Fire Alarm Service Technician

Position: Fire Alarm Service Technician.

This is an experienced, fully licensed seat; it is not a trainee position.

Company:Columbia Fire, LLC Location:Seattle, WA.

Field-based.

Most work is within roughly 100 miles of Seattle.

Not a remote or hybrid position.

Reports To:Service Manager Employment Type:Full-time, hourly, non-exempt Bargaining Unit Status:Non-union.

Fire alarm positions at Columbia Fire are not covered by the Local 699 collective bargaining agreement.

Incentive Eligibility:Not eligible for bonus or commission.

Take-home company vehicle, iPad, laptop, and tools provided.

Travel:Periodic.

Roughly 510% of your time on work outside the 100-mile radius, which can include Oregon and Idaho.

Manufacturer training is usually out of state most Edwards classes are held in Florida and occasional work or cross-training happens at our sister offices in Oregon or Idaho.

Scope:Service only.

This seat inspects, tests, troubleshoots, repairs, and programs existing fire alarm systems.

New-construction installation is not part of this role.

About Columbia Fire Columbia Fire designs, installs, inspects, and services fire and life safety systems out of Seattle.

We were founded in 2005.

We are part of Columbia Safety Services, a multi-state regional company that also includes Valley Fire Control in Albany and Newport, Oregon and Spokane, Washington, with an office in St Maries, Idaho, and FFF Protection in Greater Boise, with an office in Nampa, Idaho.

Our core values guide how we operate: Customer First, Grit, Effective Communication, Own the Outcome, Take Pride in the Work, and Do the Right Thing.

Edwards is our primary fire alarm platform and every one of our offices is an Edwards Strategic Partner.

We also service non-proprietary Potter, Fire-Lite, and Silent Knight systems, and whatever else is already on the wall in a customer's building.

Fire alarm and service work is where the company is investing, and we will tell you that plainly rather than let you find out after you start.

Why This Role Exists Our fire alarm inspection and service work is growing faster than our licensed technicians can absorb it.

Today the technicians who carry that work also carry installation projects, so when a project gets busy, inspections slip, repairs wait, and the customer relationships that make service valuable get thinner.

We are separating the two.

This seat is service only: the technician in it keeps existing systems inspected, compliant, and working, and is never pulled onto a construction site to make a project deadline.

We know the pool of fully licensed and certified fire alarm technicians in the Puget Sound region is small and mostly already employed somewhere.

That is why this seat requires the credentials at hire and pays for them: a Washington 06 Limited Energy certification, a Seattle FA1, NICET II in Fire Alarm Systems, and five or more years of real service experience.

We are not training someone into this role.

We are hiring someone who can run a...