Fire Door Repair Technician (Sign On Bonus)

Life Safety Services is looking for a professional carpenter to complete repair and installation of commercial fire doors, frames and hardware within existing facilities. The ideal candidate will have a strong history of working in the door and hardware industry.

This position is year-round and travels 100%: work 10 days and be home 4 days - Company responsible for lodging and transportation.

Responsibilities

• Repair/Install fire door frames, doors, locksets, latches, closers, strike plates, miscellaneous door and frame hardware and material to bring up to code requirements.
• Filling holes in frames/doors
• Shimming to correct clearances.
• Cleaning/installing closers and hardware to fix latching and closing issues.
• Work with metal stud framing and drywall to shore up door frame repairs.
• Establish plan of action for door replacement through facilities in a time efficient manner and execute said plan.
• Ability to work independently or as a team.
• Working with carpenter hand tools (drill, screws, screwdriver, tap & dye sets, sander, etc.)

Minimum Requirements

• 1+ years' experience residential or commercial doors and hardware installation/repair
• Thorough knowledge of NFPA, ICC, and other codes as they relate to Fire and Smoke Doors, specifically NFPA 80, 105, and 101.
• Experience repairing and/or replacing fire and smoke doors in commercial facilities.
• Extensive knowledge of commercial fire door hardware and components.
• Experience sourcing the proper fire rated door hardware, and fire doors to meet code compliance.
• Understand how to read construction drawings and work through a facility self-directed
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written/verbal communication and organizational/attention to detail skills
• Ability to use laptop or tablet for progress documentation
• Self-starter, excellent listener, attention to detail and completes tasks efficiently with professional manner and limited direction
• Ability to travel 100%
• Must have valid driver license
• Must be at least 21 year of age -Insurance.
• Must pass drug test and background.
• Must be willing to submit to TB test and Flu vaccination and vaccination blood tests, & vaccinations when required by customer (MMR, Flu, Varicella, etc.)

Preferences

• Experience working in hospitals and schools.
• FDAI Certification