Contracts Manager - Fire, Safety and Emergency Systems Location: Coventry Department: Projects Delivery Package: Competitive Salary and benefits Lead with Integrity. Deliver with Excellence. Build What Protects Lives. We are a respected life-safety solutions provider, trusted by clients across the UK for delivering critical fire and emergency-systems projects with absolute compliance and care. We are now seeking a Projects Delivery & Contracts Manager to lead our Projects Delivery Team and ensure every system we install is safe, compliant and completed to the highest standards — with a robust audit trail from concept to commissioning. This is a senior leadership role for someone who combines technical excellence, emotional intelligence, and a passion for high-standards in a regulated, mission-critical environment. If you see process, governance and compliance not as bureaucracy, but as the backbone of life-safety excellence, we want to speak with you. Your Purpose Lead and develop a high-performing delivery team, ensuring multiple fire-life-safety projects are delivered safely, compliantly, and profitably, following a proven stage-gate methodology. You’ll bring people together — internal teams, suppliers, subcontractors and clients — to deliver projects that pass every audit, earn client trust, and protect life and property. What You’ll Lead - Daily project delivery cadence & contractor coordination - Stage-gate control from pre-construction to handover and aftercare - Testing, commissioning & technical compliance against BS 5839 and BAFE requirements - Client, consultant & stakeholder engagement - Health & Safety leadership, CDM compliance & site audits - Commercial control, forecasting, variations & final accounts - Coaching & developing project managers, supervisors & commissioning staff. - You will be the glue that connects planning to execution, and strategy to safe-in-service systems. - You'll be hungry for success and want to develop your career. What Good Looks Like - Zero-harm safety culture & robust CDM controls - Fully evidenced, auditable project records - On-time delivery with controlled variations - Strong client relationships & repeat business - Empowered, engaged project teams who grow under your leadership Who You Are - You bring both competence and character. You are: - Calm under pressure; a clear thinker in complexity - Detail-focused and compliance-driven - A confident communicator — from site to boardroom - Emotionally intelligent, collaborative and trusted - Proactive, structured and solutions-focused - Resilient, adaptable and committed to continuous improvement - Grounded, self-aware and integrity-led — always doing what’s right - You don’t wait to be told — you anticipate, plan, communicate and execute Requirements - 5 years’ experience delivering building-services / M&E / life-safety projects - Strong understanding of BS 5839-1 and industry standards - Experience commissioning and delivering fire-safety systems - Familiarity with BAFE SP203-1 / LPS 1014 frameworks (advantageous) - Competent in Microsoft 365, planning tools and evidence management - Full UK Driving Licence - Desirable: SMSTS/SSSTS, IOSH/NEBOSH, CSCS Manager/Professional, Building Safety Act understanding Benefits - Holidays: 21 days plus 8 bank - additional for birthday - Recognised and valued employee - not just a number - Package: Competitive Salary This is a rare opportunity to step into a role with genuine responsibility, trust and influence, in an organisation where compliance, excellence and people leadership truly matter. You’ll be supported, listened to and empowered to build capability — not firefight chaos