Head of Service

We're currently recruiting for a Head of Regional Service here at Chubb F&S across the South of England. As Head of Regional Service, you will lead the Fire and Security service function across your region, ensuring outstanding operational delivery, financial performance, and customer outcomes. This opportunity would suit someone either from our industry or and M&E background. . Reporting directly to the Regional Director, you will be accountable for regional service revenues, contract profitability, customer retention, and the collation of financial forecasts and budget tracking. You will lead a team of Regional Service Leaders and Operations Managers, who in turn manage our field service engineers to deliver safe, compliant, high-quality service.

Chubb Fire & Security have been protecting people and assets worldwide for more than 200 years. Providing essential and innovative security systems, equipment and services, from digital CCTV surveillance and intruder alarms to fire detection and suppression systems.  Our customers range from local independent businesses to many of the FTSE 100 companies, and our Chubb family is extensive too, with a dynamic team of over 13,000 employees globally - Together we do great things!

SALARY:  Upto £65K DoE

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Free Onsite Parking
• Bonus
• Car/Car Allowance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Referral Scheme (£1000)
• Company Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance (4 x Basic Salary)
• Employee Scholarship Scheme
• A Central Benefits Platform offering a wide variety discounts
• Digital GP
• Health & Wellbeing Resources 
• Bravo Awards: Recognising outstanding contributions from all employees and encourage excellence

Responsibilities

Leadership and Team Management

• Lead, develop, and manage Service Operation managers, supervisors, engineers, and subcontractors.
• Set clear performance objectives and ensure teams operate efficiently and safely.
• Support recruitment, training, and development of all service personnel.
• Foster a culture of accountability, quality, and continuous improvement.

Commercial & Financial Leadership

• P&L Management: Manage the regional service P&L, ensuring delivery of revenue, margin, and EBITDA targets.
• Forecasting & Budgeting: Collate and review monthly financial forecasts and "latest estimate" oversight to ensure accuracy and alignment with regional and national expectations.
• Operational Finance: Monitor status and expedite Service WIP conversion to portfolio and ensure contract profitability analysis informs decision-making.
• Dispute Management: Liaise and drive billing delays and disputes with stakeholders and customers.
• Growth: Support business growth by identifying opportunities to renew, retain, and expand customer contracts; assist in tender response and pricing to protect margins.

Customer Excellence

• Standards & Compliance: Ensure service delivery consistently meets SLAs, emergency response times, and NSI standards.
• Data-Driven Insight: Monitor and act on customer satisfaction data, including Trustpilot reviews, NPS, and renewal feedback, using insights to improve service delivery.

Operational Leadership

• Workforce Efficiency: Drive productivity, utilisation, and recovery across the regional service workforce, monitoring absorption and headcount movement.
• Planning & Scheduling: Lead and support Operations Managers to ensure effective planning and on-time delivery of PPMs.

Qualifications & Experience

• Senior Leadership: Proven experience in a senior leadership role within a service-based business, Fire & Security or a comparable technical service industry preferred but not essential.
• Financial Expertise: Track record of P&L management, monthly forecasting, and delivering financial growth at a regional scale.
• Team Management: Experience leading multi-level operational teams (managers and engineers).
• Operational Success: History of managing business optics to achieve results and driving continuous improvement.
• Relationship Management: History of working with sales to achieve overall business goals.

Critical Skills

• Strategic Alignment: Ability to translate regional goals into service delivery success.
• Commercial Drive: Skilled in financial management, contract profitability, and solid grasp of legal/contractual terms.
• Change Leadership: Confident in leading transformation and embedding new systems and ways of working.
• Communication: Influential communicator capable of building alignment with stakeholders at all levels.
• Decisive Action: Confident in making balanced, data-driven decisions at pace.
• Technical Literacy: Competent with Microsoft 365 and analytical tools.

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Additional Information

About Us, Our Culture & What We Can Offer You

Established over 200 years ago, Chubb Fire & Security are a global business driven by keeping people and the world safe.  We provide essential systems, equipment and services, from digital CCTV surveillance and intruder alarms, to fire detection and suppression systems. Offering a full range of innovative products and services to a broad range of customers, from local independent business, to many of the FTSE 100 companies

We believe we offer a unique working culture, where you are as important to us as our customers, and we want you to feel that everyday. We are proud to offer extensive training to all of our new Advisors, fully supporting, and enabling you to thrive in your new role and beyond, with ongoing career development opportunities throughout your career journey with us.

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