Fire Alarm Design and Estimating Engineer

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🔥 2 hours ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

💵 R18k - R20k / month

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

✍️ Designer

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Pear Tree.

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1 - 10 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

Pear Tree is a Melbourne‑born offshore recruitment and hiring services company that connects Australian, US, and UK businesses directly with skilled offshore professionals (primarily from the Philippines) without agency markups. They provide end-to-end hiring support — sourcing, screening, skills assessments, video interviews, reference checks — and offer payroll, Employer‑of‑Record, and compliance assistance plus a six‑month replacement guarantee. Pear Tree recruits across IT, sales & marketing, finance, creative, admin and operations roles, emphasizing cost savings, direct pay to talent, and secure onboarding workflows.

📋 Description

• Produce accurate layout proposals and equipment specifications for fire alarm systems based on architectural scale drawings and site survey intelligence • Review floor plans, site survey notes, photos, and video footage to establish spatial constraints and installation scopes • Estimate cable runs, device counts, power supply units, and labor requirements using remote desktop analysis • Formulate itemized material lists, labor estimates, and client-facing quotations while securing target profit margins • Obtain up-to-date component pricing from suppliers to optimize material costs and update quote records • Highlight opportunities to modernize legacy installations or add integrated security infrastructure • Convert field engineer notes and inspection logs into clear, actionable client quotes • Liaise with installation engineers, project teams, and client representatives to clarify technical ambiguities or arrange physical site visits when required • Maintain alignment with manufacturer guidelines and British Standards (BS 5839, BS 5266, BS 7858, EN 50131/PD 6662) • Provide technical guidance and design clarity to internal Service and Operations teams

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 1 year dedicated experience designing fire alarm systems to industry standards • Proven background in system estimating, technical desktop surveying, or design within the Fire and Security sector • Strong working knowledge of fire detection systems, alongside familiarity with intruder alarms, IP CCTV, and access control • Highly skilled at reading scale architectural drawings, schematic diagrams, and taking digital measurements • Solid understanding of key British Standards governing fire safety installations (specifically BS 5839) • Demonstrated ability to calculate unit margins, project costs, and produce accurate formal quotations • Previous hands-on experience as an installation or service engineer (preferred) • Experience using CAD or PDF markup tools (e.g., Bluebeam) for digital takeoffs (preferred) • Familiarity with major industry brands (e.g., Texecom, Hikvision, Paxton, C-TEC, Ajax, EMS Smartcell, Pyronix) (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% Remote work under an Independent Contractor Agreement • UK public holidays • Observing UK business hours