Mobile Engineer - Fire Life Safety

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What this job involves: This position is part of a dedicated Fire Life Safety (FLS) team responsible for the inspection, testing, operation, troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, and coordination of fire and life safety systems within assigned facilities. The Mobile Engineer will support a broad range of Fire Life Safety systems, including fire alarm systems, automatic fire sprinkler systems, standpipes, fire pumps, portable fire extinguishers, commercial kitchen hood suppression systems such as Ansul systems, special hazard suppression systems, fire doors, and associated fire and life safety equipment.

The successful candidate should have hands-on experience with fire and life safety equipment and be capable of identifying abnormal conditions, diagnosing system issues, performing or supporting repairs, coordinating vendor activities, and verifying that systems are restored to normal operation. Strong fire alarm experience is preferred, including initiating devices, notification appliances, voice evacuation systems, field circuits, system interfaces, and fire alarm programming or configuration where applicable.

This position also supports Fire Life Safety inspections, impairments, emergency response, documentation, regulatory compliance, and coordination with internal teams, service vendors, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction as required. The Mobile Engineer may also provide general building engineering support when necessary. Systems and equipment must be maintained in a safe, reliable, and code-compliant condition while minimizing unnecessary system downtime.

This position is attached to the Collective Bargaining Agreement between JLL and the International Union of Operating Engineers – Local 39. What is your day to day? Perform preventive maintenance, inspections, testing, troubleshooting, and repair activities on fire and life safety systems. Inspect, troubleshoot, and support repair of fire alarm systems, including initiating devices, notification appliances, control modules, monitor modules, power supplies, annunciators, communication networks, and fire alarm control panels.

Troubleshoot initiating devices including smoke detectors, heat detectors, duct detectors, manual pull stations, waterflow switches, valve supervisory switches, pressure switches, and other fire alarm inputs. Troubleshoot notification appliances and circuits, including horns, strobes, speakers, speaker/strobes, notification appliance circuits, and associated power supplies. Support and troubleshoot fire alarm voice evacuation and emergency communication systems, including amplifiers, speaker circuits, audio equipment, and emergency messaging functions.

Diagnose fire alarm trouble, supervisory, and alarm conditions, including ground faults, open circuits, short circuits, communication failures, device failures, and power supply issues. Perform or support fire alarm system programming, configuration changes, point changes, device replacements, and system modifications based on experience, system access, manufacturer requirements, and site procedures.

Inspect and support testing and maintenance of automatic fire sprinkler systems, including control valves, waterflow switches, tamper switches, gauges, drains, test connections, piping, and associated sprinkler system components. Support troubleshooting and repair activities involving sprinkler system leaks, valve issues, supervisory conditions,