Fire Engineer (City of London)

Fire Alarm Installation Engineer

£37500 – £42,000 – OTE £47,500 – £52,000 including bonus and commission

Anywhere in the Greater London Area

Roles available in: Central London, Kent, Essex, Croydon, Epsom, Enfield, as well as national positions and flexible positions covering London and the home counties.

The role operates Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 17:00, with a 1-hour lunch break. On-call working is also on offer but is not essential.

Summary:

We are seeking experienced Fire Alarm Engineers to support a range of servicing, maintenance, and installation contracts across London and the South-East. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team within a well-established compliance-focused business that values and supports its engineers.

What’s on offer includes a competitive base salary with a performance-related bonus, commission, or piecework (paid weekly). There are clear opportunities for career progression, with internal promotions actively supported. A generous holiday allowance of 33 days is provided, along with a company van, fuel card, and plant tools.

Key Responsibilities:

• Include servicing, maintaining, repairing, and remediating various fire alarm and AOV systems.
• Diagnose and resolve faults.
• Accurately complete job reports and certification documentation,
• Deliver high-quality customer service.
• Communicate effectively with managers and admin staff.
• Installation and commissioning of devices.

Key Experience:

• Candidates should have proven experience with fire alarm and AOV servicing, hold a full UK driving license, and ideally possess FIA qualifications (though training and support can be provided if needed).
• Candidates must have extensive experience working with fire systems, including extinguishers, alarms.

Benefits:

• Weekly pay with bonus or commission opportunities
• 23 days holiday (rising to 25 after two years) plus bank holidays
• A buy-and-sell holiday scheme
• A comprehensive training and development programme (with access to NICEIC, ECA, BAFE, FIA, and E-learning platforms)
• Company pension scheme
• A company phone and tablet
• All plant tools supplied (drills, ladders, heavy-duty tools).
• Flexible working arrangements are possible by agreement.
• Employee wellbeing programme is included.

Enhanced pay is available for unsociable hours: time and a half for evenings and Saturdays, and double time for nights, Sundays, and bank holidays.

Weekend work is available, as is participation in an out-of-hours call-out rota (this is optional) (£100 standby, £80–£120 per callout).