Lead Facades Engineer - Fire Risk & External Walls

Facade Today; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

33 days paid time off with extra day

Industry pension scheme

Life assurance

Income protection

Discretionary bonus

Technical training and resources

Job summary

Jensen Hughes is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead façade and external wall projects from our UK team. The role involves independent engineering judgement, technical leadership and mentoring of junior engineers on complex projects.

You will contribute to maintaining our reputation for high-quality, risk-based advice, with responsibilities spanning technical delivery, client liaison, and compliance with industry standards. Based in London, Manchester or Birmingham with hybrid options.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Engineering, Architecture, or related discipline.
• Chartered or working towards chartership preferred.
• Significant experience in façade engineering and/or external wall fire consultancy.
• Strong understanding of façade systems, construction methods and performance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery on façade and external wall projects of moderate to high complexity.
• Exercise independent engineering judgement on façade systems and fire performance.
• Prepare and oversee external wall fire assessment reports (e.g. PAS 9980 appraisals) and façade reports.
• Review façade build-ups, materials, fire stopping provisions and remediation proposals.
• Identify technical risks and develop proportionate mitigation strategies.
• Act as day-to-day technical lead on allocated projects.
• Lead technical discussions with clients, architects, contractors and design teams.
• Provide clear, structured technical advice aligned with legislation and standards.

Skills

Facade engineering

External walls

Project leadership

PAS 9980

Report writing

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered status (preferred)

Job description

Jensen Hughes is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead façade and external wall projects from our UK team. The role involves independent engineering judgement, technical leadership and mentoring of junior engineers on complex projects.

You will contribute to maintaining our reputation for high-quality, risk-based advice, with responsibilities spanning technical delivery, client liaison, and compliance with industry standards. Based in London, Manchester or Birmingham with hybrid options.