Lead Fire Alarm Technician

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Location:

Main Campus-Berkeley | Full Time

At the University of California, Berkeley, we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom and belonging make it a special place for students, faculty and staff.

As a world-leading institution, Berkeley is known for its academic and research excellence, public mission, diverse student body, and commitment to equity and social justice. Since our founding in 1868, we have driven innovation, creating global intellectual, economic and social value.

We are looking for applicants who reflect California's diversity and want to be part of an inclusive, equity-focused community that views education as a matter of social justice. Please consider whether your values align with our Guiding Values and Principles, Principles of Community, and Strategic Plan.

At UC Berkeley, we believe that learning is a fundamental part of working, and provide space for supportive colleague communities via numerous employee resource groups (staff organizations). Our goal is for everyone on the Berkeley campus to feel supported and equipped to realize their full potential. We actively support this by providing all of our full-time staff employees with at least 80 hours (10 days) of paid time per year to engage in professional development activities.

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Residential and Student Service Programs (RSSP) is part of the Division of Student Affairs under the direction of the Associate Vice Chancellor of RSSP. RSSP provides student housing, residential life programs, self-operated dining services for undergraduate and graduate students and their families, and childcare services for students, faculty, and staff; it also conducts a year-round conference business, operates eleven campus restaurants, and manages twenty-six faculty apartments.

The Central Maintenance, Design, and Minor Capital Projects units provide a comprehensive group of services to all units within RSSP. These services include performing or managing all building trades and related maintenance services, performing interior design services, space planning, renovation project planning and management services, major maintenance, minor capital planning and project management for RSSP.

Under supervision this role serves as working lead, performing work of a lead fire alarm electrician, coordinating projects, scheduling and assigning work, transmitting orders, explaining tasks to co-workers and maintaining time and material records, performing accurate material takeoffs and estimate required staffing levels and project completion times. This position trains other electricians in proper methods, techniques, and safety procedures; in addition to directing, assigning work to other staff performing fire alarm work based on RSSP priorities.

The First Review Date for this job is: 12/22/2025.

Duties:

• Installs, tests, repairs, troubleshoots, replaces, fabricates, modifies, maintains, performs planned and emergency repairs to fire systems, wiring, devices, and equipment.
• Perform fire alarm inspection, testing and maintenance in accordance with statutory and campus requirements
• Participates in the design of new facilities, renovations, assemblies, systems, equipment, and controls.
• Prepares project drawings in detail showing measurement, materials, and other required information using information from building blueprints, verbal and other information.
• Performs work on shop fabrications.
• Performs planned and emergency maintenance, inspections, test operations, troubleshooting and documentation of work performed.
• Fabricate, place, terminate various types of buses, cables, conductors, wires.
• Installs, connect, test, operate, repair, replace, circuit breakers, controls, fuses, lighting, motors, outlets, signaling devices, switches, thermostats, timers, and wiring devices.
• Operate, calibrate, adjust, clean, service, and repair electrical components and systems.
• Responds to emergencies, work-on-call, rotating swing shift and holidays.
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