Fire Field Application Engineer

Job description

What you'll do: A Field Application Engineer for Fire Alarm Systems provides technical expertise and support for the design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of fire detection and alarm systems. They act as the technical link between customers, sales teams, installers, and product development teams, ensuring that fire safety solutions meet customer requirements, industry standards, and regulatory compliance. • Provide pre-sales and post-sales technical support for fire alarm products and integrated life safety systems. • Assist customers, consultants, and contractors with system design, specification, and product selection. • Conduct site surveys and assess system requirements for new installations and upgrades. • Support the commissioning, configuration, testing, and troubleshooting of fire alarm systems. • Deliver technical training to customers, partners, and internal teams. • Ensure installations comply with relevant standards and regulations (e.g., BS 5839, EN54). • Investigate and resolve complex technical issues both remotely and on-site. • Collaborate with engineering and product management teams to provide feedback on product performance and customer requirements. • Prepare technical documentation, reports, application notes, and design recommendations. Qualifications: • Level 4+ or equivalent desired in electrical engineering discipline • A proven track record demonstration within the fire industry - commissioning, project management or technical sales with a minimum of 5 years experience Skills: The candidate will require extensive knowledge of life safety systems within the regional area, ideally with a proven track record demonstration within commissioning, project management or technical sales with a minimum of 5 years. They will also need to be able to demonstrate a very competent level of understand of BS5839 and EN-54 as a minimum. • Knowledge and experience of deploying IP based systems within the Life Safety discipline. • Analytical thinking • Ethical mind set at all times. • Interpersonal and influencing skills, ability to coordinate • Strong organizational skills, ability to multi-task and problem solve • Good verbal and written communication • Good understanding of computers and software packages • Work well within a team environment, whilst being able to plan and execute own work initiatives • Strong presentation skills Wh…