Mobile Fire Alarm Engineer

About the Company

Our client is an established Facilities Maintenance and Building Projects organisation, with a directly employed engineering workforce of 60+ engineers. They deliver hard FM, maintenance, compliance and project services across a diverse commercial and public-sector client base, including retail, hospitality, restaurants and pubs, casinos, cinemas, care homes, hotels, student accommodation, schools and universities.

About the Role

Our client is strengthening its Fire & Life Safety capability with the appointment of an experienced Mobile Fire Alarm Engineer. The role centres on servicing, maintaining, fault-finding, repairing and modifying commercial fire detection and alarm systems — PPM, reactive call-outs, investigation works, small modifications, and occasional panel replacement/commissioning.

They're looking for a genuine Fire Alarm Engineer with recognised electrical qualifications, not a general electrician with limited fire alarm experience. When fire alarm workload allows, the engineer will also support the wider M&E team with straightforward electrical maintenance (this is a secondary element, not the core role).

Key Responsibilities

Planned Preventative Maintenance and reactive fault attendance on conventional and addressable fire alarm systems, within client SLA/KPI requirements

Systematic fault finding and diagnostics — panels, loops, zones, circuits, detection devices, sounders, interfaces, power supplies and batteries

Repairs, component replacement, and small modifications to existing systems

Taking ownership of quoted works: scoping, identifying labour/materials, obtaining supplier pricing, preparing quotations, ordering materials, and returning to complete approved works

Panel replacement and commissioning when required (reconnecting field wiring, configuring loops/zones/devices, testing, and completing commissioning documentation)

Producing clear, commercially usable technical reports and scopes of work (vague reports like "panel fault, needs replacing" aren't sufficient)

Updating CAFM/client portal systems and completing job sheets via handheld devices

Liaising directly with manufacturers and suppliers on parts, compatibility and technical support

Working independently across multiple sites, maintaining van stock, and participating in the out-of-hours call-out rota

Supporting the wider M&E team with basic electrical works when fire alarm workload allows (lighting repairs, emergency lighting checks, switch/socket replacement, minor wiring repairs)

Fire Alarm Systems Experience

Essential: Conventional and addressable fire alarm systems, control/indicating equipment, detection devices, loop devices, interfaces, power supplies and battery systems.

Desirable: Experience across multiple panel manufacturers (Advanced, Kentec, C-TEC, Morley, Notifier, Gent, Hochiki/Apollo-based systems, Haes or similar) — not all required, but strong fundamentals to move confidently between systems.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential:

Proven experience as a Fire Alarm Engineer or similar

Strong fault-finding and diagnostic capability across conventional and addressable systems

Experience with panel replacement and commissioning

Good knowledge of BS 5839

Recognised electrical qualification, with 18th Edition Wiring Regulations

NVQ Level 3 Electrical or equivalent (preferred)

Ability to carry out basic electrical maintenance and repairs

Strong written reporting and good commercial awareness (preparing quotations, identifying materials)

Good computer literacy (laptops, tablets, CAFM/client portal systems)

Full UK driving licence

Desirable

FIA qualifications or equivalent recognised fire alarm training

Manufacturer-specific panel training

Cause & Effect programming experience

Networked fire alarm systems experience

Emergency lighting experience

Ipaf, Pasma, Ecs/Cscs

Experience across large multi-site commercial estates, or within hospitality, retail, leisure or education environments

Overtime

Time and a half: 17:01–23:59 Mon–Fri, and Saturdays

Double time: 00:00–05:59, Sundays, and Bank Holidays

Call-Out

Approximately 1 week in every 5, supporting out-of-hours emergency attendance.

Package

Company van, fuel card, phone, tablet and laptop

Uniform and PPE provided

Company pension

28 days' annual leave (including 8 Bank Holidays), plus 1 extra day per full year of service

Significant overtime opportunities, enhanced rates

Manufacturer and FIA training, Cause & Effect programming, networked systems development

Genuine career progression — technical leadership and supervisory routes as the Fire & Life Safety division grows

Personal vehicle use: up to 10 miles/day free, 45p/mile thereafter

Interested?

Contact Luca directly on (phone number removed)