Principal / Senior Associate Façade Engineer

Mott MacDonald; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Pension contribution match

Life assurance

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Principal / Senior Associate Façade Engineer to join our London team and lead a diverse range of façade projects from surveys to large-scale new builds.

You will coordinate design activities, resolve technical challenges, and deliver practical engineering solutions while mentoring staff and developing client relationships. The role offers hybrid working and opportunities to grow within a supportive building engineering business.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer with Civil/Structural degree or significant façade sector experience
• Strong façade design experience with emphasis on structural, durability and weathertightness
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management, including report writing and client liaison
• Commercially aware with the ability to lead façade projects across all phases
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic and team-focused in a multi-discipline environment

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver façade projects in a technically competent and timely manner
• Provide technical façade engineering advice to stakeholders
• Develop façade documentation and specifications to a high level of quality
• Review specialist contractor submissions
• Assist in growth of the façade business, contribute to bid writing and winning work
• Foster and maintain strong client relationships with new and existing clients
• Supervision and mentoring of other design staff, checking and approving documentation for issue

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Team leadership

Facade design

Weathertightness

Education

BSc Civil/Structural Eng

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Location/s: London, UK
Recruiter contact: Andrea Gaffney

Overview of the role

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Principal / Senior Associate Façade Engineer to join a growing London team and help deliver a wide variety of façade projects. The role offers exposure to everything from investigative surveys and defect assessments to large-scale new-build developments.

The ideal candidate will combine strong technical expertise with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and project teams. You will be involved in coordinating design activities, resolving technical challenges and delivering practical engineering solutions. This is an excellent opportunity to become part of a supportive and dynamic team and to contribute to the ongoing growth of a broader building engineering business.

Key responsibilities and duties

• Lead and deliver façade projects in a technically competent and timely manner
• Provide technical façade engineering advice to various stakeholders
• Develop façade documentation and specifications to a high level of quality
• Review specialist contractor submissions
• Assist in the growth of the façade business, contribute to bid writing and the winning of work
• Foster and maintain strong client relationships with new and existing clients, architects and contractors
• Supervision and mentoring of other design staff, checking and approving documentation for issue

Candidate specification

Essential:

• Chartered Engineer with Bachelor’s degree in civil/structural engineering or significant experience from within the façade industry
• Significant experience within façade design with particular emphasis on the structural aspects of façade design, durability, material selection, and design for weathertightness
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including report preparation
• Commercially aware with the ability to successfully lead façade projects through all phases whilst managing and developing strong client relationships
• Be a self-motivated, enthusiastic and team focused individual able to collaborate in multi-discipline environment to successfully deliver Mott MacDonald façade projects

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long‑term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long‑term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• 10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• We offer policies and dedicated support to help military families balance service life with career and wellbeing.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Gold Award holders in the MOD Employer Recognition Scheme, supported by our dedicated internal Armed Forces Network.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.