Senior Security Design Consultant – Commercial Projects

QCIC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

QCIC is seeking a Senior Design Consultant in London, UK, to lead security design on commercial developments including financial institutions and cash centres. You will manage projects, control budgets, and mentor junior staff within a multidisciplinary design team.

The role requires strong communication skills, client-facing capability, and experience delivering detailed security strategies from concept to implementation. A permanent, full-time opportunity with a strategic impact.

Qualifications

• Formalised Security design qualification is desirable.
• Experience developing security strategy and detailed designs across core physical security systems in the commercial sector.
• Experience working on commercial developments, ideally including financial institutions and cash centre projects.
• Awareness of hostile vehicle mitigation design and how it integrates with wider physical security strategy.
• Experienced in design risk management methodology.
• Experience producing clear technical reports, design notes, and client facing documentation.
• Previous experience in a security consultancy.
• Ability to identify and meet project deadlines and deliverables to support other disciplines.
• Demonstrable commercial awareness, including ownership of project budgets, tracking budget vs actuals, and supporting fee control.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must.

Responsibilities

• Provide a professional security strategy design service to clients on projects.
• Lead security design input on commercial developments, with focus on financial institutions, cash centres, and other high-security occupier environments.
• Act as project manager for assigned projects, ensuring scope, programme, quality and budget are controlled throughput delivery.
• Take ownership of project commercial performance, including budget management, forecasting, actuals tracking, and identifying variances early.
• Lead and manage junior staff and project teams directly, including delegation, review, mentoring, and performance support where required.
• Work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary design teams, coordinating with architects, MEP, fire, and specialist consultants.
• Communicate directly with clients, lead meetings, present design proposals and represent the business in technical and commercial discussions.
• Prepare technical and financial proposals for new work where necessary.
• Develop concept and preliminary security strategies through to detailed design.
• Set up and manage job/project administrative systems, including planning and monitoring job resourcing/expenditure.
• Ensure senior management are informed of important decisions and objectives of client and company.
• Represent the Company at client meetings with professionals and suppliers.
• Ensure practices align with legislation, standards, and codes of practice.
• Check scope of professional services with client for continued design team presence.
• Convene and chair site progress meetings and record minutes and decisions.
• Carry out site inspections and track contractor performance.
• Produce accurate estimates of costs arising from contract administrator’s instructions.
• Check expenditure against job cost allocation and monitor fee income.

Skills

Security design

Project management

Client communication

Budget management

Team leadership

Interdisciplinary coordination

Proposal development

Education

Security design qualification

Job description

QCIC is seeking a Senior Design Consultant in London, UK, to lead security design on commercial developments including financial institutions and cash centres. You will manage projects, control budgets, and mentor junior staff within a multidisciplinary design team.

The role requires strong communication skills, client-facing capability, and experience delivering detailed security strategies from concept to implementation. A permanent, full-time opportunity with a strategic impact.