Senior Fire & Security Engineer
Location: Reading & Surrounding Areas
You can get further details about the nature of this opening, and what is expected from applicants, by reading the below.
Salary: Competitive Salary DOE + Call-Out + Enhanced Overtime
Benefits: Fully Expensed Van | Private Healthcare | Life Insurance | Pension | Training & Progression
Are you an experienced Fire & Security Engineer looking for your next step?
We are recruiting for a Senior Fire & Security Engineer to join a well-established and growing Fire & Security business covering Reading and the surrounding areas.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer who wants to remain technically hands-on while taking on additional responsibility for supporting and mentoring junior engineers.
A strong electrical background or electrical bias would be particularly advantageous.
The Role
You will carry out a mixture of installation, commissioning, servicing, maintenance and fault finding across:
- Fire Alarm Systems
- CCTV
- Access Control
- Intruder Alarms
- Emergency Lighting
- Integrated Security Systems
As a senior member of the team, you will also provide technical support to other engineers, assist with complex fault diagnosis and help develop junior engineers through coaching and mentoring.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience as a Fire & Security Engineer
- Strong knowledge across Fire Alarm and Security systems
- Experience with service, maintenance, installation and/or commissioning
- Excellent fault-finding and diagnostic skills
- Good electrical knowledge
- Confidence providing technical guidance to other engineers
- Previous mentoring or supervisory experience advantageous
- Strong customer-facing and communication skills
- Full UK driving licence
- Based within a reasonable travelling distance of Reading
Salary & Benefits
- Competitive salary depending on experience
- Weekly call-out retainer
- Overtime paid at time-and-a-half
- Double time on Sundays
- Fully expensed company van
- Private healthcare
- Life insurance
- Company pension
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Ongoing technical training
- Career development and progression opportunities
This position would suit an experienced Fire & Security Engineer, Senior Fire & Security Engineer, Fire Alarm Engineer or Security Systems Engineer looking for a technically varied role with increased responsibility and excellent earning potential.
Interested?
Apply now with your CV
Vibe Recruit is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. xiskglj
Vibe Recruit is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Senior Fire and Security Engineer in Reading employer: Vibe Recruit Limited
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