AMCO Security is a highly successful provider of specialist monitored security systems across the UK, and is looking to hire more people to join our team. If you're looking for a job at a UK burglar alarm company look no further!
Established & growing
The company was founded over 25 years ago - initially as The Alarm Monitoring Company - and has organically grown to operate across all regions of the UK - with HQ’s in both the North (Easingwold, North Yorkshire) and the South (London), and security engineers based in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and across London.
Best in class & hard-working
From a people perspective, we like to employ ‘best-in-class’ individuals meaning that we’ve built a team with complimentary skill-sets, from operations to specialist security engineers, from admin to security sales consultants.
Culturally AMCO likes to reward hard-work and success, meaning that we provide good salaries and we have a company-wide bonus scheme. We also have a strong focus on training, and have developed up the ‘AMCO Academy’, which is our specialist security training school which all engineers and technical consultants go-through.
When it comes to product, AMCO uses market-leading technologies ensuring we provide the best products to our customers.
Security system jobs available at AMCO
Open job roles at AMCO are as follows:
>> Operations Manager (North Yorkshire)
Operations Manager role, in charge of managing our UK-wide engineer team. Looking for someone who likes organising and likes people. Learn more here >>
>> Sales and marketing graduate trainee (Yorkshire)
Sales and marketing graduate to assist the sales and marketing team in AMCO's Yorkshire HQ. Would be a perfect role for a self-starting / entrepreneurial graduate. Must be technically-minded.More >>
>> London burglar alarm and CCTV installation engineer
Alarm Installation engineer role based in the London area, with experience installing intruder and CCTV systems in London / South East. More >>
>> North West / Manchester burglar alarm and CCTV installation engineer
Alarm Installation engineer role based in the North West area, with experience installing intruder and CCTV systems in North West / Manchester / Merseyside region. More >>
>> Midlands / Birmingham burglar alarm and CCTV installation engineer
Alarm installation engineer role based in the Midlands area, with experience installing intruder and CCTV systems in Midlands / Birmingham region. More >>
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Always hiring!
We're always hiring at AMCO and run an always open policy, so if you're interested (whether its for a job now or for the future), then please fill in our online application form and we'll get in touch when a role comes up.
Security System job FAQs
The following are answers to regular questions we get asked about working for a burglar alarm company like AMCO. Questions covered include:
> How much a security system engineer earns
> How to become a burglar alarm installer
> What it's like to work as a burglar alarm engineer
> How to get a job at AMCO Security
> Where in the UK AMCO have jobs available
Security system engineers salaries UK
We often get asked the question 'how much does an alarm engineer earn?'. As a burglar alarm & CCTV engineer in the UK, the expected salary (per year) are as follows (updated Sept 2022):
> Trainee security systems engineer salary: £20,000 + bonus
> Junior security systems engineer salary: £24,000 to £29,000 + bonus
> Senior security systems engineer salary: £30,000 to £40,000 + bonus
Additional to a core salary, you'd also expect to earn a bonus. The range of bonus you'd expect to earn as an AMCO burglar alarm installer is in the range of £1,000 to £3,000 a year.
How to become a burglar alarm installer
If you're not already an alarm engineer, and are interested in a becoming an alarm installer, then don't worry we take on and train our engineers at AMCO.
The most important skills needed to become a burglar alarm engineer are:
- Technical know-how
- Technical curiosity
- Technical problem-solving
- Ability to learn
The most common backgrounds alarm installers have when changing profession and choosing to become an alarm engineer are:
What it's like working as a security system engineer
If you haven't experienced life as a burglar alarm engineer and are considering becoming one, then here's what it's like being an alarm engineer:
> Security focus: it's important to remember that your focus as a burglar alarm engineer is to help protect people and people's property, meaning it's a very important and rewarding job.
> Technical trouble-shooting: problem solving technical issues is at the core of your job as an alarm engineer.
> Dealing with customers: interacting with customers and explaining details / issues is a common part of an alarm engineers job, as undoubtedly problems will arise which need solving.
> Knowing your way around a property (house or office building): you'll spend a lot of time installing equipment, running wires and digging your way around properties - so you'll become very familiar with how buildings are put together and learn the do's and don'ts!
> Travel & driving: as an alarm installer you'll spend a fair amount of time in your van and driving. Whether that's driving to an alarm system install, or driving for maintenance visits.
How to get a job at AMCO Security
AMCO are a relatively small company, so it's important that we hire people that are a good culture fit to the company. To learn more about AMCO and our culture, read more on the AMCO Corporate website here >
In summary, the kinds of people that fit the security system jobs we have available at AMCO fill the following x4 criteria:
> Caring & nice
> Smart
> Hard-working
> Technically curious
Where in the UK do AMCO have security system jobs available?
AMCO operate across the UK, so have security system jobs available across the UK too. Broadly job availability is as follows:
> Operations & sales jobs: most of the operations, administration and sales is run out of our HQ office in Easingwold, North Yorkshire. So if you live in Easingwold, Thirsk, Northallerton area, then working at AMCO is a great choice!
> Burglar alarm engineer jobs: we have jobs available for burglar alarm installers across the UK, including London alarm installer jobs, jobs in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, York and Newcastle.