Electrical & Gas Project Manager

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services

Wideopen

Hybrid

GBP 55,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits platform

Salary Finance

Up to five additional holiday days

Mitie Stars rewards

Cycle-to-work

Life cover 4x salary

MiDeals discounts

Enhanced pension

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services seeks an Electrical & Gas Project Manager to lead fire detection and alarm installations across UK projects. You will manage from design to handover within the fire detection and electrical department, ensuring safety and compliance.

The role offers hybrid working from our offices with regular site visits UK-wide. Requirements include 5+ years PM experience in fire alarm projects, BS5839 knowledge, CSCS card, and DBS clearance, with subcontractor coordination

Qualifications

Minimum of 5 years' experience as Project Manager for fire alarm and detection system projects.
Excellent knowledge of BS5839:2017, BS6266:2011, BS7273, BS8519:2020.
Good working knowledge of IEE 18th Edition Electrical Installation Regulations.
DBS clearance may be required; CSCS card is essential.
Clean driving licence and ability to travel UK-wide.

Responsibilities

Managing projects from design, procurement and installation through to completion and handover, with schedules and testing.
Ensure project documentation, commissioning and O&M records meet standards.
Control costs, issue monthly cost reports and manage subcontractor invoices.
Oversee Health & Safety on site and coordinate with clients and colleagues.
Prepare risk assessments, method statements and project time schedules.
Attend internal and client meetings and liaise with mechanical teams.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Planning

Stakeholder management

Health & safety awareness

Education

CSCS card

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

Electrical & Gas Project Manager

Argus Fire launched in 1982 are the UK's class‑leading supplier of fire detection and fire protection systems businesses in the UK.

We design, install, and maintain all types of automatically operating fire extinguishing systems and electronically activated fire detection and alarm systems for large projects through to servicing small standalone products. We currently have over 220 employees and have offices based in Stourbridge (HQ), Manchester and London.

Despite our ongoing success, we are never content on standing still and continue to re‑invest significant amounts into the development of our products, services and platforms.

Why Join Us?

Come and work with a talented, motivated, and friendly group of like‑minded colleagues.

Be supported and encouraged to develop your skills and knowledge through structured training and coaching from experienced colleagues. Be part of a company that invests heavily in apprenticeships futures and ongoing learning and development.

Project Manager - The Role

You would be joining our Fire Detection and Electrical department. As a Project Manager, you would have overall responsibility for the successful and safe execution of fire detection and alarm system installations within the fire detection and electrical department of the company, working within the framework of the company operating procedures.

Key details:

The role can be based at our Head Office in Stourbridge or Hybrid working can be offered
Regular requirement to attend projects sites, UK wide
Occasional requirement to work away from home for periods of time

Responsibilities

Managing projects from initial stages, design, procurement, installation, commission through to completion and handover, ensuring all plans, timelines, schedules, monitoring, checking and testing is completed at each stage.
Responsible for project quality standards, documentation and records and preparing commissioning, and operating and maintenance documentation.
Overall responsibility for the financial status and control of costs throughout the project. Produce month financial costing reports and manage sub‑contractor and supplier invoicing.
Managing overall Health & Safety matters on the project and collaborating with colleagues and clients.
Prepare detailed risk assessments and method statements within the project framework and current legislation.
Prepare project time schedules (programmes).
Prepare internal and external project progress reports.
Prepare detailed vendor and sub‑contractor specifications and purchase orders.
Provide support for project applications and invoicing.
Collaborate closely with mechanical team members of the project to ensure a smooth and integrated project process
Attend regular internal and client meetings.
Completion of as fitted drawing information
Ensuring the works are invoicing when the job is completed.

Essential

Minimum of 5 years' experience as Project Manager for fire alarm and detection system projects, or other electrically based systems, ideally within the industrial construction sector.
Excellent knowledge of fire detection products and system design, installation, commissioning and cause and effect testing.
Excellent knowledge of BS5839: 2017, BS6266:2011, BS7273, BS8519:2020
Good working knowledge of IEE 18th Edition of the Electrical Installation Regulations
Good working knowledge or awareness of ATEX / hazardous area regulations.
Good working knowledge of necessary interfaces with mechanical water‑based fire protection systems and gas‑based fire suppression systems.
Ability to effectively use IT related software including MS Outlook, MS Office (Word and Excel etc) and MS Project (or alternative planning software).
Project Management level CSCS card.
Will be required to gain DBS clearance.
Clean driving licence

Desirable

Good working knowledge of model forms of construction contracts.
Good working knowledge of Gas Suppression Systems (Inert and Halocarbon)
IOSHH Managing Safely, SMSTS or equivalent qualification.
Experience of both addressable and conventional systems
Experience of various panel manufacturers (such as Advanced, Kentec and Notifier).
Experience of various detection manufacturers equipment (such as Apollo, Hochiki, Notifier, Xtralis and flame detection).

Skills And Behaviours

Able to develop and maintain strong working relationships with clients, suppliers and sub‑contractors.
Ability to effectively plan own and others work.
Excellent communication skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a project team

Benefits

Our market‑leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well‑known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle‑to‑work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save‑as‑you‑earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

Recruitment Process

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long‑term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .