Project Manager
Remote and field-based across the UK
About Us
Blazequel is a leading provider of specialist fire protection services, trusted across the UK and Ireland for our expertise in safeguarding high-risk environments. With over 20 years of experience and offices in Bedford and Londonderry, we offer tailored fire and security solutions designed to protect lives, property, and operations.
Our mission is to empower industry through bespoke fire safety solutions, delivered with honesty, integrity, and unwavering attention to detail. We value respect, innovation, and conscientious service, consistently going the extra mile to delight our customers.
We are now looking for a Project Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 8:00am – 5:00pm, Monday to Friday.
This role will involve regular travel to customer sites across the UK and occasional days in St Neots near Cambridge, depending on project requirements. You will likely be on-site three to four days per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of up to £68,000 per annum DOE
- ‘Growth-by-Sharing’ bonus scheme
- Company vehicle
- 25 days’ annual leave per annum plus bank holidays
- Collaborative team environment
- Latest technology tools
- Company uniform/workwear
- Career development opportunities with professional training, support and certification
This is an incredible opportunity for an experienced construction and project management professional to join our specialist, values-led organisation.
You’ll gain real ownership and autonomy, with the chance to lead complex projects from concept to completion, making trusted decisions on site, and seeing your work directly protect lives, property and operations.
In return, you’ll join a company that genuinely invests in you, combining superb rewards, cutting-edge tools and ongoing professional training with the variety and challenge of working across diverse sites and projects nationwide.
So, if you’re looking for a role where you’re trusted to lead, empowered to deliver and rewarded for your impact, we’d love to hear from you.
The Role
As our Project Manager, you will take full ownership of delivering fire detection and suppression system projects from start to finish, in a high-impact role.
Working at the heart of operational delivery, you will manage projects at every stage of implementation, co-ordinating engineers, subcontractors and suppliers across high-risk, mission-critical environments.
You will be the main point of contact on site, leading site activity and ensuring programmes, quality standards and health & safety requirements are consistently met.
Additionally, you will:
- Develop and manage detailed project schedules
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants and internal teams
- Prepare and maintain project documentation
- Oversee installation, commissioning, snagging and quality inspections
- Support procurement, material allocation and management of variations
- Produce regular progress reports and maintain accurate records and risk registers
About You
To be considered as our Project Manager, you will need:
- At least two years’ proven experience in construction and project management
- Experience delivering multi-stakeholder technical projects
- A proven track record of progressing from site-based roles into project management
- Experience with M&E, and ideally fire systems, electrical or controls-based environments
- An understanding of RAMS, technical documentation and installation workflow
- An understanding of control systems and installation processes
Other organisations may call this role Fire Systems Project Manager, Engineering Project Manager, Installation Project Manager, Technical Project Manager, or Construction Project Manager.
Webrecruit and Blazequel are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
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