Fire Sprinkler Technician & Inspector

• Location 1234 State Street,Portland, OR, 97201,United States
• Base Pay $20.00 - $52.00 / Hour
• Job Category Fire Sprinkler, Technician, Inspector
• Employee Type Non Exempt - Full Time
• Required Degree High school
• Travel 50%
• Manage Others No

Valley Fire Control is opening a Portland office. The office leader is already in place. We are hiring the technical team now.

This is not a startup. VFC has been doing this work in the Pacific Northwest for over 70 years. The Portland office is an expansion of a well-established business, backed by the resources of Columbia Safety Services and our other operating offices in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

We have a strong existing customer base across Oregon that we already service for kitchen suppression and portable extinguishers. Many of those customers want us to take on their sprinkler inspections, testing, and service work as well. The work is there.

This is a field-based, hands-on role focused on the inspection, testing, and service of commercial fire sprinkler systems. This is not an installation role. We are looking for someone who knows sprinkler systems well enough to inspect them, identify deficiencies, perform complex repairs, and handle the harder service work that less experienced techs cannot.

You will be given monthly assignments and expected to manage your day from there. You will represent VFC at every customer site you visit, coordinate with other technicians scheduled at those same sites for different service offerings (alarm, kitchen, extinguishers), and maintain the field-level relationship with each customer.

Location: Portland, OR (Portland metro market)

Residence: Greater Portland metro (including southern Washington — Ridgefield, Vancouver, etc.) or within a 2-hour radius of Albany, OR

Reports To: General Manager

Union Status: Non-union

Company Vehicle: Brand new truck or van (your choice within reason), fuel covered

• Self-directed — you take a monthly assignment list and execute it without needing daily oversight
• Experienced — you know sprinkler systems well and can work without someone looking over your shoulder
• Technically strong — you understand how systems actually work, including the harder service items
• Methodical — you take inspections seriously and document them accurately
• Customer-focused — you communicate clearly, professionally, and put the customer first
• Comfortable with upsell — you can identify opportunities and confidently recommend the right scope of work to existing customers
• Relationship-oriented — you understand that you are the customer’s primary VFC contact in the field, and you pass larger sales opportunities to the right people internally
• Team-oriented — willing to coordinate with other technicians on shared accounts and to coach apprentices
• Entrepreneurial — you look for ways to improve customer outcomes and grow the business, not just check boxes on a work order
• Aligned with our values:
  Customer Centricity, Effective Communication, Consistency, Initiative, and Trustworthiness

• Established business in growth mode — 70+ years of history, now expanding into Portland
• Part of Columbia Safety Services — backed by five other operating offices across OR, WA, and
• Inspection and service focus — no install-heavy schedule
• Strong existing customer base ready to absorb new sprinkler service
• Real technical work — complex repairs, not just running tags
• Performance-based progression — fast track to Senior for the right candidate
• Brand new take-home company vehicle
• High trust, high ownership environment

You will be based out of our Albany, OR office for the first 3–6 months for training, onboarding, and customer ramp. After that, your work shifts to the Portland metro market.

We want to be upfront about what this commute is — and what it isn’t:

• Vehicle and fuel covered. You will be provided a brand new company vehicle (truck or van, your choice within reason). Fuel is covered. The vehicle is yours to drive between home and work. There is no out-of-pocket cost to commute.
• Commute time is unpaid. We are not trying to disguise that. If a daily round-trip from the…