Life Safety Lead Technician

A sign-on bonus of $6,283 is available for the successful applicant of this position, paid in 2 installments within 12 months of hire: $3,141.50 within 30 days of hire date and $3,141.50 12 months after hire date.

About the Role

Functions as a Technical Team Leader that supports the mission of the Life Safety Shop.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support, training, and orientation to all technicians assigned to the Life Safety Shop.
• Review and approve system programming changes prior to downloading.
• Review and submit FACP system programming changes.
• Perform FACP system programming downloads and/or be present for all of them.
• Update copies of all system programming changes and submit them to the Life Safety Shop Supervisor immediately upon completion for storage on the appropriate network drive.
• Ensure workload schedules are accomplished as issued.
• Notify Supervisor immediately of any desired and/or necessary deviations, delays, or early completions.
• Perform major or more difficult installations and/or modifications to Life Safety: Fire Detection and Suppression Systems, and Equipment Monitoring Systems.
• Perform walk-through inspections, above ceiling inspections, pre-final inspections, and final 100% acceptance building commissioning inspections, ensuring that all phases and/or project completions are in accordance with all applicable codes, guidelines, and standards including but not limited to: N.C. Building Code, NFPA13, NFPA70, NFPA72, the NCSCO requirements for Fire Detection and Alarm Systems, and the NCSCO requirements for Fire Sprinkler Systems.
• Initiate punch-lists of deficiencies or discrepancies and perform completed punch-list re-inspections.
• Ensure technicians perform all Preventive Maintenance (PM) Inspections and all repairs on Life Safety Systems, completed on schedule and in accordance with manufacturer specifications, NFPA12A, NFPA25, NFPA72, and the International Fire Code.
• Individually obtain and maintain licenses from the N.C. State Board of Examiners to legally perform the inspections, which also requires additional National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) certifications.
• Individually obtain and maintain the specific Life Safety system manufacturer certifications required to perform any repairs or system modifications.
• Utilize laptop computers for system diagnostic interrogations, troubleshooting, programming, and to configure different system peripheral printers for extraction of required system histories and sensitivity report generations.
• Perform specialized programming on Equipment Alarm Systems to ensure system integrity and individual customer/departmental application needs are met.

Required Licenses/Certifications

• NICET Level II certification in Fire Alarm Systems
• NICET Level II certification in Inspection and Testing of Water-Based Systems
• Fire Sprinkler Inspection Technician License issued by the NC State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating, and Fire Sprinkler Contractors
• Fire Sprinkler Maintenance Technician License issued by the NC State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating, and Fire Sprinkler Contractors
• Individuals not holding a NICET Level II Certification for Inspection and Testing of Water-based Systems, a Limited Fire Sprinkler Inspection Technician License by the NC State Board of Examiners, and a Limited Fire Sprinkler Maintenance Technician License by the NC State Board of Examiners are required to gain licenses and certification at the expense of the university within three (3) years of employment, as a condition of continued employment.
• Individuals not holding NICET Level II Certification for Fire Alarm Systems are required to gain certification within four (4) years, at the expense of the university, as a condition of continued employment.
• Must possess a valid NC Driver's License or have the ability to obtain one prior to hire date.