Fire Alarm Manager

Job Title: Fire Alarm Manager (QS Experience Essential)

Location: Office based

Region Covered: North West and UK

Salary: Competitive and tailored to current package and experience

Valoris Group is recruiting a senior Fire Alarm Manager for a well established and growing fire and life safety business.

This is a senior operational and commercial role, managing engineers and a large, established retail client portfolio.

This position suits an experienced fire alarm professional who also has strong Quantity Surveying and commercial control experience
.

You will be responsible for the day to day management and commercial performance of the fire alarm division, including:

• Managing a team of 3 Fire Alarm Engineers
• Full responsibility for 34 large retail clients across the North West and nationwide
• Commercial control of projects, variations and financial performance
• Ownership of contracts, margins, forecasting and cost control
• Client relationship management at senior and operational level
• Overseeing delivery, programming and resource planning
• Supporting senior management with reporting and performance updates

This is an office based role
. Very occasional site visits only. Site presence is not a requirement.

• Strong and proven fire alarm background
• Previous experience in a Fire Alarm Manager / Contracts Manager / Operations Manager role
• Quantity Surveying experience is essential
• Strong commercial understanding of:
  • valuations
  • variations
  • cost control
  • margin management
• Experience managing engineers and operational delivery
• Experience working with large multi site retail or national clients

• Commercially focused and detail driven
• Strong client communication and relationship management
• Confident managing delivery teams
• Excellent organisational and reporting skills
• Able to operate at both operational and commercial level

• Salary is open and based on your current earnings and experience
• The business has limited professionals at this level, so they are flexible for the right individual
• Long term opportunity to shape and grow the division