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Site Supervisor

Newcastle-Tyne and Wear-United Kingdom💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-22 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead a team of on-site engineers and subcontractors while personally performing hands-on maintenance, servicing, and fault-finding on fire alarm, gas suppression, and mechanical suppression systems at a static site.

Role type

Senior Site Supervisor (Fire Safety & Suppression Systems)

Builds

Fire detection, gas extinguishing, and mechanical suppression services for critical infrastructure

Domain

Building Services / Fire Safety Engineering

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Fire alarm system expertise, gas suppression system knowledge, mechanical suppression equipment understanding, hands-on maintenance and fault-finding, team leadership, safety compliance auditing, client relationship management, documentation and reporting

Preferred skills

Experience in high-hazard environments, passive fire protection knowledge, coaching and development experience

Technologies

Conventional and addressable fire detection systems, networked graphical fire alarm systems, Argonite, CO₂, Inergen, Novec gas extinguishing systems

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate on-site engineers and subcontractors; personally carry out maintenance and repairs on fire and suppression systems; conduct safety audits and ensure compliance with site-specific standards; act as primary escalation point for technical issues; complete daily work diaries and service reports; support estimating, commissioning, and client training

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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