Fire Systems Designer

Salary: £60,000 per year

An international leading name in the provision of Security + Fire Systems are seeking an experienced Fire Systems design professional to take responsibility for production of quotations/Technical Submittals/ Drawings/ Proposals/ Specifications in line with the relevant regulatory standards for the supply/installation/commissioning/maintenance of Fire Alarm and Life Safety systems both for M&E and End Users throughout the UK and overseas as and where necessary.

It is expected that you will mainly be working from home but will be required at least once a week to Attend Design meetings with Contractors and Clients within London and surrounding area (all design submittals are signed off by peer group).

What are they offering?

* Salary up to £60,000 + company car or allowance

* Major player with strong client base + great opportunities/leading edge solutions to work on

* A true meritocracy where you have the autonomy to manage your own workload

* Investment in your FIA design qualifications

What are they asking for?

The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role liaising with End Users and / or M&E Contractor with an in depth knowledge of working with Fire Alarm systems and associated regulatory standards in a design, sales or engineering capacity.

You will gain satisfaction from interpreting the clients detailed specifications and drawings along with strong numerical, analytical skills and a strong financial acumen. It’s a given that you with have a high attention to detail and be able to demonstrate in interview a good level of customer service and customer liaison skills.

On a more practical note, you will be extremely self-disciplined to manage a hybrid working from home /office schedule, live within 2 hours of London, have no more than 6 points on your license and be able to provide a 5 Year checkable work history or evidence to support any period of unemployment, self- employment or time spent in fulltime education during that period.

It would be advantageous but not necessary to have a FIA Design qualification along with knowledge of any of the following: Gent, Advanced, Hochiki, Kentec, Apollo, Morley, Vesda, Wagner, Baldwin Boxal, Scope, Deaf Alerter, EMS Wireless systems, Vimpex, PATOL and C Tec.

Responsibilities:

* Design responsibility and the production of Fire System designs /quotations ranging from £5,000 to £5,000,000 in value as required by the Sales team

* Ensuring all quotations are compliant with the relevant standards & regulations currently in force at the time (e.g. NSI, FIA, CDM etc.)

* Taking design responsibility and ensuring that the designs produced achieve the objectives required by the customer and the specification

* Issuing FIA design certificates upon completion of a project

* Ensuring that all designs & proposals produced are accurately costed and priced to achieve the agreed company margins and any necessary management approvals & sign offs are obtained

* Carrying out peer review of other designers work to ensure an error free environment and that quality and consistency is kept high across the team

* Supporting Sales and Operations in the field when necessary on during pre-sales or post-sale design meetings or site surveys