Fire Services Lead

About the role

We are looking for a Fire Business Lead to take full ownership of our Fire services offering, driving performance across work winning, mobilisation, delivery, and ongoing service.

This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for growing the Fire business, delivering safely and compliantly, and ensuring strong commercial performance. You will act as the single point of accountability across Fire operations, aligning delivery, client needs, and strategic growth.

What you'll be doing

• Lead and develop the Fire business strategy, driving growth across frameworks, tenders, and client relationships
• Take full accountability for the delivery of Fire services including installation, commissioning, maintenance, and reactive works
• Ensure safe, compliant, and high-quality delivery in line with fire safety legislation and Balfour Beatty standards
• Manage operational performance including programmes, resources, subcontractors, and supply chain
• Oversee commercial performance including P&L, budgets, forecasting, and cost control
• Act as the senior escalation point for operational and commercial matters
• Build and maintain strong client relationships as the key senior contact
• Lead and develop teams, driving performance, capability, and succession planning
• Promote a culture of Zero Harm and continuous improvement

Who we're looking for

Essential:

• Proven experience delivering Fire services, Fire engineering, or Fire systems
• Strong leadership experience across multi-site or project environments
• Demonstrable commercial acumen, including budgeting and margin control
• Sound knowledge of fire safety legislation and compliance requirements
• Experience in work winning, tendering, and client engagement

Desirable:

• Formal fire safety qualifications or accreditation
• Experience within construction, infrastructure, or facilities environments
• Understanding of integrated service delivery models (e.g. Fire & TSS)

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partner's leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

About us

Asset & Technology Solutions provides innovative, safe and sustainable solutions to the Balfour Beatty projects across the UK. Our wide range of equipment and services includes HGV's, tower and crawler cranes, piling equipment, CCTV and security services, survey services and drones, suction excavators, sweepers, modular accommodation and much more.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit

We are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit