Alarm Inspection Technician; Lihue

About Us

Alert Holdings Group LLC has built a reputation as a full-service life and safety provider of the highest quality products and services since 1962. With offices on Oahu, Maui, Big Island and Kauai we are able to provide standardized services statewide for life and safety systems like none other. We protect nearly 33,000 residential and commercial customers.

The Inspection Technician performs installation, service, testing, inspection, and preventive maintenance of fire alarm and related fire and life safety systems throughout an assigned territory. The position completes work safely, accurately, and in accordance with approved plans, manufacturer requirements, applicable NFPA standards, adopted codes, company procedures, and the technician's training and authorization. The Inspection Technician communicates clearly with customers and internal teams, documents all work, identifies deficiencies, and supports timely completion and billing of each assignment.

• Follow all company safety policies, site-specific requirements, applicable federal, state, and local regulations, and industry standards; perform only work for which the technician is trained, qualified, licensed, and authorized.
• Safely install, service, inspect, test, troubleshoot, and maintain fire alarm and related fire and life safety systems in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, applicable codes, manufacturer requirements, and company procedures.
• Read and interpret plans, riser diagrams, point lists, sequences of operation, submittals, wiring diagrams, and technical manuals to accurately perform assigned installation, service, and inspection work.
• Install and terminate fire alarm devices, equipment, wiring, pathways, interfaces, and related low-voltage components while maintaining proper device locations, circuit identification, labeling, mounting, and workmanship.
• Program, configure, test, and commission supported fire alarm systems within the technician’s demonstrated competency and company authorization.
• Perform system startup, pretesting, functional testing, acceptance-test support, and customer training as assigned, ensuring systems operate in accordance with design requirements and applicable standards.
• Respond to scheduled and emergency service calls; diagnose and resolve system troubles, supervisory conditions, false alarms, communication failures, ground faults, device failures, and other reported system conditions.
• Repair or replace defective components using compatible, approved parts and accepted industry practices, and verify completed repairs through appropriate functional testing before returning systems to normal operation.
• Inspect and test fire alarm systems and, when properly qualified and assigned, fire suppression systems and portable fire extinguishers in accordance with applicable NFPA standards, adopted codes, contract requirements, and company procedures.
• Coordinate system testing by placing accounts on test and communicating with monitoring centers, customer representatives, and responding authorities as required; verify all devices, circuits, notification appliances, releasing functions, and system interfaces are restored to proper operating condition.
• Accurately identify, document, and communicate system deficiencies, impairments, inaccessible devices, incomplete work, and items not tested, including required parts, access needs, quantities, locations, and recommended corrective action.
• Identify scope conflicts, concealed conditions, material shortages, code concerns, potential change-order work, and life-safety risks, and promptly elevate issues beyond the technician’s authorized scope or competency.
• Maintain safe, orderly,…