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Job Summary

To commission customers’ fire alarm systems and associated equipment in line with the current regulations, liaising with the Works department/Project Managers to ensure best practice and the most cost-effective solution. To support other engineers in ensuring that they are competent to complete the work allocated to them and follow all company and health and safety practices and procedures. To work with colleagues and the Engineering team to build on the company’s reputation in quality and customer service.

Principal Responsibilities

* Undertake the commissioning of fire detection, and other associated systems provided that adequate training has been received to be competent in the associated products, to ensure that the system meets the specified requirements for the project.

* Liaise at all times with the project engineer/manager responsible for the project's delivery.

* Carry out all other necessary works required at customer premises by the Company’s quality standards.

* Effectively communicate with customers to ensure a good understanding of system and site status, particularly system defects that affect its correct function.

* Provide technical support and guidance to allocated Engineers.

* Liaise with the administrators to ensure commitments are met – diary

* Competence to review a programme of works and RAMs.

* Ensure legible and timely completion of all company paperwork in line with Company requirements as well as the paperwork of allocated engineers.

* Ability to review a cause & effects matrix and implement programming around that

* Ability to review and spec from the client and build a C&E matrix.

* Work with the Line Manager to ensure the Engineering Department runs smoothly.

* The ability to be to demonstrate to the client and line manager all cause & effect programming via software and live tests.

* Plan own work, if required, and also carry out minor additions to existing installations in line with a line manager's instruction.

* Be responsible for the management and security of own equipment stock efficiently and economically by determining stock levels about work activities and ordering stock items as and when appropriate.

* Operate by the Company Handbook and all Company and customer quality standards and health and safety requirements

Skills:

* Able to commission a fire detection and alarm system in line with manufacturers' recommendations.

* To ensure that as installed drawings tally with the finished project and communicate any variances to the Project Manager.

* Able to fully test every aspect of the installed system in line with manufacturers recommendations and the project specification.

* Able to identify all types of cable associated with fire detection and alarm systems and to correctly test and terminate the cable ends in accordance with manufacturers instructions.

* Able to develop and diagnose Cause and Effect software for the relevant control equipment, and to plan a full C & E test as part of the Commissioning process.

* Able to operate all required test equipment.

* Demonstrates a logical approach to system fault diagnosis and rectification.

* Understands different types of cable containment systems.

Technical knowledge:

* Has a sound knowledge of control and field equipment and be able to carry out commissioning, fault rectification and repairs.

* Understands the basic building service systems, e.g. air conditioning ventilation systems.

* Has a comprehensive understanding of the causes and cures of fire alarm problems, including an ability to recommend changes to practices and processes that may cause false alarms as well as changes to the fire detection and alarm system.

* Completed numerous units of FIA