Active Fire Contract Manager

• The Active Fire Contract Manager is a technically proficient and highly organised professional responsible for the end-to-end delivery, servicing, maintenance and compliance of active fire protection systems. These systems include fire alarms, domestic fire detection, fire curtains, smoke control systems, fire suppression systems, emergency lighting and portable fire extinguishers. The role ensures that all activities comply with applicable British Standards and relevant legislation.
• Accountable for the full commercial performance of the active fire department, including quotations, budgeting, forecasting, labour planning, profit & loss, and contract financial management.
• The Active Fire Contract Manager is the primary operational lead for the active fire department, directing day-to-day activities and providing leadership to project managers, engineers, supervisors, subcontractors and associated resources.
• Serves as the principal liaison between internal stakeholders, senior management and external clients, maintaining accountability for safety, quality, performance and client satisfaction across active fire services.

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• Identify and pursue legitimate additional revenue through variations and claims; negotiate with clients, consultants and supply chain to protect the commercial position of the business.
• Identify and promote engineering solutions that comply with the specification and applicable standards while achieving the best practicable prime cost for each project.
• Responsible for quality control across active fire workstreams, ensuring all project deliverables meet required British Standards, accreditation requirements and client standards.
• Manage the scheduling, delivery and certification of servicing and testing for all active fire systems, including fire detection and alarm (BS 5839-1 / BS 5839-6), emergency lighting (BS 5266-1), smoke control (BS 7346-8), fire curtains (BS 8524-2) and fire extinguishers (BS 5306-3). Ensure all scheduled servicing and testing is completed and certified at the required frequencies, monthly visual checks of extinguishers are recorded where contractually required, and identified defects are documented, risk-assessed, escalated and progressed within the applicable timescale.

• Lead and coordinate active fire engineers, technicians, supervisors, subcontractors and suppliers to achieve high-quality, efficient delivery.
• Communicate with senior management and maintenance teams to efficiently allocate and deploy operatives, balancing workloads across active fire workstreams.
• Ensure that site operatives and the wider active fire team receive current drawings, specifications, programmes, risk assessments, method statements and other information required to carry out their duties safely and correctly.
• Maintain and review the active fire training and competency matrix, identify gaps against role and accreditation requirements, agree corrective actions and report progress to senior management.

• Implement and comply with EWC policies and procedures across project delivery, quality, H&S, environmental, supply chain management and business management.
• Develop and implement the ISO project delivery quality management system with the team.
• Direct staff within the active fire department and maintain liaison with EWC staff across the wider building services teams.
• Communicate project requirements with clients and stakeholders to ensure efficient delivery

East West Connect Ltd is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristics.

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