Senior Fire Service Engineer
Jark · Braintree, East of England
Senior Fire Service Engineer at Jark, based in Braintree, East of England. This is a contract role.
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- Braintree, East of England
- Contract
- Contract
- Posted
- 3 weeks ago
- Closes
- 18 Aug 2026
- Sector
- Retail & Customer Service
Reference https://www.jark.co.uk/job/senior-fire-service-engineer/
About the role
Senior Fire Service Engineer
Braintree – covering (London & Surrounding)
£45,000 + overtime + company van & fuel card
We’re looking for an experienced Senior Service Engineer to service, maintain, fault-find and carry out small works on fire alarm systems across London and the surrounding areas. Our client are based in Braintree.
Our client pride themselves on quality, integrity, safety and delivering an excellent customer experience. We’re looking for someone who shares these values and can work independently while supporting the wider engineering team.
Key Responsibilities
• Service, maintain and fault-find on a wide range of fire alarm systems.
• Carry out system takeovers, commissioning support and customer training.
• Complete service reports and documentation accurately using company systems.
• Participate in the on-call rota.
• Recommend system improvements and identify quotation opportunities.
• Maintain company equipment and vehicle to a high standard.
• Follow all company health & safety procedures.
• Senior Engineer Duties
• Provide technical support and mentoring to engineers.
• Assist with fault finding and engineer training.
• Support engineer and subcontractor audits.
• Work on complex Cause & Effect programming and Gent addressable systems.
• Essential Requirements
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working on fire alarm systems.
• Strong knowledge of current fire regulations.
• Experience with Gent, Advanced, Kentec, Morley, SMS and similar systems.
• Ability to work on complex Cause & Effect and Gent addressable systems.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Basic Microsoft Office skills.
Desirable: CSCS/ECS, IPAF, Asbestos Awareness and First Aid.
Package
• Competitive salary (DOE).
• 40-hour week (08:00–16:30).
• Paid travel time after 30 minutes each way.
• Overtime available.
• On-call allowance (£150 per week) plus 1.5x door-to-door call-out pay.
• Company van, fuel card, phone and laptop.
• Private use of company vehicle.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Pension, healthcare and company training.
• Permanent, full-time position.
Please contact Luca on [phone removed] / [email removed] to discuss the role in more detail.
Skills Required
Service, maintain and fault-find on a wide range of fire alarm systems.
Carry out system takeovers, commissioning support and customer training.
Complete service reports and documentation accurately using company systems.
Qualifications Required
Minimum 5 years’ experience working on fire alarm systems.
Desirable: CSCS/ECS, IPAF, Asbestos Awareness and First Aid.
Rate of Pay
£45,000.00 per year
Job ID – ServiceEngineer
Reference: https://www.jark.co.uk/job/senior-fire-service-engineer/ · Posted 3 weeks ago · Closes 18 Aug 2026 · Listed via Jark
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