Lead Sprinkler Inspector

Hard Fire Suppression Systems | Worthington, OH | Full-time

Hard Fire Suppression Systems is a third-generation, family-owned Ohio fire and life safety company with 80 years of reputation built on doing the work right. We specialize in special hazard systems — clean agent, fire alarm, and special sprinkler systems — for the customers who can’t afford failure: data centers, critical infrastructure, industrial facilities, hospitals, and commercial buildings across Ohio.

We’re an authorized distributor for Gamewell-FCI, Fike, and Kidde. Other life safety companies subcontract us for specialty work they can’t handle in-house. Our team includes some of the most experienced technicians in the state.

We’re not the biggest. We’re the company customers call when good enough doesn’t cut it.

We’re hiring a Lead Sprinkler Inspector — our most capable water-based technician in the field, and the person our other inspectors learn from. You’ll take the inspections nobody else wants, the service calls nobody else can solve, and the responsibility of making sure every technician who carries our name into a building knows what they’re doing.

This is still a field role. You’ll be on job sites, not behind a desk. But roughly a quarter of your time goes to developing the people around you: ride-alongs, hands‑on instruction, reviewing reports, and deciding when a technician is ready to run inspections on their own. That last part matters — in this trade, signing off on someone who isn’t ready is how buildings get hurt.

You’ll report to the division manager and work directly with the owner and the ITM sales side. You’ll have real input on how we inspect, what we carry, and who we hire.

• Perform inspection, testing, and maintenance on our most complex water-based systems — pre-action, deluge, fire pumps, large standpipe systems, and five-year internal inspections
• Serve as the technical authority on NFPA 25 questions — from our own technicians, our customers, and AHJs
• Take escalated service calls, impairments, and the troubleshooting other technicians can’t resolve
• Support acceptance testing and witnessed tests with Authorities Having Jurisdiction
• Investigate recurring problems — obstruction, corrosion, MIC, freeze damage — and recommend real fixes rather than repeat repairs

• Train inspectors and apprentices in the field through ride-alongs and hands‑on instruction
• Give structured feedback — what was done well, what was missed, and what to do differently next time
• Verify competency and sign off when a technician is ready to run inspections solo
• Review inspection reports for accuracy and completeness before they reach customers and AHJs
• Spot-check completed inspections in the field and correct what needs correcting
• Keep the team current on code changes, manufacturer bulletins, and lessons learned from our own jobs
• Help newer technicians prepare for Ohio certification and NICET testing

• Work with the ITM sales side so deficiencies you and your team identify become quoted, scheduled, and completed work
• Provide input on inspection procedure, truck stock, test equipment, and hiring
• Serve as on-call escalation for after-hours emergencies
• Represent the company professionally with customers, AHJs, and partner organizations

• Lead-level pay above our standard technician scale, commensurate with experience and certification
• Overtime, plus on-call and emergency callout pay
• Pay increases tied to certifications and licenses you earn
• Company vehicle, fuel card, tools, and test equipment
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• Company-paid…