Fire Alarm & Safety Maintenance Engineer

Fire Alarm & Life Safety Maintenance Engineer

Full-time Permanent Mid-level Senior

This role focuses on keeping buildings safe and compliant by maintaining and testing fire and life safety systems. You’ll carry out planned maintenance, respond to urgent repairs, complete statutory testing, and make sure all work is done safely, accurately, and on time. You’ll work with clients and site contacts, record everything properly, and represent the company professionally on every visit.

• Carry out planned maintenance and statutory tests on fire alarms, emergency lighting, smoke ventilation/AOVs, fire curtains and extinguishers
• Diagnose basic faults, carry out minor repairs and support commissioning where required
• Complete all reports, logbooks, certificates, commissioning sheets and asset registers correctly and on time
• Order and organise tools, materials and replacement parts, working with the maintenance manager/supervisor
• Carry out weekly site fire alarm tests
• Attend callouts and urgent repairs, including some work outside normal hours
• Spot additional remedial works, raise job sheets and report issues clearly
• Follow all Health & Safety rules, risk assessments, permits, and isolation procedures
• Communicate clearly and professionally with tenants, clients, and building managers
• Represent the company well at all times and play a part in securing customer satisfaction

• Hands‑on experience working with fire alarms and life safety systems
• Experience with 1st and 2nd fix installation and fault finding
• Ability to work independently and organise your own workload
• Experience completing weekly fire alarm tests and monthly emergency lighting checks
• Comfortable using commissioning tools, software or basic programming for alarms
• Practical understanding of costs, materials and avoiding waste on site

• FIA or Fire Qual fire alarm/life safety qualifications
• Knowledge of British Standards including BS 5839, BS 5266, BS 7346-8, BS 8524, BS 5306, BS 8214 and BS 9999

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience) + overtime opportunities
• Travel expenses covered for foot-mobile engineers
• Continuous training and professional development
• 20 days annual leave + bank holidays (increasing with length of service)

All offers are subject to pre-employment checks and a DBS check.

Polyteck is a family-owned building services company with over 20 years’ experience across London and the UK. We deliver construction, maintenance and M&E services for commercial, public and residential clients, known for doing things properly, valuing people, and taking pride in the quality of our work.