Senior Façade Engineer
- london, england, United Kingdom
- £70 - £95 Per Hour
Job Description
Meinhardt UK and Ireland is part of a global engineering consultancy with a strong international presence, delivering engineering, planning and project management services across a wide range of sectors. Our multi-disciplinary teams bring together diverse expertise and backgrounds, working collaboratively on buildings and infrastructure projects around the world.
Our Façade Engineering team is seeking a Senior Façade Engineer to join our London office. With our continued growth and an expanding project portfolio, this is an exciting time to join the team. We work closely with clients, architects and design teams throughout the full project lifecycle – from concept and feasibility through to detailed design and construction – with a shared commitment to technical quality and sustainability.
Job Description
The role will lead individual projects, implementing effective project management to deliver projects successfully. The role will involve leading project teams of around two to three people. Good communication skills, both verbal and written, are important, as is contributing to team knowledge sharing, best practice, and the company’s R&D activities.
The role will report to the director in London and may from time to time involve supporting our offices in Chennai, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
What You’ll Do
As a Senior Façade Engineer , your responsibilities will typically include:
Design
- Produce technical drawings of façade details using hand sketching and drafting software.
- Produce graphics representations of façade design information for inclusion in reports.
- Take account of new materials, technologies and techniques in design / engineering solutions and implement their application on projects where appropriate.
- Develop design proposals in conjunction with architects, consultants and contractors to establish detailed requirements and potential solutions.
- Collaborate with other disciplines within the built environment.
- Participate in and lead façade design team meetings and workshops as required.
- Maintain an understanding of relevant health and safety legislation, policies and procedures.
- Adhere to the company’s health and safety protocols.
Technical
- Produce accurate numerical analysis of technical aspects of façade projects, according to their professional / technical expertise, using traditional and design analysis software.
- Identify and highlight technical needs that require additional or specialist resources.
- Produce accurate and high-quality work.
- Maintain a working knowledge of current industry standards.
- Attend training courses to develop technical knowledge, as requested.
- Understand and apply the principles of sustainable design.
- Participate as a reviewer in design review sessions as part of the company’s QA procedures.
Organisation
- Provide day-to-day contact to design team, effectively resolving issues as they arise.
- Develop work plans allocating required resources for project delivery.
- Assist associates and associate directors with work plans for more complex project delivery.
- Take responsibility for assigned areas of accountability.
- Work to agreed timescales and deadlines.
- Manage project finances within budgeted parameters and provide required reporting.
- Implement change control procedures to effectively identify and record fee and programme impacts of additional services with the client.
- Provide effective feedback on progress and highlight potential issues to associates and associate directors to maintain progress and standards.
- Provide proactive suggestions to improve team processes and tools.
- Contribute to the day-to-day organisation of the team taking ownership of areas of responsibility as requested.
- Support Associates and Associate Directors with the preparation of invoices and other project administrative tasks.
Interpersonal
- Effectively delegate delivery of technical design tasks to engineers and technicians as required.
- Act as a mentor to support engineers, as required.
- Develop and maintain communication skills to listen and effectively respond to colleagues, clients, architects and other members of professional teams.
- Demonstrate personal and social skills and awareness of diversity and inclusion issues.
- Attend design meetings and communicate the outcome of technical analysis.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with others in the business to share knowledge and leverage resource and expertise.
- Develop and maintain presentation skills of technical issues to groups.
Business Development / Marketing
- Apply consistent branding guidelines to documentation.
- Attend industry events and conferences as requested to represent the business.
- Support bid & proposal production – preparing documents for the completion of bid material.
- Develop client relationships to promote future new work opportunities.
Essential
What we’re looking for
- A proactive approach to work and self-organisation including prioritising own work loads.
- Good IT skills and a willingness to develop further knowledge of new CAD software and façade technology.
- A good level of competence with written and verbal English.
- A collaborative approach with good interpersonal and communication skills.
- An ability to work in a team, under pressure.
- High level of time management ability by prioritising tasks and managing multiple submissions at a time whilst delivering a high quality of work to deadlines.
- Appreciates the need for the application of consistent standards and metrics.
- Attention to detail in graphic design and layout.
- Relevant undergraduate degree to façade engineering plus minimum four years’ experience in a façade-related role.
- Work towards achieving Chartered Engineer status with a relevant institution to façade engineering.
- Awareness of ethics requirements of their role. Undertake training as required when provided by the company or clients.
Desirable
- Chartered Engineer with a relevant institution to façade engineering.
- A strong interest in engineering and the built environment.
- Previous experience in working in a consulting engineering practice.
- Previous experience of working with parametric modelling and associated software.
Why join Meinhardt UK and Ireland
At Meinhardt, you’ll join a talented, inclusive team that values collaboration, supports growth, and delivers technical excellence. We invest in our people’s development – from graduate training, through chartership guidance, to broader professional growth – and we value the varied perspectives that a diverse team brings to the workplace culture.
Company Benefits Include
- Annual Leave of 20 days plus bank holidays.
- Three days of additional holiday at Christmas (non-contractual, dates set by the company, not counted in annual leave allowance).
- Birthday leave – an additional day off in the month of your birthday.
- Employer’s pension contribution.
- Life Assurance and Payment Protection Cover.
- Group Income Protection scheme, including access to Legal & General health and wellbeing services.
- Flexible working hours.
- Bupa Healthcare Scheme.
- Regular company and team socials throughout the year.
- Chartership support.
- Professional membership cost covered.