4 PM on Friday 21 November 2025
London Fire Brigade (LFB) is London’s Fire and Rescue Service – one of the largest firefighting and rescue organisations in the world. We are here to make London a safer city.
We employ over 5,500 people, across our operational team (our firefighters), control (our call handlers who answer your 999 calls) and our non-operational team (our teams who work behind the scenes to support our front-line services, including HR, IT, Finance, Procurement, Communications etc.).
An opportunity has arisen for an Operations Support Group (OSG) technician post within the Brigade’s Operations Support Group based at the Operations Support Centre (OSC) in Barking.
The successful candidate will be part of a team reporting to the managers of the OSG’s technical section. The post will deal primarily with the tracking, tracing, servicing, and maintenance of Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) such as breathing apparatus and breathable air cylinders. It is inclusive but not limited to a variety of other equipment such as electronic personal dosimeters; smoke generators; gas tight suits; hose inflation kits and hydrostatic cylinder testing.
It is desirable that applicants have basic mechanical or engineering skills and are confident working with intricate equipment and high pressure systems, are keen to learn and can retain information, are computer literate and are able to work in a team environment but also build good working relationships with staff at various levels. Full training will be given to the successful candidate.
Applicants must possess a full UK driving licence, automatic or manual and will be required to undertake a vehicle and driving familiarisation. You will on occasion be asked to work at and deliver equipment to various sites within London.
The starting salary for this position is £30,167, after 12 months the successful candidate’s salary will be uplifted to £35,584, this is subject to the successful completion of the required training courses.
The post holder may have the opportunity to participate in the OSG’s on-call rota for which additional payments will be made. This may include the requirement for training as a Brigade emergency response driver.
Applicants should be aware that the post of OSG Technician involves a degree of physical activity in terms of lifting and carrying items of equipment (e.g. 6Kg compressed air cylinders).
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We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across London. The London Fire Commissioner is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.