Fire & Security Engineer

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Fire & Security Engineer</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Salary: £45,760 – £49,920 basic + overtime and call-out payments</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Location: Basingstoke / Reading / Swindon and surrounding areas</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Type: Permanent, Full-time, Field-based</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday + overtime and 1-in-12 call-out rota</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Are you an experienced Fire & Security Engineer looking for a well-paid field role with a sensible regional patch and plenty of variety?</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Our client is looking for a multi-skilled Fire & Security Engineer to join their field service team, ideally based around Basingstoke, Reading or Swindon. The role will cover customer sites across the surrounding region, with workloads generally planned outwards from the engineer’s home location rather than expecting unnecessary long-distance travel.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">You’ll be responsible for a mix of planned maintenance, reactive service, fault-finding, repairs, remedial works and smaller installations across Fire & Security systems. This would suit an engineer who is comfortable working independently, enjoys solving technical problems and can represent the business professionally when dealing directly with customers.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Job Description</p>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Carry out planned and reactive servicing across Fire & Security systems.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Diagnose faults and complete repairs to fire alarms, CCTV, intruder, access control and door entry equipment.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Undertake small works, system upgrades and installation activity where required.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Identify remedial</span></li>

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<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements and ensure faults are resolved efficiently and to a high standard.</h5>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Liaise with customers on site, explaining faults, repairs and recommended works clearly.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Complete service reports, job documentation and relevant risk assessments accurately.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Work in accordance with appropriate industry standards and Health & Safety</span></li>

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<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements.</h5>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Participate in the out-of-hours call-out rota, approximately 1 week in every 12.</span></li>

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<p class="text-muted mb-3">Person Specification</p>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Previous experience working as a Fire & Security Engineer in a field-based role.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Strong service, maintenance and fault-finding capability.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Experience across a good mix of fire alarms, CCTV, intruder, access control and/or door entry systems.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Comfortable working across different manufacturers and system types.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Good understanding of both IP and conventional security technology would be beneficial.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Gates and barriers experience would be useful but is not essential.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Confident managing your own diary and workload across a regional customer base.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Strong customer service and communication skills.</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Full UK driving licence.</span></li>

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<p class="text-muted mb-3">The basic salary is equivalent to approximately £45,760 – £49,920 per annum, based on a 40-hour week, with additional earning potential through enhanced overtime. Evening overtime is paid at 1.5x, with 2x rates for late and weekend working. Engineers also participate in an approximately 1-in-12 call-out rota, with a £250 payment for the on-call week plus additional hours worked.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">The package also includes a company van and fuel, tools and equipment, laptop and mobile phone, alongside healthcare, pension and 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays. You’ll be joining an established engineering operation offering a broad mix of work, ongoing technical development and genuine scope to build your experience across different Fire & Security disciplines.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">If you’re based around Basingstoke, Reading, Swindon or the surrounding area and would like a role offering a strong package without an unnecessarily wide day-to-day patch, we’d be keen to hear from you.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">To apply, please submit your CV by clicking on the relevant links. If successful,</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">you will be contacted by one of our consultants within 3 working days. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications we expect to receive for this vacancy, if you do not hear from us within this time, you should presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Grassroots Recruitment is acting as a recruitment agency and a recruitment business in respect of this vacancy. Grassroots Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and recruiter. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion or disability</p>