Job Description

PROJECT MANAGER- FIRE COMPARTMENTATION

Reports to:

Compartmentation Director

Office location:

London

Salary:

70,000 -85,000 per year plus discretionary bonus

The Company:

The A S Ramsay Group are award winning building contractors based in London and the Southeast. Our primary point of company culture is to ensure our staff focus on having a 'service first' approach, being approachable, honest and clear with our clients.

We strive to be at the very top of our industry in terms of quality control, development of staff, and customer service.

Our work focus is:

Restoration: external mansion block repair schemes and internal common part refurbishment.

Cladding remediation: design and build contracts replacing combustible cladding to residential

high-rise buildings.

Fire compartmentation: certi?ed ?re door installation, repair and maintenance, as well as compartmentation schemes and installation of ?re detection and suppression systems.

Job Purpose:

The Fire Compartmentation Project Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing fire compartmentation remedial work and compliance projects. This role ensures that all fire safety works comply with relevant legislation, standards (e.g., PAS 9980, BS 9999), and best practices, helping our clients achieve and maintain statutory compliance.

Main Duties:

Manage fire compartmentation projects from survey through to completion, including remedial works and final sign-off.

Monitor the quality of our delivery on site and produce Quality Reports in line with our project plan.

Ensure that our Site Managers are completing their obligations by updating the program, evidencing our work on Boris or Letsbuild, and complying with all health and safety legislations and phase plans.

Conduct or oversee fire compartmentation surveys, identifying breaches and areas requiring remedial action. Competently identifying standard, tested details that can be used for remedial work.

Where standard, tested details cannot be installed, work closely with our designer and fire consultants to put forward a bespoke solution, before seeking comment from the Fire Engineer.

Provide technical support to Site Managers generally and be responsible for ensuring our installations are compliant with the Building Regulations, BM Trada and the specification.

Review and interpret fire strategy drawings, building plans, and compartmentation reports, assisting the site team with identifying locations of compartmentation breaches.

Undertake onsite training on technical matters and train staff regularly.

Identify, quantify and schedule variations required outside of our scope of work.

Manage the Site Managers, sub-contractors and site staff generally, programming works with them and arranging access to properties with our clients.

Support the site team to seek out opportunities to improve the gross margins on site.

Oversee the implementation of the Construction Phase Plan on site and the evidence of compliance with it.

Providing and updating realistic programmes as required.

Undertake site surveys for material ordering and quantifying.

Be the liaison point for our clients, arranging access, keeping them updated and arranging and attending meetings as required. Client service should be the primary priority of your approach.

Selection and briefing of sub-contractors for mid-contract variations, obtaining competitive quotes to give best value.

Sourcing sub-contractors and labour when required.

Organise materials for site ensuring they are sourced from approved manufacturers and complying with their standard tested details or approved (by the fire engineer) bespoke details.

Organise and oversee the setting up of site in line with the site requirements and the phase plan.

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Person Specification:

Construction based qualification to a level 6 or above to include; CSCS Site Management, SMSTS, First Aid at Work, Asbestos Awareness.

A minimum 4 years' experience in a similar role.

Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Sound knowledge of building technology.

Knowledge of PAS 9980:2022 methodology.

FIRAS, BM Trada, or similar accreditation experience.

CSCS card (managerial/professional level preferred).

Ability to plan, coordinate, monitor and record.

Drive to succeed with a modern growing Company.

Personal Attributes

You must be an excellent communicator with focus on both your clients and colleagues to achieve clarity, openness and positivity.

You must be a positive and helpful individual who possess a 'can do attitude'. You will create a positive environment within the company towards tour work, your clients and colleagues.

Be committed and driven to achieve above the expectations set.

Be able to write and create professional reports, evidencing works and health and safety compliance on site.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Freelance

Pay: 70,000.00-80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension
Work Location: In person