Fire Project Manager

External Contracts Manager (Fire Safety)

Salary 43,000,

Hours: 37 per week

Location: Winchester

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

The Role:

Moxie People are partnering with a leading social housing provider to recruit an External Contracts Manager who can take the lead on major fire safety and building safety projects.

You'll be overseeing works across a mix of high-rise, mid-rise and low-rise homes, ensuring full compliance with current fire and building safety legislation. This is a role where you'll genuinely influence safety, quality and standards across a large property portfolio.

Day to day will include:

• Managing externally sourced contractors and consultants
• Delivering large-scale fire and building safety projects
• Carrying out and reviewing risk assessments
• Conducting site inspections and identifying defects
• Monitoring KPIs and compliance
• Managing project budgets and financial forecasting
• You'll act as the client-side competent person

What You'll Bring

• Experience in construction, building safety or a similar field
• Proven background in managing contractors on major works programmes
• Strong understanding of fire and building safety regulations
• Confident with Excel and project management software
• Experience with KPIs, risk assessments and compliance monitoring
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Working towards chartership (e.g., MCIOB) or qualifications like PRINCE2/PMP is a bonus.

Benefits

• Flexible working is available. (around three days a week office or site based).
• Benefits
• 28 days holiday (plus buying/selling options)
• Up to 10% pension contributions
• Retail discounts
• Life assurance (5x salary)
• Family-friendly leave
• Wellbeing and health support
• Electric car scheme
• Training and development routes
• Recognition and reward programme
• Cycle to Work scheme

Want to discuss in more detail, give People a call, to find out more.