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Branch Operations Manager – Fire Protection
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Fire Protection Branch Operations Manager
Bristol | Covering Bristol, Somerset, Gloucester & South Wales
£60,000–£70,000 DOE + up to 25% bonus + car allowance
We are recruiting for an experienced Fire Protection Branch Operations Manager to lead a busy regional fire protection operation across the South West and South Wales.
This is a senior leadership role with full responsibility for operational delivery, commercial performance, people leadership, client relationships, and branch success.
You will lead multidisciplinary operational, commercial, and administrative teams delivering fire protection works across a wide range of public and private sector clients.
This opportunity would suit an experienced Fire Protection Operations Manager, Passive Fire Operations Manager, Senior Contracts Manager, Regional Contracts Manager, Fire Contracts Manager, or Business Unit Manager with a strong background in fire protection, passive fire, fire stopping, fire doors, refurbishment, property services, or specialist contracting.
The role:
- Lead and develop a high-performing regional fire protection team
- Take ownership of operational and financial performance, including full P&L accountability
- Manage multiple fire protection, refurbishment, and compliance-led contracts
- Oversee directly employed workforce and operational management teams
- Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to high quality standards
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and senior leaders
- Drive commercial performance, productivity, and operational improvement
- Manage operational risk, compliance, quality, and health & safety standards
- Support recruitment, succession planning, and team development
- Create a positive, accountable, and performance-led culture across the branch
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About you:
- Senior operational leadership experience within fire protection, passive fire, fire stopping, fire doors, refurbishment, property services, or a related contracting environment
- Experience managing multiple contracts and operational teams
- Experience managing a directly employed workforce
- Previous responsibility for a branch, business unit, department, or regional operation
- Full P&L accountability
- Strong commercial and financial awareness
- Good understanding of health & safety, compliance, and quality standards within construction or fire protection
- Confident leadership, communication, and people management skills
- Full UK driving licence
- IOSH Managing Safely and/or SMSTS
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Package:
- £60,000–£70,000 DOE
- Bonus opportunity up to 25%
- Car allowance of £6,822, or £8,422 via EV salary sacrifice
- Private healthcare
- Company pension
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and sick pay
- 23 days annual leave, increasing with service
- Option to buy and sell holidays
- Life assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Ongoing training and career development opportunities
This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially focused fire protection leader to take ownership of a high-profile regional operation within a growing, well-established national contractor.
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