Senior Smart Home Engineer

Job Summary
We are seeking a talented and dedicated Smart Homes Senior Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will combine technical expertise and experience with strong leadership to roll-out integrated, user-friendly smart home solutions that transform how people interact with their living spaces.

Responsibilities

1. Work closely with Projects Manager to be the site-lead to manage project installation life cycle
2. Time and workflow management of Engineer(s) and sub-contractors
3. Ensure attention to detail and maintain high standards of work
4. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing competing deadlines and requirements

Experience

Minimum 5 years of experience in residential and commercial smart-home solutions, such as:

1. Multi-room AV & Cinema / Media rooms
2. Intelligent Lighting & HVAC
3. Network
4. Security, Intruder alarms, CCTV and access control
5. Whole home automation

Required Skillsets

1. Cable Testing & Certification of First Fix Cables (Generally Installed by Others)
2. Infrastructure Cable Termination & Head End Installation
3. Second Fix Installation & Commissioning of the Above Listed Systems
4. Rack Planning, Building & Commissioning
5. Wired & Wireless Data Networks
6. Soft Skills for Customer Handover & System Training
7. Fault Finding & Reactive Maintenance (Remote & In Person)
8. Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
9. Use of Microsoft Office (Excel/Word/Outlook etc) is beneficial

Preferred Partners

Experience and familiarity with the following partners are highly beneficial:

1. Crestron (Crestron Home/Sonnex/DM-NVX/DM-NAX/Flex)
2. Savant
3. Lutron (HomeWorks QS/Sivoia QS/RA 2)
4. Control4 (inc. Triad, Araknis & Other Snap One Brands)
5. Rako (Wired & Wireless)
6. Artcoustic (SL Series, Performance Series & Spitfire Loudspeakers & Subwoofers)
7. Wisdom Audio (Loudspeakers & Amplification)
8. L Acoustics (Loudspeakers & Amplification)
9. Blustream (Matrices & HDBaseT/Network-Based Video)
10. Bowers & Wilkins
11. Dahua (Cameras & NVRs)
12. 2N (Intercoms & Access Controls)
13. Draytek (Routers)
14. Cisco (Switches)
15. Ubiquiti (Routers, Switches, Wireless Access Points)
16. Middle Atlantic (Specialist Equipment Racks)
17. Excel Networking (Cables & Networking Accessories)
18. Future Automation (Specialist Mounts & Mechanisms)
19. Sonance (Patio Series/Garden Series/Landscape Series Loudspeakers & Subwoofers)
20. Ruckus Unleashed (Wireless Access Points)
21. Gira (KNX Interfaces)
22. Texecom (Premier Elite Alarm Systems)

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary from £40,000 (depending on experience)

• Company van with fuel card plus company expenses card
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Company pension
• 20 days paid holiday plus eight days bank holidays per year
• Any working days between Christmas and New Year will be paid

Additional Information

This is an immediate start, full-time field-based role, with an expectation that applicants shall ideally live within the Home Counties (Greater London, Essex, Middlesex, Surrey, Kent and Sussex). It is essential that candidates have a full UK driving licence.

Butler Harwell believes in investing in its staff and empowering you to forge your future with us. We provide full training and courses to allow you to learn while you work. Our ideal candidate will show an ability to grow with the Company and demonstrate a fundamental understanding of its key aims and objectives.

Please provide a copy of your CV, along with a covering letter detailing why you are interested in this opportunity to:

nick.eve@butlerharwell.com

Successful candidates will be required to provide a reference and must have the legal right to live and work in the UK.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £40,000.00-£44,000.00 per year

Schedule

• 10 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Licence/Certification

• Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person