowledge of all regulatory standards pertaining to assigned responsibilities; i.e., State, OSHA, and NFPA regulations, etc.
• Must have knowledge of the applicable Code of Federal Regulations. Coast Guard and ABS regulations if offshore.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Proficiency in the care and use of all site specific, facility and customer required Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). Trained in Respiratory Protection and fully certified to wear respiratory breathing equipment (Fit Tested) where required by facility.
• Must demonstrate ability to work in a team environment and willingness to assume additional or new responsibilities readily.
• Shop, indoor and outdoor industrial environments. May be frequently exposed to cold, hot, wet, humid, outside weather conditions and vibration. Works in customer environment. May be exposed to high pressure, chemicals, and traffic. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Responsibilities

• Performs shop service and/or field inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair of fire equipment which may include customer portable and fixed fire extinguisher systems and components, lifesaving and navigation aid equipment, fixed breathing air systems, fire detection and alarm system components, fixed gas detection systems components and foam, dry chemical, gaseous fire suppression systems and components and water-based fire protection systems.
• Completes all documentation associated with inspection and repair in a timely and accurate manner and obtains signature from customer so that proper invoicing and documentation can be provided to customer. This includes all inspection and repair documents, job cost billable expenses and time sheets.
• Learns to conduct detailed visual inspections and system functional tests of various systems and equipment for the purpose of reporting any deficiencies and corrective action recommendations to customer.
• Learns to conduct pre-job, job update and post-job completion briefs.
• Assists others in facilities including stocking shelves with clean, tested, and ready-to-use equipment and pulling, staging, and loading customer orders onto trucks for delivery.
• Maintains work area and other areas in a clean and orderly condition.
• Performs basic maintenance and care of assigned vehicle and/or trailer.
• Learns to rig-up and use a wide range of safety equipment including, but not limited to retractable lifelines, harnesses, and lanyards.

Skills

Field experience

Electronic safety equipment

Troubleshooting

Regulatory standards

PPE and respiratory protection

Team collaboration

Mathematical skills

Education

High School diploma or GED

Associate degree or technical or military training

Job description

Total Safety is hiring a Fire Technician to join a safety-conscious team in a hands-on role that covers service, inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair of fire equipment. Responsibilities include documenting work, performing visual and functional tests, and supporting field operations with setup, safety gear, and fleet tasks.

Qualifications include 1 year of relevant field experience, knowledge of NFPA/OSHA standards, regulatory familiarity, and proficiency with PPE and respiratory