Senior Physical Security Design Lead

Ethos Engineering; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Fridays

9-day fortnight working schedule

Flexible working times

25 Days holidays

Pension Scheme

Refer a Friend scheme

Subsidised Health Insurance Allowance

Working travel out-of-pocket expenses

Regular training/mentoring / further

Support for Chartership

Professional Subscription Fee paid by}

Job summary

Ethos Engineering is seeking a Physical Security Technical Design Manager to act as the technical authority for Physical Security Engineering within the Smart Buildings team. You will lead engineering design across CCTV, access control, IDS, PIDS, SMS/PSIM, and security networks.

This role includes mentoring engineers, developing internal technical standards, overseeing design reviews, and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Extensive experience designing integrated physical security systems for mission-critical facilities, hyperscale data centres or critical infrastructure.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering projects within a consultancy environment.
• Strong experience delivering RIBA Stage 2–5 (or equivalent) design packages and leading technical assurance activities.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for all Physical Security Engineering projects across the business.
• Chair technical design reviews, peer reviews and QA/QC reviews across all projects.
• Define and continuously improve the technical design processes used across the Physical Security discipline.
• Lead engineering workshops with clients, operators, contractors and specialist vendors to develop technically robust security solutions.
• Review specialist supplier proposals and technical submissions to ensure compliance with project requirements.

Skills

Integrated CCTV

Access Control

IDS

PIDS

Intercom

SMS/PSIM

Security Networks

BIM

Revit

AutoCAD

IP networking

Education

Degree in Engineering

Tools

BIM

Revit

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Job description

Ethos Engineering is seeking a Physical Security Technical Design Manager to act as the technical authority for Physical Security Engineering within the Smart Buildings team. You will lead engineering design across CCTV, access control, IDS, PIDS, SMS/PSIM, and security networks.

This role includes mentoring engineers, developing internal technical standards, overseeing design reviews, and ensuring compliance with industry standards.