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Residential Fire Suppression Engineer (Kitchensafe)
Marlowe Kitchen Fire Suppression is a leading provider of specialist kitchen fire suppression systems across the UK. We design, install, and maintain life-safety systems for a diverse range of environments, including hotels, restaurants, schools, hospitals, and fast-food outlets.
We are currently seeking a Residential Fire Suppression Engineer (Kitchensafe) to join our growing team, supporting installations and servicing operations across London and nationwide sites.
As a Kitchensafe Engineer, you will be responsible for the installation, servicing, and maintenance of Kitchensafe fire suppression systems, ensuring all work is completed to the highest standards of safety, quality, and compliance.
Key Responsibilities
1. Install, service, and maintain Kitchensafe fire suppression systems in line with company standards and manufacturer guidelines.
2. Carry out fault finding, diagnostics, and remedial works to ensure system reliability and performance.
3. Participate in a 1-in-4 call-out rota, providing prompt and effective out-of-hours support when required.
4. Liaise professionally with on-site concierge teams, building management, and clients, maintaining clear communication throughout works.
5. Accurately record all work undertaken using the PDA reporting system.
6. Travel to sites across the UK as required, with flexibility to stay away from home when necessary.
Who we're looking for
In addition to the core qualities expected of a professional field-based engineer — including reliability, professionalism, and a positive attitude — the successful candidate will demonstrate:
7. Background knowledge of electrical or mechanical systems (advantageous but not essential).
8. A high level of attention to detail when carrying out installations and servicing activities.
9. A structured, methodical approach to work, with strong organisational skills.
10. The ability to multi-task effectively and manage workloads to meet strict deadlines.
11. Excellent customer-facing and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships.
12. Confidence working independently as well as collaboratively within a team, using initiative where appropriate.
13. A calm, professional, and composed approach when working under pressure.
14. Strong communication skills, enabling effective interaction with engineers, management, and customers.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .