Life Safety Lead Technician
Company: UNC-Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Position Summary A SIGN -ON BONUS OF $6,283 IS AVAILABLE FOR THE
SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT OF THIS POSITION PAID IN 2 INSTALLMENTS WITHIN
12 MONTHS OF HIRE : $3,141.50 WITHIN 30 DAYS OF HIRE DATE &
$3,141.50 12 MONTHS AFTER HIRE DATE . Functions as a technical team
leader that supports the mission of the Life Safety Shop.
Responsibilities include providing technical support, training and
orientation to all technicians assigned to the Life Safety Shop;
reviewing and approving system programming changes prior to
downloading; reviewing and submitting FACP system programming
changes; performing FACP system programming downloads and/or is
present for all of them; and updating copies of all system
programming changes that are submitted to the Life Safety Shop
Supervisor immediately upon completion for storage on the
appropriate network drive. Ensures workload schedules are
accomplished as issued. Notifies Supervisor immediately of any
desired and/or necessary deviations, delays, or early completions.
Performs major or more difficult installations and/or modifications
to life safety: fire detection and suppression systems, Card
Access, Security, CCTV , and Equipment Monitoring Systems. Performs
walk-through inspections, above ceiling inspections, pre-final
inspections, and final 100% acceptance building commissioning
inspections, ensuring that all phases and/or project completions
are in accordance with all applicable codes, guidelines, and
standards including but not limited to: N.C. Building Code, NFPA13,
NFPA70, NFPA72, the NCSCO requirements for Fire Detection and Alarm
Systems, and the NCSCO requirements for Fire Sprinkler Systems.
Initiates punch-lists of deficiencies or discrepancies and performs
completed punch-list re-inspections. Ensures technicians perform
all Preventive Maintenance (PM) Inspections and all repairs on Life
Safety systems are completed on schedule and are in accordance with
manufacturer specifications, NFPA12A, NFPA25, NFPA72 and the
International Fire Code. Individually obtains and maintains
licenses from the N.C. State Board of Examiners to legally perform
the inspections, which also requires additional National Institute
for Certification in Engineering Technologies ( NICET )
certifications. The specific Life Safety system manufacturer
certifications must also be individually obtained and maintained to
perform any repairs or system modifications. Utilizes laptop
computers for system diagnostic interrogations, troubleshooting,
programming, and to configure different system peripheral printers
for extraction of required system histories and sensitivity report
generations. Performs specialized programming on security and
equipment alarm systems to ensure system integrity and individual
customer/departmental application needs are met. Work Schedule
Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Keywords: UNC-Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem , Life Safety Lead Technician, Construction - Building Trades , Chapel Hill, North Carolina
