Senior Project Manager – Passive Fire Protection (Complex Existing Buildings)
Fire Doors & Fire Stopping
Location: London & South East (Hybrid/Bermondsey Office)
Salary: £65,000-£75,000 basic + performance bonus (OTE £70,000–£80,000)
Company: Onyx Fire & Security
Build projects that matter
Real progression to leadership level as the business scales
At Onyx, we don’t do small thinking. We deliver complex passive fire protection projects in live, occupied and sensitive environments, with a proven track record at landmark institutions including the British Museum, Natural History Museum, Barbican, British Library, KPMG, and major live-site environments. Onyx is one of the UK’s leading specialists in fire safety, with a core focus on passive fire protection.
We’re trusted to deliver fire doors, fire stopping and compartmentation works where quality, compliance and operational control really matter. Our portfolio spans commercial offices, residential developments, retail, hospitality, heritage, education, and the crtiical infrastructure, we have delivered projects for some of the UK’s most recognisable institutions and brands.
We are now looking for a Senior Project Manager to support the delivery of fire door and fire stopping projects across multiple sites, clients and sectors. If you know how to run live projects properly, protect margin, lead teams and keep standards high, we want to hear from you.
What you’ll be doing
- Leading the delivery of multiple passive fire protection projects, with a focus on fire doors, fire stopping and wider compartmentation works.
- Taking ownership of programme, site coordination, resource planning and day-to-day operational delivery across live environments.
- Managing Project Managers, Supervisors, operatives and subcontractors to ensure works are delivered safely, compliantly and right first time.
- Acting as the senior escalation point for clients, consultants and internal teams.
- Driving quality assurance, inspections, reporting and handover documentation, including photographic evidence and digital compliance records.
- Overseeing commercial performance, identifying risk, managing delivery issues and helping protect project margin. The need for strong commercial awareness is reflected in the senior PM and competency documents.
- Ensuring works comply with Approved Document B, BS 8214, relevant BS/EN standards, manufacturer guidance and third-party accreditation requirements under BM TRADA.
What we’re looking for
- Proven experience in a Senior Project Manager, Contracts Manager or similar delivery role within passive fire protection. This aligns with the operational and programme-management experience
- Strong technical knowledge of fire door installation, inspection and remedial works, plus fire stopping systems and compartmentation.
- Experience delivering projects in occupied, complex or sensitive environments.
- Ability to lead both direct labour and subcontractors across multiple sites.
- Good commercial awareness, strong communication skills and the ability to keep projects moving under pressure. These skills are reflected in the internal senior PM profile and leadership-related materials.
- Relevant qualifications such as PRINCE2, SMSTS, CSCS, fire-door or passive-fire certifications, and experience working to third-party accredited standards are highly desirable.
Why join Onyx
- Join a business established in 2008 that is a leading UK specialist in fire safety with a core focus on passive fire protection.
- Work on meaningful projects in live, occupied, high-profile and technically demanding environments.
- Be part of a company that combines site delivery with digital reporting and real-time project visibility through systems including Salesforce, Onetrace, Procore and cloud-based reporting.
- Help shape projects that demand genuine leadership, not just admin. This is consistent with the senior-delivery emphasis in your job and competency documents
- Company phone
- Laptop
- Vehicle allowance or car
Pay: £65,000.00-£80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Private medical insurance
Work Location: In person
