Fire & security surveyor

London
Mitie
Security
Posted: 17 June
The role

Better places, thriving communities.


Deliver Expert Surveying Across Fire & Security

As a Fire & Security Surveyor at Mitie, you will be a key member of our field-based surveying team, supporting key and national account clients as well as the sales function. Working remotely and autonomously, you will travel to client sites to survey, estimate, design, and produce fully costed quotations — complete with technical specifications and drawings — for a range of fire and security systems, ensuring full compliance with relevant industry standards.

Why This Role?

  • Own Your Work: You will manage the full survey process end-to-end, from initial site visit through to submission of a detailed, compliant quotation.
  • Client-Facing Impact: Your technical knowledge and communication skills will directly shape the client experience and support the success of our sales team.
  • Technical Variety: Work across a broad range of fire and security systems, keeping your knowledge fresh and your skills sharp.
  • Flexibility & Autonomy: Enjoy the freedom of a field-based, remote-working role with a supportive team behind you.

    • Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

  • Attend client sites to carry out detailed surveys for fire detection, intruder alarm, CCTV, access control, and other security systems.
  • Produce accurate estimates, designs, and fully costed quotations in line with client requirements, contractual obligations, and industry standards.
  • Prepare technical specifications and system drawings to accompany quotations.
  • Manage client expectations, ensuring timely submission of quotes within agreed SLA timeframes and in agreed formats.
  • Support key and national account clients as a trusted technical adviser.
  • Collaborate with the sales team to ensure technical accuracy and commercial competitiveness of proposals.
  • Ensure all survey activity and documentation complies with relevant British Standards and industry codes of practice.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of fire and security system technologies, regulations, and best practice.

    • What You'll Bring

  • Solid technical knowledge of fire and/or security systems and their installation.
  • A good understanding of relevant industry standards (e.g. BS, BS EN ).
  • Strong self-motivation and the ability to manage your own workload effectively.
  • Confident communication skills — written and verbal — to engage clearly with clients and internal stakeholders.
  • A collaborative approach and willingness to work as part of a wider surveying and sales team.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office products

    • Person Specification

    Essential Experience

  • Experience in the installation or servicing of fire and/or security systems.
  • A general understanding of the relevant industry standards (e.g. BS, BS EN , PD ).
  • Basic use of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook).
  • Industry knowledge and awareness of current fire and security technologies.

    • Beneficial Experience

  • CAD software for system design and drawing production.
  • MS Visio for schematic and layout drawings.
  • CASH or similar estimating/job management systems.
  • Adobe Acrobat for document preparation and submission.
  • Basic networking infrastructure knowledge to support IP-based security systems.

    • Competencies

  • Technical surveying and system design
  • Self-management and personal organisation
  • Client communication and relationship management
  • Commercial awareness
  • Attention to detail and accuracy

    • Collaboration and teamwork

    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 .

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