Passive Fire Project/ Contracts Manager
5 days ago
Darland
Company LFS Limited is a well-established and growing passive fire protection contractor, delivering fire stopping and fire door works across residential, commercial, and public-sector frameworks. Due to continued growth, we are seeking a Passive Fire Project/ Contracts Manager to take full ownership of live projects and lead delivery across multiple sites with minimal supervision. Role Overview This is a delivery-focused position. You will be trusted to run projects independently and take responsibility for programme, quality, compliance, and commercial control. Key Responsibilities: • End-to-end management of passive fire contracts, • Leading delivery across fire stopping and fire door packages, • Planning and coordinating labour, materials, access, and programmes, • Managing site teams and specialist subcontractors, • Ensuring works meet specification, certification, and fire safety requirements, • Direct client liaison and issue resolution on live sites, • Weekly coordination and management meetings in Gillingham, • Managing variations, progress reporting, and handover documentation, • Supporting audits, inspections, and quality reviews Essential Experience • Proven experience as a Contracts Manager within passive fire protection, • Strong, practical knowledge of fire stopping systems, • Strong knowledge of fire door installation and remediation, • Ability to manage multiple live sites autonomously, • Confident dealing with clients, consultants, and senior stakeholders, • Full UK driving licence, • Able to attend Gillingham on a weekly basis Desirable • FIRAS / BM TRADA or similar schemes, • Experience working on social housing or public-sector frameworks, • SMSTS, • Strong understanding of compliance evidence and certification, • IFE Level 3 What’s on Offer • Stable, long-term workload, • Competitve salary, • High level of autonomy and responsibility, • Supportive and structured senior management