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At VFS, A Fortis Fire & Safety Brand, we provide industry-leading fire protection services across the United States. Our ever-growing footprint can be seen in California, Florida, Texas, and Chicago and we are acquiring new brands all the time.

Our team provides a full spectrum of specialized and certified service professionals to support your company and protect your building with the peace of mind of properly installed and maintained fire and life safety systems.

Here at Fortis and throughout our family of brands, we value our employees and offer competitive benefits which include:

• 2 weeks of paid vacation
• 1 week of paid sick time
• 10 Company Paid Holidays
• Other paid time off (jury duty, bereavement)
• Competitive pay
• 401k with company match
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Company-paid Short-term Disability
• Supplemental Long-term Disability and Life Insurance Packages
• Legal Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Career Advancement Opportunities

Job Duties

• Assist in the Installation Fire Alarm Systems and Components including panels, power supplies, initiating, notification, and/or interface devices.
• Ability to install conduit, junction boxes, and run necessary wire to support system components.
• Read and interpret fire alarm drawings and other construction drawings and documents.
• Identify conflicts and field changes and report changes back to project management team.

Qualifications

• Ability to listen to instructions and follow the directions of the Lead Foreman.
• Must enroll in the WBFAA Apprentice Program (company pays for schooling).
• Have reliable transportation.
• Familiarity with hand tools.
• Ability to work at various heights up to 60 feet and cand climb and maintain balance on scaffolds, aerial lifts, catwalks and all types of ladders. Additionally, this position requires the ability to be able to walk, climb, squat, crawl, kneel, push, pull and reach overhead on a routine and repetitive basis.
• Ability to lift at least 60lbs for an extended period of time.

Compensation: $20/hour

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and climb stairs, or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Fortis Fire & Safety Inc. is an EEO Employer. We select people on the basis of skill, training, ability, attitude, and character without discrimination with regard to age, sex, color, race, creed, national origin, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, or a disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.