Current Vacancies

 

Fire and Security Engineer

Location: Field based - UK Wide

Rate of pay: £28,000 - £35,000 plus overtime and door to door travel

Company vehicle, phone, tablet & engineer-specific benefits

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We are recruiting for an experienced Fire and Security engineer with a bias towards fire to join our team.

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The role will be field-based throughout the UK, so the successful candidate will need to be willing to undertake occasional travel and some working away for which expenses and accommodation will be paid. Our Head Office is in Nottingham, so occasional attendance here will be required.

 

This is an exciting and varied role for a well-established, unique and vibrant company who place a commitment to their engineer's happiness and well-being. The role will be made up of a mixture of servicing, remedial and installation work. Any required training will be provided for the right person.

 

The successful candidate must have the following:

-          A positive attitude and commitment to excellence

-          Proven experience within the industry - minimum 2 years

-          Excellent communication skills

-          Knowledge of a variety of fire systems and manufacturers

-          Full driving licence

-          Willingness to travel throughout the UK with some periods of time away from home

 

It would be an advantage to have the following:

-          Knowledge of security systems

-          Knowledge and experience of emergency lighting and portable fire extinguisher maintenance

-          FIA Modules in Fire Detection and Portable Fire Extinguishers

-          IPAF, PASMA, Asbestos Awareness and Working at Height certifications

 

Key job responsibilities:

• Servicing and maintaining various fire detection systems, emergency lighting and portable fire extinguishers

• Servicing and maintaining various intruder, CCTV and access control systems.

• Working on large and small installation projects across all fire and security disciplines

• Understanding the requirements of the customer, communicating clearly and reacting efficiently.

• Providing customers with training and demonstrations on systems and educating on the causes and implications of false alarms.

• Taking responsibility for health and safety and adhering to relevant British Standards

• Working proactively and efficiently on your own or as part of a team.

• Maintaining Tay Fire and Security’s commitment to excellence in customer service and workmanship and translating this into your role.

• Providing on call telephone support and attendance of out of hours call outs as per the company standby schedule.

• Any other reasonable requests from management.

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Senior Fire and Security Engineer

Location: Field based - UK Wide

Rate of pay: £35,000 - £40,000 plus overtime and door to door travel

Company vehicle, phone, tablet & engineer-specific benefits

The role will be field based throughout the UK, so the successful candidate will need to be willing to undertake frequent travel and some working away for which expenses and accommodation will be paid.

 

Our Head Office is in Nottingham, so occasional attendance will be required. This is an exciting and varied role for a well-established, dynamic and vibrant company, that will be made up of a mixture of servicing, remedial and installation work. Any required training will be provided for the right person.

 

The successful candidate must have the following:

• A positive attitude and commitment to excellence

• Proven experience within the industry – minimum 5 years

• Excellent communication skills

• Knowledge of a variety of fire systems and manufacturers

• Full driving licence

• Willingness to travel throughout the UK with periods of time away from home

 

It would be an advantage to have the following:

• Knowledge of security systems

• Knowledge and experience of emergency lighting and portable fire extinguisher maintenance

• FIA Modules in Fire Detection and Portable Fire Extinguishers

• IPAF, PASMA, Asbestos Awareness and Working at Height certifications

 

Key job responsibilities:

• Servicing and maintaining various fire detection systems, emergency lighting and portable fire extinguishers

• Servicing and maintaining various intruder, CCTV and access control systems.

• Working on and taking a site supervisor role within large and small installation projects across all fire and security disciplines.

• Understanding the requirements of the customer, communicating clearly and reacting efficiently.

• Identify potential strategic development opportunities with existing or new clients and feed into sales team.

• Providing customers with training and demonstrations on systems and educating on the causes and implications of false alarms.

• Taking responsibility for health and safety and adhering to relevant British Standards

• Working proactively and efficiently on your own or as part of a team.

• Maintaining Tay Fire and Security’s commitment to excellence in customer service and workmanship and translating this into your role.

• Providing on call telephone support and attendance of out of hours call outs as per the company standby schedule.

• Supporting other team members by offering advice and sharing of knowledge.

• Working alongside management to identify knowledge gaps and identifying areas for development across the engineering team. Taking a lead role in suggesting content for tool box talks.

• Any other reasonable requests from management.

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Security Engineer

Location: Field based - UK Wide

Rate of pay: £28,000 - £35,000 plus overtime and door to door travel

Company vehicle, phone, tablet & engineer-specific benefits

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The role will be field based throughout the UK, so the successful candidate will need to be willing to undertake frequent travel and some working away for which expenses and accommodation will be paid.

 

Our Head Office is in Nottingham, so occasional attendance will be required.

 

This is an exciting and varied role for a well-established, dynamic and vibrant company, that will be made up of a mixture of servicing, remedial and installation work in mainly commercial settings. Any required training will be provided for the right person.

 

The successful candidate must have the following:

• A positive attitude and commitment to excellence

• Proven experience within the industry as a Security Systems Engineer – minimum 3 years

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent problem solving skills and attention to detail

• Strong knowledge of a variety of Security systems and manufacturers

• Full driving licence

• Willingness to travel throughout the UK with periods of time away from home

 

It would be an advantage to have the following:

• Experience and certification in Gates & Barriers Maintenance

• Basic knowledge of Fire Alarm Systems and Emergency Lighting routine maintenance

• IPAF, PASMA, Asbestos Awareness and Working at Height certifications

• Specialist Manufacturer training-CSCS / ECS Card

 

Key job responsibilities:

• Servicing and maintaining various Access Control, Door Entry, CCTV & Intruder Systems

• Fault finding and Identifying issues and making recommendations for resolution.

• Working on large and small installation projects across all security disciplines.

• Understanding the requirements of the customer, communicating clearly and reacting efficiently.

• Providing customers with training and demonstrations on systems.

• Taking responsibility for health and safety and adhering to relevant British Standards

• Working proactively and efficiently on your own or as part of a team.

• Maintaining Tay Fire and Security’s commitment to excellence in customer service and workmanship and translating this into your role.

• Providing on call telephone support and attendance of out of hours call outs as per the company standby schedule.

• To stay updated on all latest advances in security systems technology in order to find the best product solutions for clients.

• Any other reasonable requests from management.

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Trainee Fire and Security Engineer

Location: Field based - UK Wide

Rate of pay: £20,000  £23,000 plus overtime and door to door travel

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We are recruiting for a Trainee Fire and Security engineer to join our team.

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This role would suit someone who has been in the industry for a a short time, potentially in an Extinguisher engineer role, and who wants to further their training and development into a multi-disciplined engineer role

 

The successful candidate must have the following:

• GCSEs in English and Maths as a minimum     

• A positive attitude and commitment to excellence

•  Previous experience within the industry – minimum 1 year-  

• Excellent communication skills

• Basic knowledge of fire/security systems and manufacturers

• Full driving license is preferred

• Willingness to travel throughout the UK with periods of time away from home

 

It would be an advantage to have the following:

• Knowledge and experience of emergency lighting & extinguisher maintenance

• FIA Foundation Module in Fire Detection and/or Portable Fire Extinguishers

• IPAF, PASMA, Asbestos Awareness and Working at Height certifications

 

Key job responsibilities:

Working alongside a senior engineer within our team, your site based training will involve:

• Servicing and maintaining various fire detection systems, emergency lighting and portable fire extinguishers

• Servicing and maintaining various intruder, CCTV and access control systems.

• Working on large and small installation projects across all fire and security disciplines

• Understanding the requirements of the customer, communicating clearly and reacting efficiently.

• Providing customers with training and demonstrations on systems and educating on the causes and implications of false alarms.

• Taking responsibility for health and safety and adhering to relevant British Standards

• Working proactively and efficiently on your own or as part of a team.

• Maintaining Tay Fire and Security’s commitment to excellence in customer service and workmanship and translating this into your role.

• Any other reasonable requests from management.

 

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To apply for any of the above roles, send your CV along with a summary paragraph telling us some exciting stuff about you to info@tayfireandsecurity.co.uk