Safety & Security System Designer

Position: Life Safety & Security System Designer

Job Description

• Define and develop security solutions across Comms, Fire, and Electronic Security in collaboration with Sales and Marketing
• Understand customer needs and identify solution gaps to meet local market demands
• Ensure all designs meet product, regulatory, and standards compliance
• Stay informed on market trends and developments to support competitive solutions
• Communicate solution capabilities clearly to commercial and operational teams
• Leverage existing national and international solutions, working with European colleagues to align best practice
• Produce detailed scopes of work, including bespoke requirements for Comms solutions
• Create accurate and comprehensive costing documentation for approval
• Develop detailed technical drawings showing system layouts and dependencies
• Produce implementation programmes outlining key steps, durations, and milestones
• Support opportunity conversion by delivering high‑quality design and documentation within agreed time frames

Accountabilities and Performance Measures

• To Conversion rate of opportunities assigned to you to design.
• Produce and design all required documentation in line with the sales process, approval process and client time frames.

Any other duties as directed by the Design Manager.

Note:

The responsibilities listed here aren’t the full picture…but they give you a good sense of the role. If you meet the minimum requirements and believe you’ve got what it takes to succeed, we’d love to hear from you.

Qualifications Must‑Have

• 5+ years’ experience in solution design within Security, Electronic Security, IS/IT, IoT, or a related industry
• Strong understanding of fire system design, with valid FIA Design qualifications
• Confident communicator with the ability to present to internal and external stakeholders
• Strong technical writing skills, including solution design documentation
• Experience working in a national or multi‑site environment
• Fluent in English (written and verbal)
• Full UK driving licence and 5‑year checkable work history

Desirable

• This role requires an individual with extensive technical knowledge from an Electronic Security perspective with a sound understanding of networks and IT infrastructure to ensure they can support to innovate and design standardised products but also work in conjunction with the Sales Specialist to design tailored/integrated Electronic Security solutions for our clients.
• The individual should be able to create technical designs using Visio/Bluebeam
• CAD capability would be advantageous.
• A good understanding of network/server vulnerabilities and security considerations.

Additional Information

It’s great to see you’re considering a career with us here at Securitas Technology! You're one step away from joining our global team of over 375,000 professionals.

Why Choose Securitas Technology?

At Securitas Technology, we are on a mission to make the world a safer place, driven by our core values of Integrity, Vigilance, and Helpfulness
. We foster empowerment, innovation, and growth, offering industry‑leading training and career development opportunities.

What You Can Expect

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