HEAD OF FAÇADE ENGINEERING

SER Limited; Essex; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

2 days in-office in Colchester

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Additional leave up to 15 days

5% enhanced employer pension

Discretionary annual bonus

Life assurance 4× salary

Income protection 70%

Health and wellbeing support

CPD, professional fees & chartership

TOIL / paid overtime

Flexible working culture

Job summary

SER Limited in Colchester is seeking a Head of Façade Engineering to lead technical delivery, grow a specialist consultancy service and shape the future direction of the practice. The role involves owning projects from initial design through to construction, developing client relationships and guiding a growing team. You will drive quality, compliance and technical leadership, with opportunities to win work and influence strategy.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years experience within façade engineering consultancy.
• Strong track record delivering complex projects across design and construction.
• Experience reviewing technical work and leading or mentoring other engineers.
• Excellent client-facing and project management skills.
• Understanding of façade performance, compliance and building safety regulations.
• Professional membership, with chartered status achieved or actively being pursued.

Responsibilities

• Lead façade engineering projects through all design and construction stages.
• Act as technical authority, overseeing quality assurance and engineering standards.
• Develop, mentoring and supporting engineers across the team.
• Build strong relationships with clients, contractors and project stakeholders.
• Support business development, winning new work and expanding the consultancy's market presence.
• Contribute to recruitment, team growth and the wider business strategy.
• Work collaboratively with specialists across fire engineering, acoustics, building physics and building surveying.

Skills

Façade engineering

Leadership

Project management

Client facing

Mentoring

Business development

Job description

HEAD OF FAÇADE ENGINEERING

Salary: £70,000 – £90,000 + Hybrid working + Excellent benefits + Bonus

Location: Colchester

Ready to shape the future of façade engineering?

This is an opportunity for an ambitious, technically strong façade engineering professional to take the lead in developing and growing a specialist consultancy service.

We’re looking for a Head of Façade Engineering to lead technical delivery, develop client relationships and help shape the future direction of a growing multidisciplinary consultancy.

This isn't simply another senior engineering position. It's an opportunity to influence strategy, mentor a talented team, win new business and build a service with real long-term potential.

THE ROLE

You’ll take ownership of façade engineering projects from RIBA Stage 1 through to Stage 7, working across a diverse portfolio of complex, multi-million-pound developments.

Projects span residential, commercial, education, healthcare, data centres and specialist developments, with a focus on delivering innovative, compliant and high-quality façade solutions.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading façade engineering projects through all design and construction stages.
• Acting as the technical authority, overseeing quality assurance and engineering standards.
• Developing, mentoring and supporting engineers across the team.
• Building strong relationships with clients, contractors and project stakeholders.
• Supporting business development, winning new work and expanding the consultancy's market presence.
• Contributing to recruitment, team growth and the wider business strategy.
• Working collaboratively with specialists across fire engineering, acoustics, building physics and building surveying.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

You’ll be an experienced façade engineering consultant with the technical expertise, commercial awareness and leadership ability to take a growing service to the next level.

Ideally, you’ll bring:

• 5-10 years experience within façade engineering consultancy.
• A strong track record delivering complex projects across design and construction.
• Experience reviewing technical work and leading or mentoring other engineers.
• Excellent client-facing and project management skills.
• An understanding of façade performance, compliance and building safety regulations.
• Professional membership, with chartered status achieved or actively being pursued.

Experience developing teams, winning work, façade remediation, cladding compliance or contributing to industry initiatives would be a major advantage.

THE PACKAGE

£70,000–£90,000 + a benefits package designed to support your career and life outside work.

• Hybrid working – just 2 days per week in the Colchester office.
• 25 days' annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and additional Christmas shutdown.
• Option to buy up to 15 additional days of annual leave.
• 5% enhanced employer pension.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• 4× salary life assurance and 70% income protection.
• Health and wellbeing allowance, digital GP and family-inclusive wellbeing support.
• Funded CPD, professional fees and chartership support.
• TOIL / paid overtime options.
• Flexible working culture with genuine opportunities to influence the business.