Head of Passive Fire

JLA Limited; Exeter; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A critical infrastructure solutions company in Exeter is seeking a senior operational leader for their Fire function. The successful candidate will manage installations and ensure compliance with regulations while providing leadership to the team. Strong experience in the Commercial Fire Industry, communication, and leadership skills are essential. This position offers an opportunity to contribute significantly to business objectives and maintain high service standards.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing remote workforces.
• Previous track record of managing teams in the Commercial Fire Industry.
• Experience of managing a business P&L and managing budgets.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the Passive function as part of the senior team.
• Manage the delivery of Installations, PPM, and reactive workload.
• Ensure successful audits and compliance with regulations.

Skills

Passive Fire Technical Skillset

Excellent Communication Skills

Good Commercial Awareness

Leadership skills

Problem solving skills

Strong analytical skills

Education

IOSH Managing Safely

CSCS Card

Job description

About our business

JLA is a mission critical infrastructure solutions business offering services Laundry, Catering, Heating, Fire Safety, Infection Control and Air Conditioning. The company offers an end-to-end, on premise, machine supply and breakdown service proposition under the name Total Care, and additional products and services. JLA is driven by a world class Sales & Marketing engine, owns and maintains all assets, and has an efficient on-site operations team working with daily with customers.

Role overview

The purpose of this role is to be a key contributor to the success of the business and as part of the senior leadership team for Fire you will provide leadership to the Passive function. You will have responsibility for the operational delivery of Installations, PPM and reactive workload. You will be required to support the business within the BM Trada re-certifications audit bi-annually and will be responsible for processes and people ensuring your function plays its part in delivery of the Business Plan Objectives.

Key tasks

As part of the leadership team to contribute to the strategic and business planning process

To liaise with other Leaders on business initiatives and objectives to achieve business goals

Responsible for ensuring successful timely delivery of all Installation, PPM and Reactive workload within the passive department

Responsible for the management of P&L and forecasting for the department

Technical support to all members of passive department and also across other departments ie. Commercial team when quoting Role Profile

Responsible for the management of the Fire Door Manufacturing

Responsible to ensure BM Trada re-certification bi-annual audits are successfully completed

Ensuring a rigorous audit process is in place to conduct systematic reviews and risk assessments

To provide reporting on service levels, issues, and plan for any gaps

To provide oversight in co-ordinating work including assessment of labour requirements, plans and materials

Ensuring all work delivered confirms to the relevant legislation and to the highest standard

Managing the supply chain and logistics associated with your function

Provide commercial leadership to your teams to encourage a holistic approach to total care of customers

Build long term and sustainable customer relationships whilst maintaining the highest standard of presentation, integrity and customer support

To develop new systems and procedures to constantly improve efficiency and effective service.

Service Delivery

Demonstrate an understanding of what service delivery excellence is for your role, ensuring you deliver the basics right every time and lead a team where service is central to good performance.

To set clearly defined service level agreements for your function

Contribute to improving the compliance capability across the business, ensuring quality training and development tools are available to embed this competence across the business.

People Management

Set clear objectives for your team members providing regular feedback on performance.

Manage performance across the team to ensure the achievement of service delivery targets in line with Service Level Agreements

Manage any employee relations issues in line with the policies set out by the business

Coach and develop the team to ensure they perform at a high level, ensuring colleagues maintain appropriate knowledge of the business products

Address any training and development needs and ensure teams have a personal development plan.

Managing Risk

Act as expert for operational and regulation risks which may impact all operations.

Responsibility for reporting to your line manager any risk which may impact the business.

To provide audits plans and reporting Managing Health & Safety

Set a framework for the business H&S strategy and implementation

Conduction Risk Assessments and Method Statements, compiling reports in line with H&S requirements

Liaising with all the National Operations Managers s to ensure operations and delivery is in line with the framework set.

Knowledge and Skills

• Passive Fire Technical Skillset
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Good Commercial Awareness
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Leadership skills, managing others, coaching, mentoring
• Attention to detail
• Decision making skills
• Problem solving skills
• Organisations skills
• Knowledge of all Microsoft office applications
• Strong analytical skills
• Advanced level of customer services
• Client liaison and management
• Conflict Management

Experience

• Experience of managing remote workforces
• Previous track record of managing teams in the Commercial Fire Industry
• Previous track record of dealing with clients and rolling high volume installations
• A successful track record in the compliance arena
• Experience of managing a business P&L and managing budgets.

Personal qualities

Loyal, committed

Integrity

Qualifications

• IOSH Managing Safely
• CSCS Card
• Previously BM Trada Appointed Person