Breathing Apparatus Maintenance Technician

We are looking for someone who has excellent interpersonal skills and knows their way around respiratory protective & associated ancillary equipment.

You must be able to:

• Work on own initiative
• Confidently manage your own work schedule
• Determine solutions to issues and risks identified and report accordingly
• Demonstrate problem-solving skills
• Maintain strong computer literacy

Experience and qualifications required 

Qualifications

• A good general level of educational achievement, as a minimum GCSE qualifications at C or above / levels 4 -9 or equivalent in Maths and English

• A full UK driving license is required as the role will involve travelling across BFRS Service Area

• NVQ L3 Mechanical Engineering (desirable)

• Ability to Portacount test (desirable)

Experience

• Experience working in the maintenance environment related to safety critical equipment
• Proven record of managing maintenance schedules and recording results

• Working with RPE (respiratory protective equipment) in an operational or maintenance environment (desirable)
• Experience working with Breathing Apparatus (desirable)

Knowledge 

• An understanding of Health and Safety Legislation as it relates to RPE (desirable)