Branch Manager

Title:                 Branch Manager – Fire Protection

Location:         Bristol or Newport (covering South Wales & South West)

Salary:             £60,000 - £70,000 + £7,000 Car Allowance (£8,500 EV) + Private 

                         Healthcare + Up to 25% Bonus

Sector:             Property Services / Fire Protection / Refurbishment

Start Date:       ASAP

Branch Manager – The Company

Our client is one of the UK’s leading property services contractors, delivering long-term refurbishment, compliance and fire protection works for many of the country’s best-known social housing providers.

Due to continued growth, they are looking to appoint an experienced Branch Manager to lead their established Fire Protection business across South Wales and the South West.

Already generating approximately £3.5 million turnover, the business has an excellent reputation, a secure pipeline of framework work and ambitious plans for expansion into wider commercial and public sector markets. This is a genuine opportunity to join a stable, financially strong business where you can make a real impact while progressing into a larger regional leadership position over time.

Branch Manager – The Role

This is a senior leadership position with full operational and commercial responsibility for the regional Fire Protection business.

You’ll lead an established team of operational staff and commercial professionals, ensuring projects are delivered safely, profitably and to the highest quality standards, whilst helping drive the next phase of strategic growth.

Reporting to the Regional Operations Director, you’ll play a key role in developing the existing South Wales and South West operation before helping establish and grow a wider Southern region.

Areas covered include South Wales, Cardiff, Swansea, the Valleys, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset and surrounding areas.

Key responsibilities include:

• Full P&L responsibility for the regional business
• Managing CVRs and ensuring strong commercial performance
• Leading operational delivery across multiple contracts
• Managing and developing commercial and operational teams
• Maintaining strong client relationships with key framework customers
• Driving business growth across existing and new sectors
• Ensuring compliance, quality and health & safety standards are maintained
• Supporting business planning, forecasting and budgeting
• Working closely with senior leadership on future regional expansion
• Identifying opportunities to improve profitability and operational efficiency

Branch Manager – The Person

The successful candidate will be an experienced senior manager with strong commercial awareness and a proven background leading profitable operations within property services.

You’ll be comfortable managing both people and financial performance and enjoy developing teams while building long-term client relationships.

You’ll ideally have:

• Previous experience as a Branch Manager, Operations Manager, Contracts Manager, Regional Manager or similar senior leadership role
• Strong experience managing P&Ls and full commercial performance
• Experience managing CVRs and financial reporting
• Background within property services, refurbishment, maintenance, compliance, fire protection or related sectors
• Excellent leadership and people management skills
• Strong client relationship and business development ability
• Good understanding of compliance-led environments
• Knowledge of the Building Safety Act, fire compliance or control notices would be highly advantageous
• Experience within passive fire protection, cladding remediation or fire safety projects would be beneficial but is not essential
• Full UK driving licence

Applications are particularly welcomed from candidates within property maintenance, refurbishment, planned works, social housing, fire protection, cladding remediation or other Building Safety Act-related sectors. Candidates from heavy civils, utilities or infrastructure backgrounds are unlikely to be suitable.

What’s on Offer?

• £60,000 - £70,000 basic salary
• £7,000 car allowance or approximately £8,500 via EV scheme
• Bonus scheme of up to 25%
• Private healthcare
• Excellent benefits package
• Long-term secured workload
• Significant autonomy within a growing business
• Genuine opportunity to progress into a Regional leadership role
• Stable employer with an outstanding reputation and ambitious growth plans

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious operational leader looking to take ownership of an established business, influence its future direction and build a long-term career with one of the UK’s leading property services contractors.