Apprentice Fire & Security Engineer (Bexley Heath)

• Employer: CBES
• Location: Oldham
• Vacancy Ref: 00001436
• Weekly wage: £326.40
• Hours per week: 40
• Sector: Fire & Security

At City Building Engineering Services Fire & Security ‘CBES F&S’ our Apprentice Security Engineer Progression program lasts for three years and combine academic study with work–based experience.

CBES F&S have many years of electronic and mechanical security industry experience, spanning across all security and fire disciplines. The main office is Situated in Oldham Manchester, with additional offices located around the UK.

Our offices are positioned within minutes of the key motorway networks with easy access to the various regions around the UK. In turn, this enables our engineers to provide a swift response to our customer’s projects and service requirements.

When not studying, the apprentice engineer will spend the balance of their time with experienced engineers which will include working out in the field in environments such as Retail, Distribution, Health care and Motor showrooms.
Working alongside experienced CBES engineers, by the time the apprentice has reached the third year of the program they will have gained knowledge, experience and responsibility in the managing, testing, commissioning and submission of project documentation. This also includes the technical hand over aspects, safety management and system client training.

This program requires the apprentice to be highly organised and self–driven with the ability to manage their time well. They should be flexible in their approach to work to maximize their chances of success, and they should be happy working alone or as part of a team.

The apprentice will be comfortable spending an amount of time working away from home and working night shifts whilst working on projects and attending study through our academic partners or whilst on placements across CBES.

Please Note:
This vacancy will be located in the Bexley Heath area.

Key Accountabilities

• Working to understand and deliver British Standards practices.
• Carry out the Installation, service, maintenance and fault diagnosis of Access Control, Intruder Alarm and CCTV systems, including knowledge of I.P networking for these systems.
• Additional role requirement: Knowledge and experience of fire alarm & detection, fire suppression and warden call/care call systems, installation, service, maintenance, and fault diagnosis.
• General: Client Satisfaction: Completing daily work sheets, (electronic systems), time–sheets and job reports to a high standard. **Dedication to the on–call rota.

**Call out will be dependent on department placement requirements (Install/service)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• The candidate should have the following qualifications: Maths and Science (preferably physics) at GCSE (4/C or above), as well as English at GCSE (4/C or above) or National 5 (Scotland).
• Assessments undertaken by the training centre focusing on numeracy and literacy will be carried out to ascertain suitability of the candidate for the apprenticeship course.
• Alternatively, you may already be experienced within a technical role, and hold a minimum of an HNC or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline.
• The ability to attain and retain learned information, Punctuality, presentability and high levels of communication are key qualities for the candidate to be successful in the trainee role.
• Must have a driver’s License.

Fire emergency and security systems technician, Level 3 (A level)