Fire Life Safety Shop Technician

Job Description

Are you interested in working for the nation’s leading fire protection company and beginning a rewarding and satisfying career that helps save the lives of thousands each year? Do you want to be a part of a growing and expanding team of industry experts? If so, exploring career opportunities with Summit Fire Protection may be right for you!

Summit Fire Protection is a premier firm in the Fire Protection and Fire Life Safety industry with offices throughout the United States. At Summit Companies we provide services designed to protect buildings, assets, and most important people.

We are currently seeking a Shop Tech for our Luna Pier, Michigan location.

Job Summary:

The purpose of the Shop Technician position is to receive materials, store materials, pick items and move as well as transport items outside of the warehouse.

Essential Job Duties:

Perform hydrostatic test or 6-year internal inspections on fire extinguishers.

Assist with walk- in customers fire extinguisher.

Occasionally deliver fire extinguishers and cabinets to customers.

Help keep shop and extinguisher holding areas clean.

Frequently moves fire extinguishers, fire sprinkler pipes and other mechanical devised.

Identifies and inspects received inventory.

Verify labels.

Driving company vehicles, as assigned.

Transportation of items in and out of trucks.

Cleaning of workstation and surrounding areas in warehouse/ shop.

Assist with Inventory audits.

Transport items via Truck travel time and location may vary, upon request.

Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

Operate Forklift

Must be able to stand for long periods of time. You will be on your feet all day with the exception of morning and afternoon breaks and lunch

Need to be able to work with hand tools.

We provide on-the-job training

Qualifications

Mechanical ability and basic hand tool knowledge.

Ability to lift 75 lbs+, safely use ladders, work overhead and work in tight spaces.

Work efficiently with minimal supervision

Organizational skills are essential for success

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to learn quickly is a must.

Benefits

Summit Fire Protection offers extensive training opportunities, career advancement, competitive pay, bonus opportunities, along with an industry leading and affordable benefits package for eligible employees. Our benefits package includes:

Paid Vacation and Holidays

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan with Company Match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Long-Term Disability – Employer Paid

Short-Term Disability – Employer Paid

Additional Voluntary Ancillary Benefits such as Accident and Hospital Indemnity

Life Insurance for Team Members and Dependents

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Referral Program

Summit Fire Protection, a subsidiary of SFP Holding, Inc. (Summit Companies), is a full-service provider for fire detection, suppression, and security with a full suite of capabilities that includes design, installation, testing, inspections, and maintenance. We serve customer across many verticals on a local, regional, and national scale. We’re proud of our well-deserved reputation for quality work that’s completed by our talented and experienced installation workforce. Summit Fire Protection is a dynamic organization with endless growth opportunities spanning over 25 locations in more than 8 states.

Our company is consistently recognized for service excellence in the fire protection industry. Summit Fire Protection supports trade skills and workforce development. Many members of our leadership chair NFPA code compliance committees, serve on regional safety boards, and support technical education in local schools. Summit Fire Protection supports employees in their professional development by offering continued development, training, and education by encouraging NICET and other career-advancing certifications. We continually strive to be the Employer of Choice for highly motivated team members who want to succeed in a high-growth environment. We encourage initiative, independence, diversity, and personal career growth.

Demonstrating the combination of experience, knowledge, and customer service is the key to our performance and helps us achieve our goal of providing the highest quality fire protection services possible to protect lives and property.

Our Core Values

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We are PASSIONATE about life safety

We have INTEGRITY (Do the right thing)

We work in PARTNERSHIP with our customers and community

We constantly strive for OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE (Do things right)

Summit Fire Protection participates in E-Verify & in alignment with our commitment to safety, we promote a drug-free workplace. Summit Fire Protection is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

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