Fire Technician

Total Safety Careers • Beaumont, TX

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About The Position

Total Safety is seeking a Fire Technician to provide service, inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair of fire equipment. Equipment may include portable and semi-portable fire extinguishers; lifesaving equipment; fire and gas detection systems; foam, dry chemical, and gaseous suppression systems; and water-based fire protection systems. The role may involve shop service and/or field work, including customer equipment and fixed systems. Repairs are performed when the technician is certified to do so.

The Fire Technician completes inspection and repair documentation accurately and promptly, obtains customer signatures, and submits job-cost expenses and timesheets. The technician learns to perform detailed visual inspections and functional system tests, report deficiencies, recommend corrective actions, and conduct pre-job, job-update, and post-job briefs. The role also supports facility operations by preparing equipment and customer orders, maintaining a clean work area, caring for an assigned vehicle or trailer, and learning to rig and use safety equipment.

Work takes place in shops and indoor and outdoor industrial customer environments. Conditions may include hot, cold, wet, humid, or outdoor weather, vibration, high pressure, chemicals, and traffic; noise is usually moderate.

Requirements

• One year of field experience in fire protection, petrochemical, oil refinery, or a related industry.
• Demonstrated ability to operate electronic safety equipment and understand fire systems and components.
• Ability to operate, maintain, reassemble, and test electronic safety equipment according to manufacturers’ specifications.
• Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose equipment problems and take corrective action within policy and procedure limits.
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory standards, including State, OSHA, NFPA, and applicable Code of Federal Regulations requirements; Coast Guard and ABS regulations if offshore.
• Ability to perform arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Proficiency in the care and use of site-specific, facility-required, and customer-required personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Respiratory Protection training and full certification to wear respiratory breathing equipment (fit-tested) where required by the facility.
• Ability to work in a team environment and willingness to readily assume additional or new responsibilities.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree, technical training, or military training.

Responsibilities

• Perform shop service and/or field inspection, testing, maintenance, and, when certified, repair of fire equipment and systems.
• Complete inspection and repair documentation, job-cost billable expenses, and timesheets accurately and promptly, and obtain customer signatures.
• Learn to conduct detailed visual inspections and functional tests, report deficiencies, and recommend corrective actions to customers.
• Learn to conduct pre-job, job-update, and post-job completion briefs.
• Assist with stocking shelves and pulling, staging, and loading customer orders for delivery.
• Maintain work areas in a clean and orderly condition.
• Perform basic maintenance and care of an assigned vehicle and/or trailer.
• Learn to rig and use safety equipment, including retractable lifelines, harnesses, and lanyards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED