Facade Designer

Fawkes & Reece; London Borough of Ealing; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fawkes & Reece Group is seeking an experienced Senior Facade Designer for a landmark West London infrastructure development. You will lead the development and coordination of facade and building envelope design packages, delivering concept through technical design and construction in a multidisciplinary team.

The role requires strong knowledge of facade systems, materials, and detailing, with proficiency in AutoCAD and Revit.

Qualifications

• Senior Facade Designer with extensive experience in complex projects.
• Strong knowledge of facade systems, materials and detailing.
• Experience coordinating multiple disciplines on large-scale schemes.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and coordination of facade and building envelope design packages.
• Produce and review detailed drawings, specs and design information.
• Coordinate facade systems with structural and architectural disciplines.
• Liaise with architects, engineers, contractors and stakeholders.
• Review submissions, identify issues, and develop practical solutions.
• Ensure deliverables meet specifications, quality and programme.
• Provide technical guidance to junior designers.

Skills

Facade design

Building envelope

Coordination

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Job description

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Facade Designer to join a specialist design team working on a landmark infrastructure development in West London.

The project presents a rare opportunity to contribute to a major, technically complex development, involving extensive building envelope and façade design within a high-profile construction environment.

Working alongside multidisciplinary design and engineering teams, you will play a key role in developing, coordinating and delivering façade design solutions from concept through to technical design and construction.

The Role

• Lead the development and coordination of facade and building envelope design packages.
• Produce and review detailed technical drawings, specifications and design information.
• Coordinate facade systems with structural, architectural and other building disciplines.
• Liaise with architects, consultants, engineers, subcontractors and wider project stakeholders.
• Review technical submissions, identify design issues and develop practical solutions.
• Ensure design deliverables meet project specifications, quality standards and programme requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and support to junior designers.

About You

• Proven experience in a Senior Facade Designer or similar technical design role.
• Strong background in facade systems and building envelope design.
• Experience working on complex commercial, infrastructure or large-scale construction projects.
• Strong understanding of facade construction methods, materials and technical detailing.
• Proficiency in relevant design software, ideally AutoCAD and Revit.
• Confident coordinating technical information across multiple disciplines.

The Opportunity

An opportunity to work on a landmark development that will form part of one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes.

You'll join a specialist environment where technical expertise, design quality and collaboration are central to delivering complex building envelope solutions.

If you're an experienced facade designer looking for your next major project, we'd be keen to hear from you.