Darwin Recruitment
Fire Commissioning Engineer
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Senior Fire Alarm Commissioning Engineer (DRWN)
Job title - Fire Alarm Commissioning Engineer
Client Location - London & Surrey, UK
Remote work offering - 0% (fully site-based commissioning work)
Client Industry - Fire & Life Safety Engineering (Commercial & Infrastructure Construction)
Contract Length - 6 months (potential extension)
Contract type - Freelance
Project focus
Joining a growing team delivering commissioning on high-profile commercial and large-scale infrastructure projects across London and Surrey, working independently to bring fire alarm systems up to full operational standard ahead of handover.
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Key skills and Experience required
- Proven track record commissioning fire alarm systems on commercial or infrastructure projects
- Strong working knowledge of BS 5839 and current UK fire safety regulations
- Hands-on experience with one or more major panel manufacturers: Gent, Advanced, Kentec, Notifier, Morley, C-Tec or Apollo
- Confident fault-finding and diagnostic ability across fire detection and alarm systems
- Comfortable reading technical drawings and cause & effect documentation
- Strong communication skills, able to liaise directly with clients and project teams
- Full UK driving licence
- FIA qualifications, ECS or CSCS card, and experience on data centre, healthcare, education or industrial projects all advantageous
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