Current security systems roles

Here are the most recent security system roles we are handling. If none of our advertised vacancies appeal to you and you are looking for an Installation, Service, Commissioning, Project Pre-Sales Engineering, Sales Executives, Business Development Manager, Sales Manager, Installation, Service, Project, General Manager, Internal Sales, Technical Support or Director role we can launch  a proactive vacancy search for you.  Using our extensive industry contacts and the information you provide us with about you, we can seek out interesting opportunities that may not be widely advertised.  You can be assured that whilst undertaking this type of search, your confidentiality will be retained until interview stage.  please contact us on 02392 347811 or email us info@fairfordassociates.co.uk if this is of interest.  Return to HOMEPAGE

Engineering Vacancies

SS1085 Service Engineer - Leicester

SS1079 Lead Engineer - Herts, Beds and Bucks

SS1075 Installation Engineer - Basingstoke

SS1074 Installation Engineer - London

SS1072 Service Engineer - London

 

SS1086 Systems Sales Executive - North West Our client are an independent NSI NACOSS Gold Accredited Company established over fifteen years ago. Due to continued growth and expansion of the company, they require a Pro Active and committed sales professional to assist the company in becoming the North West region’s leading fire & electronic security systems provider. The company has based its reputation on the high standards expected by the Managing Director from the initial customer enquiry through to after sales care offered. The client is relaunching its website as well as strengthening its telesales operation in the next couple of weeks. They are looking for a candidate who has a strong fire knowledge or IP CCTV or in a perfect world both.. The company operate in the North West mainly, with Greater Manchester, Lancashire and the M62 Corridor being their busiest areas.

Objective

To visit Local Authorities, Building & Electrical Contractors, Architects & Surveyors, Retail & Leisure sectors, generating new business for both fire & security systems whilst marketing and promoting new products. Developing and implementing sales strategies with the Sales & Marketing Team to ensure sales, profit and margin targets are achieved.

Responsibilities

Responsible for identifying and developing new business and actively servicing existing customers

Consistently achieve budgeted sales targets – a target of £350k per annum-commission based on achieving £30k/month

Manage and develop accounts to maximise sales opportunities

Ensure that the client is given the highest possible level of customer service

Liaise with all relevant internal departments as necessary

Attend network events that could lead to sales appointments.

To provide weekly activity reports and monthly summary information.

Qualities and experience required

Have experience of opening and closing deals

Well educated

Self motivated

Resourceful

Good relationship building skills

Possess drive, enthusiasm and business awareness to make a positive contribution to continued business growth.

Full UK driving licence

To identify correct market strategy

Be able to demonstrate a successful sales history and knowledge of the sales process (finding out needs, presenting solutions, overcoming objections, closing sales etc).

Have strong communications and presentation skills (both written & verbal)

Have total commitment to customer service and after sales care

Work towards being able to design all types of electronic fire & security systems to comply with current legislation and meet the customers requirements (ideally hold fire design certificates).

Good time management skills, ensuring that deadlines are met and arranging your own workload (including paperwork and records)

Be able to identify the correct market sectors

Good working knowledge of Word/Excel/Outlook

This position offers an excellent basic salary (£25k-£30k), company PRP scheme (OTE £12k), car, laptop, PDA mobile, Sat Nav, Healthsure plan (details available on request) & 28 Days Holiday. Most of all a fantastic working environment with an excellent career opportunity for a senior position in the future and excellent long term prospects. We do try to reply to each application personally, however as you can appreciate we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle and it is not always possible to do this. Therefore if we do not contact you within seven days your application for this particular role has not been successful. However we have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest. Apply for job. Please attach your CV.

 

SS1085 Service Engineer - Leicester Established for almost 30 years, our client is an NSI Gold approved and ISO 9000 accredited security systems installer providing security services to clients throughout Leicestershire and the surrounding areas. A family run firm with traditional values, they treat both their clients and staff in a manner seldom seen today. With a commitment to quality and continual improvement, our client offers a range of systems from simple physical security to fully integrated electronic security systems across a broad spectrum of customers ranging from domestic to large multi-national clients. Due to continued growth, our client is now seeking a high calibre, customer focused service engineer with good team work and people skills to work within a friendly environment. Enquiries are welcome from candidates with a minimum of 5 years post apprenticeship experience of servicing intruder alarm systems. Whilst the role predominantly involves servicing intruder systems, candidates will also be expected to undertake servicing of CCTV and access control systems to a lesser extent and should have relevant experience and be proficient in servicing within these disciplines. Candidates are expected to have experience of working to NSI Gold codes of practice. Our clients’ preferred systems are Galaxy and Scantronic and candidates will not only have experience of these systems but also be expected to have knowledge of a range of other products within the required disciplines. However, product training will be available to the successful candidate. The role will involve servicing commercial (retail, office, factory) premises and some domestic premises within a 40 mile radius of Leicester. The ideal candidate will therefore likely reside within a 15 mile radius of the centre of Leicester. Candidates will be required to join the call out rota, being 1 day in 6, for which standby/call out apply. Whilst our client will provide all specialised equipment and drills, candidates will be required to provide their own basic hand tools. The position carries a basic salary of £21k plus overtime (when available)/call out etc. A company vehicle and mobile phone are included within the package. The position offers 28 days holiday including all statutory holidays. Anticipated hours are 8.30am to 5pm, Mon - Fri with 30 minutes lunch. As you can appreciate, we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle. Whilst we endeavour to reply to all or our candidates, if we do not contact you within seven days, your application for this particular role has not been successful. However, we will have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest. Apply for job. Please attach your CV.

SSOPM - Sales Manager - South Manchester  Our client has been providing high quality security and safety systems for the commercial and domestic markets for over forty years. They are a privately owned family business and employ around eighty staff. The company is a NSI Gold approved company for intruder alarms, access control and CCTV which also incorporates the international quality standard ISO 9001 2000. They have realistic plans to grow the company further over the next twelve months through a mixture of organic growth and acquisition (the current turnover is circa £5m). To help facilitate this growth our client is currently looking to appoint an Operations Manager (with a sales bias) to join the company‘s senior management team. The purpose of the role is to remove some of the duties presently undertaken by the Managing Director in order to free him up to concentrate on activities relating to their growth plans. The Operations Manager role will involve the management of the Installation team, the sales team and the shop staff. The installation team comprises of two Managers, an Administrator and twelve installation technicians and much of the day to day running of this department will be overseen by the two Managers. The Operations Manager will be responsible for the performance of the department and auditing their results on a monthly basis and will consume a relatively small proportion of the working month. The management of the shop staff will also take up a relatively small amount of time. The bulk of the Operations Manager’s working week will be spent on the management of the sales team. The sales team is currently made up of three Sales people who all come from an engineering background. The Operations Manager will be tasked with devising key targets and through motivation and support ensuring that the sales team meet these objectives. The role holder will not be directly involved with reactive sales, but will where required attend sales meetings with potential customers and generally assist the sales staff achieve their goals. For this role our client is looking for candidates who have strong sales skills, be commercially aware, target and financially focused and have the ability to motivate a team as well as themselves. With the client anticipating decent growth over the next twelve months this role offers massive potential to the successful candidate. Candidates should reside within reasonable travelling time of the Manchester Airport area. Applications would be welcomed from candidates with experience of the security systems, electrical or AV sectors. Salary circa £30k, bonus (c£12k), plus benefits. Apply for job. Please attach your CV.

SS1079 Lead Engineer - Herts, Beds and Bucks Our client is a Bedfordshire based family run security company that has installed and maintained security systems in the Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire area since 1977. They offer a wide variety of systems including access control, intruder alarms, CCTV, fire alarm systems, barriers/gates and refuge systems. They are currently looking to appoint a hard working Lead Engineer. The purpose of the role is to be an on-site supervisor working hands on (on the tools they are not looking for a Project Manager) alongside between 2-4 Engineers and the day to day liaison with the client. The sites are all in the south of England. Candidates will reside in the area north of London and south of Milton Keynes i.e. mainly Herts, Beds and Bucks, have a strong general knowledge of access control, fire, CCTV and intruder systems (this is because the systems are specified in some cases by outside staff and there is no standard manufacturers kit used), have a proactive approach to their work, be keen to take on responsibility and will have undertaken a similar role on several large installations. Sub Contractors please note our client would consider appointing on a contract basis. Salary £25,000 to £28,000, vehicle or allowance. We do try to reply to each application personally, however as you can appreciate we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle and it is not always possible to do this. Therefore if we do not contact you within seven days your application for this particular role has not been successful. However we have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest.  Apply for job Please attach your CV.

SS1078 Sales Executive - West Midlands Our client is an installer of Commercial Security Systems, House Alarms, Automatic and Manual Fire Alarms, Closed Circuit Television Systems, Door Access Control, as well as fully integrated solutions including Personnel Attack and Hold up Alarms. They are a NSI “Gold” approved installer of security systems and is also certified to the international quality standard ISO 9001. They were formed in 1985 and is still independently controlled by its original and founding directors. They are currently looking to appoint a West Midlands based Sales professional. They are looking for a genuine Sales Executive capable of generating enquiries for anything from a simple "bell only" domestic alarm system through to fully integrated commercial systems. Candidates must have previous experience of selling security systems and be familiar with the entire sales process with particular focus on generating their own “bread and butter” enquiries. It is likely that the successful candidate will come from a small/medium company background. They are not looking for a Manager, Team Leader, or National Account Manager. Candidates must be comms literate. The annual sales target for the role will be £240k. salary £20k, commission £15k, car , telephone etc. We do try to reply to each application personally, however as you can appreciate we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle and it is not always possible to do this. Therefore if we do not contact you within seven days your application for this particular role has not been successful. However we have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest. Apply for job. Please attach your CV.

SS1077 Sales Executive - South East Our client is an established independent family run Fire Detection and Security organisation offering nationwide coverage with its head office based in the South London/Surrey borders. They are currently looking to recruit an industry experienced sales person for their security division. Based at their metropolitan Surrey office (SM postcode) they are looking for an individual to cover the south/south east of England, although the company does have a Birmingham office allowing the successful candidate to sell as far north as the West Midlands. They are looking for the incumbent to sell into the whole commercial market (the company have both private and public sector customers including local authorities, banks, hotel groups, manufacture ring companies etc). They sell systems from small access control systems through to integrated systems of up to £500k. The annual sales target for this role will be between £500k-£600k. Candidates should have a solid technical knowledge of access control, CCTV, intruder alarms and fire, although strong technical backup is available. Candidates should be familiar with the entire sales cycle with particular focus on finding new business. It is likely that the successful candidate will come from a small/medium sized company background, have excellent cold calling skills and have a strong contact book. Basic salary £25k, OTE £45k-£55k, car/car allowance, Laptop, Mobile, 4 weeks holiday rising to 5 weeks based on length of service & optional pension scheme. We do try to reply to each application personally, however as you can appreciate we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle and it is not always possible to do this. Therefore if we do not contact you within seven days your application for this particular role has not been successful. However we have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest. Apply for job. Please remember to attach your CV.

SS1076 Sales Executive - North West Our client has been providing high quality security and safety systems for the commercial and domestic markets for over 40 years. They are a privately owned family business and employ just under 80 staff. The company is a NSI Gold approved company for intruder alarms, access control and CCTV which also incorporates the international quality standard ISO 9001 2000. They are currently looking to increase the potency of their sales function and are looking for a Sales Executive to facilitate this. They are flexible on how they achieve this and will consider candidates from a variety of backgrounds. Candidates with a strong track record of selling systems into the commercial sector will be considered, it will be a particular advantage if you also have an excellent fire systems knowledge as they feel they could be stronger in this area. Candidates who are currently Fire Technicians but would like to sell would also be considered. Candidates with sales experience should be familiar with the entire sales cycle including cold calling, possess the ability to sell themselves and be familiar with contemporary technology. For the right candidate who can demonstrate that they are capable of moving the sales function within the company forward could be in line for early promotion. They are looking for the successful candidate to sell in the area from Cheshire in the South to Preston in the North, as far east as Leeds and west to Liverpool into builders, architects, consultants etc. Salary £20k-£30k plus, bonus, vehicle plus benefits. We do try to reply to each application personally, however as you can appreciate we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle and it is not always possible to do this. Therefore if we do not contact you within seven days your application for this particular role has not been successful. However we have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest. Apply for job. Please remember to attach your CV.

SS1075 Installation Engineer - Basingstoke Established some 15 years ago, our client is an leading security and fire systems installer providing first class protection solutions throughout the UK. They design, install and maintain high quality systems to current British and EU standards within the domestic, commercial and public sectors. With a focus on customer care and engineering excellence, they have seen rapid growth over recent years. Their list of achievements includes NSI Gold accreditation for intruder, CCTV, Access control and Fire systems, BAFE accreditation for Fire as well as ISO 9001:2002 Quality Assurance accreditation. Our client is now seeking a high calibre, customer focused engineer with experience of installation, commissioning and handover of security and fire systems to NSI Gold standards. The successful candidate will be installing systems on a variety of commercial and public sector sites to include warehouses, hospitals, schools, universities and airports across London and the Home Counties. Candidates are expected to have considerable experience within at least 3 of the 4 following disciplines - intruder systems, CCTV systems, Access control systems and Fire detection/alarm systems. Candidates should have an extensive product knowledge across the required disciplines and experience/knowledge of the following products or manufacturers would be beneficial - Scantronic/Siemens/TDSi/Stanley/Apollo. Candidates will be required to join the call out rota for the emergency out of hours service, being 1 day in 6. On site attendance during the call out period is paid at time and a half. Our client is based in Hampshire and the successful candidate will ideally reside in the Basingstoke region. Whilst our client will provide all appropriate plant and equipment, the candidate will be required to provide their own hand tools. The position carries a basic salary to £28k depending on experience. A company vehicle and fuel card will be provided as is a mobile phone, uniform and a laptop (if needed) . The position offers 21 days holiday and further holiday entitlement accrues at 1 day per fully completed year up to a maximum of 25 days. Three days holiday must be retained for the Christmas shutdown period. Bank holidays are paid. Working hours are 08.30 to 17.30 on site - these hours are the minimum requirements to complete all necessary duties. Travelling is to be undertaken in the engineers own time. As you can appreciate, we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle. Whilst we endeavour to reply to all or our candidates, if we do not contact you within seven days, your application for this particular role has not been successful. However, we will have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest. Apply for job. Please remember to attach your CV.

SS1074 Installation Engineer - London Established in 2001, our client is an NSI Silver approved integrated security systems installer who specialise in utilising high end technology to achieve exceptional levels of asset protection. They design, install and service high quality stand alone and fully integrated security systems for business’ across London and the Home Counties. They have a commitment to close client relationships, customer service and high quality workmanship. Due to continued growth, our client is seeking a high calibre, customer focused installation engineer with a minimum of 3 years post apprenticeship experience. Candidates are expected to have experience of working to at least NSI Silver codes of practice and have significant experience of installing intruder, CCTV and Access Control systems as well as integration of these disciplines. The role will include a degree of servicing and the successful candidate will be expected to have some experience within a servicing role. Knowledge of Fire systems would be advantageous although not essential as our client will provide appropriate training. Candidates should have an extensive product knowledge across the required disciplines and experience with Texecom intruder systems and PAC/Paxton access systems would be beneficial. However, the candidate will benefit from on-going training in the latest products and applications. Candidates will be required to join the call out rota, being 1 week in 6, with the possibility of increasing this if the successful candidate wishes. Our client is based in Kent but the successful candidate will only be required to attend their office twice a week. It is expected that the candidate will reside within a reasonable commuting distance of London, given our clients target region. Whilst our client will provide all appropriate equipment, candidates will be required to provide their own basic hand tools.The position carries a basic salary of £25k-£30k depending on experience, plus overtime/call out. A performance related bonus scheme also applies. A company vehicle is provided (van or private car) as is a mobile phone and laptop. The position offers 20 days holiday plus additional statutory holidays and further holiday entitlement accrues at 1 day per fully completed year up to a maximum of 25 days. Anticipated hours are 8.00am to 5pm, 5 days a week with 1 hour for lunch. We do try to reply to each application personally, however as you can appreciate we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle and it is not always possible to do this. Therefore if we do not contact you within seven days your application for this particular role has not been successful. However we have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest. Apply for job. Please remember to attach your CV.

SS1072 Service Engineer - London - Established in 2001, our client is an NSI Silver approved integrated security systems installer who specialise in utilising high end technology to achieve exceptional levels of asset protection. They design, install and service high quality stand alone and fully integrated security systems for business’ across London and the Home Counties. They have a commitment to close client relationships, customer service and high quality workmanship. Due to continued growth, our client is seeking a high calibre, customer focused service engineer with a minimum of 3 years post apprenticeship experience. Candidates are expected to have experience of working to at least NSI Silver codes of practice and have significant experience of intruder, CCTV and Access Control systems as well as integration of these disciplines. Knowledge of Fire systems would be advantageous although not essential as our client will provide appropriate training. Candidates should have an extensive product knowledge across the required disciplines and experience with Texecom intruder systems and PAC/Paxton access systems would be beneficial. However, the candidate will benefit from on-going training in the latest products and applications. Candidates will be required to join the call out rota, being 1 week in 5 with the prospect of increasing this if the successful candidate wishes. Our client is based in Kent but the successful candidate will only be required to attend their office twice a week. It is expected that the candidate will reside within a reasonable commuting distance of London, given our clients target region. Whilst our client will provide all appropriate equipment, candidates will be required to provide their own basic hand tools. Whilst this role will initially be a service engineers position, there is scope for growth and the successful applicant may progress into a supervisory role in the future. The position carries a basic salary of £25k-£30k depending on experience, plus overtime/call out. A performance related bonus scheme also applies. A company vehicle is provided (van or private car) as is a mobile phone and laptop. The position offers 20 days holiday plus additional statutory holidays and further holiday entitlement accrues at 1 day per fully completed year up to a maximum of 25 days. Anticipated hours are 8.00am to 5pm, 5 days a week with 1 hour for lunch.As you can appreciate, we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle. Whilst we endeavour to reply to all or our candidates, if we do not contact you within seven days, your application for this particular role has not been successful. However, we will have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest. Apply for job. Please remember to attach your CV.

SS1071 Sales Executive - North West - Our client is a leading electronic security solutions provider in South Yorkshire offering consultancy, installation and maintenance services to commercial clients across the region. An NSI Silver accredited installer and recipient of an Investor in People award, they are implementing a strategic growth plan with the intention of targeting the North West region where they currently have no representation. They seek a dynamic, high calibre, industry professional with direct sales experience within the security systems sector in order to raise their profile within the new region and promote, design and sell a range of services to include Intruder, CCTV, Access control and integrated systems, gates, turnstiles, barriers, fencing and maintenance services to commercial/industrial end users. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, ambitious and target driven sales executive with a minimum of 3-5 years experience of business to business sales within the above disciplines. Whilst our client is not currently active in the Fire market, a knowledge of fire systems/products would be useful for possible future expansion into this market. The candidate is expected have a thorough knowledge of the sales cycle from lead generation and consultation, through to quotation/tendering and closure and have a record of consistently achieving or exceeding sales targets within the security systems sector. A solid product knowledge across the above disciplines is required although our client will provide some product training, as required. The candidate will need to demonstrate a pro-active approach to sales and be comfortable with cold calling, being required to generate their own leads and make their own appointments etc. Working from home, the successful candidate will likely reside within the Manchester region in order to service the North West and Manchester itself. Generally, the candidate will be required to attend our clients office in the Doncaster region once per week (possibly twice on occasion). The position carries a basic salary of £20k - £25k depending on experience plus commission. OTE are anticipated to be in the region of £42,000 although commission is uncapped. A company vehicle, mobile phone and laptop are included within the package with the possibility of joining a contributory pension scheme. The post offers 20 days holiday entitlement plus statutory holidays. Anticipated hours are 8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday although some flexibility is expected in this regard in order to succeed in the role. Fairford Associates operates as an Employment Agency introducing work-seekers to client employers for direct employment by those employers.As you can appreciate, we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle. Whilst we endeavour to reply to all or our candidates, if we do not contact you within seven days, your application for this particular role has not been successful. However, we will have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest.Apply for job. Please attach your CV.

SS1063 Fire Systems Designer/Sales Surveyor - Portsmouth Established in 1967, our client is a family run, leading independent security company with a reputation for quality, service and innovation. They supply, install and maintain intruder, fire, access control and CCTV systems to the commercial and domestic markets. Located in Hampshire, they cover the majority of the Southern England. As a part of their commitment to quality, they have achieved NSI Gold approval and NSI BAFE SP203 accreditation for fire systems as well as an Investor in People award. Our client is seeking an experienced, self motivated Fire systems designer/sales surveyor conversant with current industry standards to become part of a team servicing existing clients and generating new business within a designated region. Previous sales experience would therefore be advantageous. Candidates will ideally live within 50 miles of Portsmouth. Reporting to the Sales and Design Team Leader, the successful candidate will be required to meet the following brief:

1. To promote sales of Company products and services by advising customers and potential customers.

2. Attend customer premises by request to carry out surveys for fire systems. This applies to new work and extensions to existing systems when required.

3. Follow up survey action to formulate Designs to the current standards which are used to compile proposals, contracts and costings for installation and servicing agreements.

4. Comply with Health & Safety legislation and Company rules to ensure own Health & Safety and advise in this respect for proposed site work, involving other Company personnel.

5. To achieve consistent Sales figures on a rolling 3 month basis.

6. To achieve an Annual Sales target.

7. Where practicable, implement follow up action by attending site during installation, in order to promote Customer Care.

8. Negotiate costings with customers, where appropriate.

9. Liaison with the Sales Manager for new product familiarisation.

10. Resolve any System Design issues with clients or Engineers highlighted during the installation.

The position carries a basic salary of £24k plus commission with a quarterly bonus structure applicable after completion of a probationary period, giving an OTE £34k. A company vehicle and mobile phone are provided. Anticipated hours are 08.30-17.30 although some flexibility is required given the nature of the position. Apply for job Please attach your CV.