Project Manager – Building Safety & Life Safety Risk (RIBA Stages 0–4)
Location: London Liverpool Street
Engagement: Freelance / Contract (Immediate Requirement)
About Harmony Fire
Harmony Fire is one of the UK’s fastest-growing life safety businesses, delivering large-scale fire remediation and building safety programmes across the country. Our mission is simple: protect residents and make buildings safer.
Following Grenfell and the evolving Building Safety Act, the industry is undergoing a fundamental shift. Building owners and housing providers are under increasing pressure to understand risk, plan remediation programmes, and deliver compliance at scale. Harmony Fire sits at the centre of that challenge, working with major residential portfolios across the UK to translate building safety risk into practical delivery programmes.
We are now seeking an experienced freelance Project Manager to support early-stage building safety programmes, helping clients translate risk assessments into clear remediation strategies and delivery plans. This role focuses on programme development, technical coordination and delivery planning across RIBA Stages 0–4.
About the Role
This is a strategic project management role focused on the front end of building safety programmes. Rather than managing individual construction sites, the role centres on translating life safety risk data into practical remediation plans and programme strategies across residential portfolios.
Working with multidisciplinary teams of surveyors, engineers, fire engineers and consultants, you will help shape technical solutions, coordinate design development and build clear delivery strategies that reduce life safety risk while remaining commercially viable and buildable.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Programme Management
• Lead programmes from RIBA Stage 0 Strategic Definition through to RIBA Stage 4 Technical Design
• Translate building safety risk assessments into portfolio-level remediation and investment strategies
• Develop remediation masterplans across large residential portfolios, prioritising works based on life safety risk and regulatory compliance
Life Safety Risk Management
• Support clients in identifying and prioritising life safety risks including fire safety, structural safety, lifts, gas safety, electrical safety, asbestos and water hygiene
• Coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams to develop solutions that reduce risk within occupied buildings
• Ensure recommendations align with the UK’s evolving building safety regulatory framework
Design and Technical Coordination
• Manage design teams through concept development, option appraisal and technical design
• Ensure solutions are practical, buildable and commercially viable
• Coordinate input from surveyors, engineers, fire engineers and specialist consultants
Cost Planning and Investment Strategy
• Develop strategic and detailed cost plans across portfolios of residential buildings
• Help clients understand long-term capital investment requirements
• Challenge technical assumptions to maximise life safety risk reduction per pound invested
Programme and Delivery Planning
• Develop programme strategies for remediation works across multiple buildings
• Identify dependencies, risks and sequencing requirements
• Provide clear reporting and strategic advice to senior client stakeholders
Experience and Background
Essential
• Experience managing construction, remediation or building safety projects within residential environments
• Experience working through RIBA Stages 0–4
• Proven experience coordinating complex projects involving multiple consultants and stakeholders
• Experience working within occupied residential buildings, ideally social housing
Desirable
• Experience delivering building safety or fire remediation programmes
• Experience developing asset portfolio investment strategies or remediation masterplans
• Familiarity with the UK Building Safety Act and regulatory framework
What Success Looks Like
• Translating complex building safety risk assessments into clear remediation strategies
• Developing structured programme plans across residential portfolios
• Coordinating multidisciplinary design teams through early-stage development
• Providing clients with clear, practical advice on remediation planning and delivery
• Creating programmes that improve life safety outcomes while remaining commercially viable
Our Values
Athlete’s Grit – We work hard, move fast and take pride in solving difficult problems.
Captain’s Duty – We take ownership and deliver what we say we will.
Fun-Loving Heart – We care about our people, our clients and the residents our work protects.