Firestop Technician

**Are you searching for an opportunity to join a team of craftspeople who combine art and science? Are you interested in a Self-Guided Career Path?**

If so, consider joining Performance Firestop, Inc. as a Firestop Technician.

Firestop Technicians help protect lives by installing passive fire containment systems in schools, hospitals and other commercial buildings and as team members model character (the ability to be trusted), chemistry (the ability to work well with others) and competence (the ability to work with skill).

Performance Firestop, Inc. is a leading provider of complex fire-rated barrier installation services and has operated throughout the state of Wisconsin in commercial, industrial, and institutional markets since 2007.

**Qualifications**

Initial qualifications to join our team include a high school diploma or GED equivalent and a valid driver’s license.

**Skills and Abilities**
- Demonstrate Humility: Humble team members are quick to point out the contributions of others and slow to seek attention for their own. They share credit, emphasize team over self and define success collectively rather than individually.
- Demonstrate Hunger: Hungry team members are self-motivated and diligent. They are constantly thinking about the next step and the next opportunity. They demonstrate proactive attempts to identify and solve problems and resolve issues before being asked. They set high goals for oneself and encourages others to do the same.
- Demonstrate People Smarts: Smart team members are interpersonally appropriate and aware. They have good judgment and intuition around the subtleties of group dynamics and the impact of their words and actions.
- Demonstrate the Ability to Learn by assimilating and applying, in a timely manner, new job-related information that may vary in complexity.
- Possess experience installing firestop systems or experience in another trade
- Demonstrate a commitment to safety
- Demonstrate ability to read blueprints
- Demonstrate working knowledge of fire-rated barriers and their installation

**Duties**

Firestoppers generally work indoors. They spend most of the workday on their feet, either standing, bending or kneeling. Sometimes, they will be required to work in confined spaces; such as tunnels, lifts, ladders and other high places. The work is not strenuous and requires more coordination than strength. Specifically, Firestoppers will:

- Install sound, air movement, or infectious disease control systems.
- Use a variety of hand and power tools to install caulking, wrap strip, composite sheet and pillows.
- Install pre-formed putty or intumescent clamps around polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe, electrical sockets, and switch boxes.
- Install fire-resistant joint systems used during construction to seal joints, and they can be designed to handle seismic, thermal and wind loads.
- Follow safety guidelines and procedures.
- Ensure job site is clean.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Other Requirements**
- Reliable transportation.
- The ability to climb and work at heights.

**Benefits and Wages**
- Benefits: Benefits begin after varied enrollment periods and include health and dental insurance, company-paid short and long-term disability and life insurances, paid training, holidays and vacation.
- Signing Bonus $1000.00

Pay: $21.00 - $30.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime

Work Location: In person