Senior Project Manager

Johnson Controls; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Senior Project Manager for major fire suppression projects across the UK. This hybrid role in Birmingham involves managing project phases, ensuring quality and safety while offering competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary + performance bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Company car, laptop & mobile

Excellent benefits package

Ongoing professional training & development

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of experience in the fire industry.
• Proven experience managing large/multiple projects in Fire Suppression and Detection.
• Strong knowledge of CDM regulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all project phases from planning to completion.
• Ensure quality, safety, and profitability.
• Conduct health and safety and quality audits.

Skills

Project Delivery

Stakeholder Engagement

Health and Safety Management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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Senior Project Manager - Major Projects (Fire Suppression)

What You Will Do

Join our Major Projects Group and lead the delivery of high-value fire suppression projects across the UK. As Project Manager, you will oversee all project phases from initial planning to completion, ensuring quality, safety, and profitability. This hybrid role, based in Birmingham, will primarily focus on managing major projects, with regular site visits. You will be responsible for cost control, forecasting, health and safety compliance, and effective coordination of resources to meet targets.

At Johnson Controls, we offer more than just a job – we offer a career. Join our Fire Suppression Major Projects Group and become part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team working in some of the UK’s most complex and demanding environments.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary + performance bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Company car, laptop & mobile
• Overtime opportunities
• Excellent benefits package: pension, life assurance, EAP, referral scheme, cycle-to-work, JCI discounts
• Ongoing professional training & development
• Defined career progression
• Inclusive, safety-first culture
• Access to business resource groups
  
  

How You Will Do It

• Manage projects to ensure on-time, on-budget, high-quality delivery
• Coordinate site engineers and subcontractors
• Implement and maintain project control procedures
• Plan labor and materials to meet deadlines
• Conduct health and safety and quality audits
• Maximize site productivity and accurate forecasting
• Lead on CDM, RAMS, COSHH, and toolbox talks
• Report budgets and progress to the Contracts Manager
  
  

What We Look For

• 10–15 years of experience in the fire industry, with a strong project delivery background
• Proven experience managing large/multiple projects in Fire Suppression and Detection
• Experience with Power Generation/Transmission projects and clients like National Grid, Siemens, EDF
• Strong knowledge of CDM regulations and health and safety site management
• Ability to produce and oversee risk assessments and method statements
• Skilled at stakeholder engagement, both internal and external
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills with the ability to simplify technical information
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

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