AddressAbout the role:
Your working week:
We offer an average working week of 36 hours, working to 8am until 4pm Monday – Thursday and 8am – 2pm on a Friday.
As a Fire Alarm Engineer at Gentoo, you would carry out the following tasks across our housing stock / Buildings in Sunderland:
- Fire alarm servicing to a range of Fire Alarm system across our buildings including Kentec, Gent, Protec, C-Tec and Apollo alarm sense devices.
- Remedial actions arising from Fire Alarm servicing.
- Responsive jobs to Fire Alarm systems
- Servicing of Emergency Light systems across our building including both central battery and self-contained system.
You will be required to work with minimum supervision both independently and as part of a wider team. You will have the opportunity to work with a supportive and highly experienced team, where you will be offered training opportunities and continuous professional development through monthly team meetings, sharing best practice, and technical talks. We also offer opportunities to progress within Gentoo.
What we are looking for:
- A full UK driving licence
- it is essential you hold certification of training from the FIA (Fire Industries Association) or equivalent.
- Be fully conversant and competent to carry out works in accordance with BS 5839 (fire detection) latest editions and revision thereafter
- It is highly desirable to be fully conversant and competent to carry out works in accordance with BS 5266 (Emergency Lighting) latest editions and revision thereafter
- A basic DBS check, paid for by Gentoo.
Additional benefits include:
- 30 days paid holiday - plus bank holidays and birthday leave
- Competitive pension contributions
- Company van for work and commuting
- Opportunity to work overtime
- Potential to work out of hours with additional pay
- Career opportunities
- Health cash plan
- Salary sacrifice scheme for electric car (lease car)
- Salary sacrifice scheme for Cycle to work.
- Access to an online portal for retail discounts and cashback
Closing date:
10/03/2024
We're a housing association that provides more than 60,000 people in Sunderland with a place they can call home. We're a values-driven organisation, with a clear vision, a social purpose and a commitment to investing in people, place and property. We believe everyone has the right to live in a good quality home they can afford and invest millions of pounds every year in keeping our existing homes safe, secure, and compliant.
We're also playing our part in addressing the UK housing crisis locally, by building hundreds of new, modern and contemporary homes for rent in Sunderland - homes that meet the needs of local people. Not only do we provide vital housing - we support our tenants, residents and communities by investing in services that help people live their best possible life.
This includes helping people to work, victims of domestic abuse and anti-social behaviour, young people to live independently, as well as a wellbeing service that supports our elderly tenants and residents.
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