Fire ICT Engineer

You’ll be joining a supportive, forward-thinking ICT team where your expertise will make a tangible difference every day. This is a place where you can get hands-on with real technical challenges including troubleshooting, problem-solving and delivering solutions that directly support our Service and our communities.

The Fire ICT Team looks after the critical blue light systems that keep Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service running. This includes the technology that alerts personnel to incidents, the mobile data terminals on fire engines that provide live information at the incident ground, our communication platforms (including mobile, Airwave and WiFi), and the systems that capture operational data used across the organisation to monitor and improve performance.

Based at Ipswich East Fire Station on The Havens, Ransomes Europark, the team supports equipment and systems across all thirty-five fire stations in Suffolk, as well as our primary and secondary Fire Control locations.

No two days are the same. The wide variety of systems, environments and challenges you’ll work with will enable you to build new skills and gain valuable experience you won’t find in many ICT roles.

This role will be worked on-site from a fixed base. The job details above list the location. If you want to discuss how that might affect your work, please talk to the contact person.

We’re big believers in potential, possibility and the power of different ideas. We’re always searching for ways to encourage, respect and enable everyone to be the best they can be. We want to represent the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals, especially those from groups that are currently underrepresented in the organisation, as shown in our Workforce Equality Report .

Please contact Laurie Page (he/him) for a casual conversation. You can reach them by calling 01473 260570 or emailing laurie.page@suffolk.gov.uk

As a modern and effective council, we offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to understand and support your individual needs. We’re driven to make a positive difference to the world around us and encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities.

In return, you’ll enjoy:

up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days

membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits

performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase

training and encouragement to expand your knowledge

a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation

diverse and active staff networks

flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day

If you want to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Suffolk County Council careers website (careers.Suffolk.gov.uk) .