Fire Services Lead

About the role

We are looking for a Fire Business Lead to take full ownership of our Fire services offering, driving performance across work winning, mobilisation, delivery, and ongoing service.

This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for growing the Fire business, delivering safely and compliantly, and ensuring strong commercial performance. You will act as the single point of accountability across Fire operations, aligning delivery, client needs, and strategic growth.

What you'll be doing

Lead and develop the Fire business strategy, driving growth across frameworks, tenders, and client relationships

Take full accountability for the delivery of Fire services including installation, commissioning, maintenance, and reactive works

Ensure safe, compliant, and high-quality delivery in line with fire safety legislation and Balfour Beatty standards

Manage operational performance including programmes, resources, subcontractors, and supply chain

Oversee commercial performance including P&L, budgets, forecasting, and cost control

Act as the senior escalation point for operational and commercial matters

Build and maintain strong client relationships as the key senior contact

Lead and develop teams, driving performance, capability, and succession planning

Promote a culture of Zero Harm and continuous improvement

Who we're looking for

Essential:

Proven experience delivering Fire services, Fire engineering, or Fire systems

Strong leadership experience across multi-site or project environments

Demonstrable commercial acumen, including budgeting and margin control

Sound knowledge of fire safety legislation and compliance requirements

Experience in work winning, tendering, and client engagement

Desirable:

Formal fire safety qualifications or accreditation

Experience within construction, infrastructure, or facilities environments

Understanding of integrated service delivery models (e.g. Fire & TSS)

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.

25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave

Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Asset & Technology Solutions provides innovative, safe and sustainable solutions to the Balfour Beatty projects across the UK. Our wide range of equipment and services includes HGV’s, tower and crawler cranes, piling equipment, CCTV and security services, survey services and drones, suction excavators, sweepers, modular accommodation and much more.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com

Job Reference: BBUK19812