Senior Facade Engineer

Senior Façade Engineer

Location:Bristol / Hybrid

Salary: Competitive, depending on experience

Job Type: Permanent

The Opportunity

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Façade Engineer to join the façade engineering team of a leading multidisciplinary engineering consultancy.

This is a client-facing opportunity for a technically strong façade professional who is confident working across the full project lifecycle, from technical assessment and design through to site inspections, reporting and client liaison.

You will work on a diverse portfolio of complex buildings and developments, providing specialist façade engineering advice to clients, design teams, contractors and other project stakeholders.

The Role

As a Senior Façade Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Undertaking site visits, façade inspections and condition assessments, identifying defects, construction issues and potential risks.
• Providing technical façade engineering advice across new-build, refurbishment and remediation projects.
• Producing and reviewing technical reports, specifications, calculations and façade design information.
• Acting as a key client-facing representative, developing strong relationships with clients and communicating technical findings clearly.
• Working closely with architects, structural engineers, contractors and specialist façade subcontractors to develop practical and technically robust solutions.
• Reviewing façade systems, details, materials and interfaces to ensure compliance with relevant standards and project requirements.
• Supporting project delivery from concept and detailed design through to construction and completion.
• Attending project meetings, design reviews and site meetings, providing technical input and resolving façade-related issues.
• Mentoring and supporting junior engineers and contributing to the development of the wider façade team.

About You

We are looking for a Senior Façade Engineer with:

• Proven experience working within façade engineering, façade consultancy or building envelope engineering.
• Strong technical understanding of façade systems, including curtain walling, rainscreen cladding, masonry, windows and other external envelope systems.
• Experience undertaking site inspections and façade condition assessments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to deal directly with clients and project stakeholders.
• Experience producing technical reports, specifications and engineering documentation.
• The ability to analyse façade defects and develop appropriate remedial or design solutions.
• A commercially aware and professional approach to client relationships and project delivery.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary design teams.
• Ideally, Chartered or working towards Chartered Engineer status.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced façade professional to take on a highly client-facing senior position within a multidisciplinary consultancy, working on technically challenging projects and having genuine involvement in site-based investigations, technical consultancy and project delivery.

The role would suit a Senior Façade Engineer / Façade Consultant / Senior Façade Consultant who enjoys combining technical engineering with client interaction and site-based work.

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