Posted June 8, 2026

Fire & Security Engineer Vacancy & Career Opportunity At SS Systems

We are a forward-thinking flexible company that puts our staff at the heart of what we do and you’ll find a warm welcome when you join our team. Because we’re flexible, we expect you to be too and whilst your job will mainly involve conducting planned alterations to systems, we may need you to help us out with reactive calls and planned maintenance works when we’re really busy.

SS Systems is a Fire and Security Company based in South Yorkshire. We install and maintain Fire Alarms, Intruder Alarms, Access Control, CCTV and ancillary systems throughout the country. Your basic working week is 40 hours. Although we are based in South Yorkshire, we have high profile clients all over the country and you will be expected to work away on occasion. In return for your hard work we’ll supply all the normal things you would expect:

  • Van (can be used privately, although we’ll ask for a contribution from you for this)
  • Fuel card
  • Uniform
  • Laptop
  • Tablet
  • Phone
  • Ladders
  • Drills (we’ll ask you to supply your own hand tools)
  • 24 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays)
  • Pension

Responsibilities

  • Conducting installations and commissioning of Fire and Security systems to the required British Standard, on time and on budget.
  • Conducting alterations to the required British Standard, on time and on budget. Alterations will consist of additions to systems, repairs to systems and investigations to systems.
  • Conducting maintenance of Fire and Security systems to the required British Standard
  • Conducting fault fining of Fire and Security systems,
  • Help to manage & exceed client expectations
  • Provide accurate, regular reports to your manager on the progress of the work
  • Manage other contractors and junior colleagues on site where appropriate
  • Health & Safety of yourself and others
  • Where appropriate provide the correct completed certification accurately and on time.
  • We are looking for your help in reducing repeated callouts and so will expect you to achieve a first-time fix rate of 90%
  • We expect you to be aware of and comply with the BS standards for servicing of systems.
  • Ensure your van stock level is adequate for our customer base and their requirements.
  • Use PDA as expected and in real time

Person Specification
To be successful you will have the following abilities or qualifications:

  • Experience in the Maintenance and Repair of Fire and Security Systems (particularly Fire)
  • Experience with the following systems preferred but not essential
  • EMS, Kentec, Advanced and Notifier
  • Galaxy and Texecom Intruder systems
  • Paxton/BPT/ Videx Access control
  • Hikvision and Dahau CCTV
  • Aspirator Systems – VESDA, Airsense etc
  • Commercial awareness
  • Good time management
  • Good time keeping
  • Good organisational skills
  • Good communication skills
  • Hard Working
  • Friendly
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel

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Our team aims to deliver expert customer care, from site survey to completion through to ongoing maintenance. Developing a lasting relationship with a partner you can trust to protect you and your premises whilst ensuring your businesses and organisations are fully compliant to the latest legal requirements. We are CHAS accredited, BAFE registered and, SSAIB certificated with BS EN ISO 9001:2015 & Construction Line approved, so your organisation can be assured that all our fire, security and safety equipment is designed, supplied, installed and maintained in accordance with the latest British Standards.

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