Senior Physical Security Design & Standards Lead

ethos; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Fridays

9‑day fortnight working schedule

Pension scheme

Working travel reimbursement

Training and mentoring support

Support for Chartership

Healthcare and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Ethos is seeking a Physical Security Technical Design Manager to act as the SME for integrated security systems. You will lead technical design across projects, ensure compliance with standards, and mentor engineers while driving innovation in secure facilities.

You will oversee CCTV, Access Control, IDS/PIDS, SMS/PSIM and security networks, coordinating with ICT, electrical, mechanical, and architectural teams to deliver robust designs and deliver technical assurance across the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering or a 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 design packages and leading technical assurance activities.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical authority for Physical Security Engineering projects across the business.
• Lead the design lifecycle from concept to detailed design, construction support and close-out.
• Establish and maintain design standards, templates and best practice methodologies.
• Define and improve technical design processes and governance for the Physical Security discipline.
• Lead development of innovative engineering solutions for complex facilities.

Skills

Integrated CCTV

Access Control

PIDS

SMS/PSIM

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

BIM

Revit

AutoCAD

IP networking

Job description

Ethos is seeking a Physical Security Technical Design Manager to act as the SME for integrated security systems. You will lead technical design across projects, ensure compliance with standards, and mentor engineers while driving innovation in secure facilities.

You will oversee CCTV, Access Control, IDS/PIDS, SMS/PSIM and security networks, coordinating with ICT, electrical, mechanical, and architectural teams to deliver robust designs and deliver technical assurance across the lifecycle.