Tech I - Fire

Total Safety - Blaine, WA

Full-time

Blaine, WA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Total Safety is looking for a Fire Technician to join their safety-conscious team! The Fire Technician provides service, inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair for fire equipment, which typically includes but is not limited to portable and semi-portable fire extinguishers, lifesaving equipment, fire and gas detection systems, foam systems, dry chemical systems, gaseous suppression systems, and water-based fire protection systems. This role is crucial in ensuring that all fire safety equipment is functioning correctly and meets regulatory standards. As a Fire Technician, you will perform shop service and/or field inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair (if certified) of fire equipment. This may include customer portable and fixed fire extinguisher systems and components, lifesaving and navigation aid equipment, fixed breathing air systems, fire detection and alarm system components, fixed gas detection systems components, and foam, dry chemical, gaseous fire suppression systems and components, as well as water-based fire protection systems. You will be responsible for completing all documentation associated with inspection and repair in a timely and accurate manner, obtaining signatures from customers to ensure proper invoicing and documentation. In this position, you will learn to conduct detailed visual inspections and system functional tests of various systems and equipment, reporting any deficiencies and corrective action recommendations to customers. You will also assist in facilities by stocking shelves with clean, tested, and ready-to-use equipment and pulling, staging, and loading customer orders onto trucks for delivery. Maintaining a clean and orderly work area is essential, as is performing basic maintenance and care of assigned vehicles and/or trailers. Additionally, you will learn to rig-up and use a wide range of safety equipment, including retractable lifelines, harnesses, and lanyards.

Responsibilities

• Perform shop service and/or field inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair of fire equipment.
• Complete all documentation associated with inspection and repair in a timely and accurate manner.
• Conduct detailed visual inspections and system functional tests of various systems and equipment.
• Report any deficiencies and corrective action recommendations to customers.
• Assist in facilities by stocking shelves with clean, tested, and ready-to-use equipment.
• Pull, stage, and load customer orders onto trucks for delivery.
• Maintain work area and other areas in a clean and orderly condition.
• Perform basic maintenance and care of assigned vehicle and/or trailer.
• Learn to rig-up and use a wide range of safety equipment.

Requirements

• One (1) year of field experience in fire protection, petrochemical, oil refinery or related industry.
• Demonstrated ability to operate electronic safety equipment and understand fire systems and components.
• Ability to operate and maintain, reassemble, and test electronic safety equipment in accordance with manufacturers' specifications.
• Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose assigned equipment problems and take corrective action within policy and procedure limitations.
• Knowledge of all regulatory standards pertaining to assigned responsibilities; i.e., State, OSHA, and NFPA regulations.
• Must have knowledge of the applicable Code of Federal Regulations, Coast Guard and ABS regulations if offshore.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Proficiency in the care and use of all site-specific, facility and customer required Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).
• Trained in Respiratory Protection and fully certified to wear respiratory breathing equipment (Fit Tested) where required by facility.
• Demonstrate ability to work in a team environment and willingness to assume additional or new responsibilities readily.

Nice-to-haves

• Associate degree, technical or military training strongly preferred.