Technical Director - Facades & External Walls

Overview

In this role you provide senior technical leadership for façade and external wall work, guiding technical excellence and risk-aware delivery across UK projects. You’ll mentor engineers, shape technical standards, and represent the practice in senior client discussions. You’ll stay closely involved in complex projects while helping grow the façade service line and ensure high-quality, defensible advice. This is a chance to influence outcomes across offices and strengthen client trust through expert oversight.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior technical authority for façade and external wall systems, including fire performance, testing, appraisal, and remediation strategies
• Provide technical oversight, peer review, and sign-off for complex and high-risk façade deliverables
• Ensure façade engineering advice is proportionate, risk-based, and aligned with legislation and internal governance
• Lead the technical approach on complex façade and external wall appointments
• Represent Jensen Hughes in senior technical discussions with clients, design teams, contractors, and regulators
• Identify, assess, and manage technical risk across façade and external wall projects
• Support the development and application of internal technical standards, guidance notes, and QA processes
• Mentor and support engineers across the façade and external wall team
• Support the Director – Facades in service line development, including technical input to fee strategy, workload planning, and resourcing
• Contribute to maintaining Jensen Hughes’ reputation for high-quality, independent technical advice

Key requirements

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Architecture, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent demonstrable experience)
• Chartered or working towards chartership (desirable)
• Extensive experience in façade and/or external wall engineering
• Independent technical judgement on complex and high-risk projects
• Strong understanding of façade systems, materials, construction techniques, and performance
• Experience in technical governance, peer review, and quality assurance
• Strong communication skills to explain complex technical matters to clients and stakeholders
• Experience mentoring and supporting engineers at varying levels
• Willingness to travel to project sites across the UK

• strong communication
• mentoring and coaching
• stakeholder engagement
• façade systems knowledge
• materials and construction techniques
• fire performance, testing, appraisal, remediation strategies

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