Engineers who can actually deliver.
Specialist recruitment for fire and security businesses. Fire alarm engineers and designers, fire & security and CCTV engineers, fire stopping, technical sales and management, permanent or contract. Based around London and the South East, working nationwide.
The people who design, fit and look after the systems.
Technical and commercial people across fire detection, security systems and passive fire protection. Most of my week is spent talking to them.
Fire Alarm Engineering
Service, maintenance, installation and commissioning engineers.
Fire Alarm Design
Design engineers, systems designers and design estimators.
Fire & Security
Multi-skilled fire and security engineers and small works engineers, plus CCTV, intruder and access control engineers.
Fire Stopping
Fire stopping engineers, technical specialists and passive fire protection.
Technical & Commercial
Specification managers, technical sales engineers and BDMs.
Management
Fire project managers, contracts managers and engineering managers.
Permanent (PAYE) and contract placements, including day-rate contractors and small teams. London and the South East first, nationwide when you need it.
Struggling to find engineers? You're not the only one.
Most good engineers aren't looking. They're busy and they get approached all the time. Ads alone rarely reach them. Picking up the phone does.
Permanent hires
Directly employed engineers, designers, technical sales and managers. I find people who fit the work you actually do: your systems, your sites, your patch.
Contract & project cover
Contract engineers and small teams when a project lands or you've got a gap to cover. Tell me the dates, the work and the rate, and I'll find people who can start.
A proper brief
A short call about the role, the work, the area and the money. If something's going to make it hard to fill, I'll tell you up front.
Search
I go to engineers directly, not just job boards, and have a real conversation about the role before you hear about them.
A short shortlist
A few people worth your time, with notes on experience, panels, location and what they're after. Not a pile of CVs.
Through to start
I sort interviews, handle the offer and keep in touch with the candidate until they've started and settled.
Happy where you are? Fair enough.
Plenty of the engineers I speak to aren't looking. That's fine. A chat now means that when something worth moving for does come up, you hear about it first.
What you get
Straight answers on salary, day rates, vans, overtime and on-call. Your details don't go to anyone without your say-so. No chasing, no pressure.
Get on my radar
Call, text, email or message me on LinkedIn. Tell me what you do, where you're based and the best time to talk, and we'll take it from there.
I talk your language, without the waffle.
You shouldn't have to explain the basics to your recruiter. These are the things I ask about on every brief and every candidate call.
BS 5839
Who's designing, installing, commissioning or maintaining to it, and at what level.
BAFE SP203-1 & FIA
Whether you're working under third-party certification, and what that means for the people you need.
Panels & systems
Gent, Advanced, Kentec and others. Panel experience matters, and I match on it.
CCTV & security
CCTV to BS EN 62676, intruder alarms to BS EN 50131, access control, and NSI or SSAIB approval where it applies.
Fire stopping
Passive fire protection, and whether you install under third-party certification such as FIRAS or BM TRADA.
The rest of the job
Install or service, conventional or addressable, CSCS and ECS cards, DBS and security clearance, driving licence, van and on-call.
I'm not an engineer and I won't pretend to be. But I ask the right questions, so you get people who fit the work.
One recruiter. Direct line.
I'm Lewis. I run Prime Staffing Solutions, and my desk is all about fire and security.
Most of my day is on the phone with engineers, designers, fire stopping specialists and the people who hire them across London and the South East. That's how I keep up with who's busy, who's hiring and what people are being paid.
You deal with me from the first call to the start date. I'll be honest about what's realistic, keep you updated, and tell you if I don't think a hire is right.
Let's talk.
Hiring or thinking about a move? Call, email or message me on LinkedIn. If I miss you, I'll come back to you, usually the same day.
If you're an engineer, there's no need to send a CV straight away. A quick chat is enough to start.