Principal Engineer - Facades / External Walls

The role

You will provide advanced technical delivery and project leadership across façade engineering and external wall fire consultancy services. You will lead technical workstreams and exercise independent engineering judgement on complex projects.

What you will do

• Lead technical delivery on façade and external wall projects of moderate to high complexity.
• Exercise independent engineering judgement in relation to façade systems, fire performance, remediation strategies, and compliance pathways.
• Prepare and oversee the preparation of external wall fire assessment reports, façade engineering reports, and technical notes.
• Review façade build-ups, materials, fire stopping provisions, cavity barriers, and remediation proposals.
• Assess test evidence, classification reports, product certifications, and desktop studies.
• Identify technical risks and develop proportionate mitigation strategies.
• Act as day-to-day technical lead on allocated projects.
• Lead technical discussions with clients, architects, contractors, and multidisciplinary design teams.
• Provide clear, structured technical advice aligned with legislation, statutory guidance, and industry standards.

Required qualifications

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Architecture, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent demonstrable experience).
• Significant experience in façade engineering and/or external wall fire consultancy.
• Strong understanding of façade systems, construction methods, and performance requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical workstreams independently.
• Experience in preparing and reviewing PAS 9980 appraisals or similar risk-based assessments.
• Strong report writing capability and structured technical reasoning.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.
• Clear communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Chartered or actively working towards chartership

Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• 33 days paid time off with an additional day after 3 years
• Industry-leading contributory pension scheme
• 4 x life assurance
• Income protection scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Enhanced parental-related pay
• Recognition and reward programmes
• Access to extensive technical training and resources
• Flexible working hours and patterns including early Friday finish
• Flexible holiday use over Christmas/New Year

About the company

Jensen Hughes is a company renowned for leadership in fire protection engineering. Their expertise extends to security and risk-based fields including accessibility consulting, risk analysis, and forensic investigations.