Senior Facade Engineer

Senior Facade Engineer

Location:

Colchester, Essex – Salary: £50,000 - £70,000 –

Employment Type:

Permanent

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Facade Engineer to join a multidisciplinary engineering consultancy in Colchester. The role involves leading facade engineering projects across all RIBA stages, working on a range of building sectors while collaborating with architects and multidisciplinary design teams. This position suits an experienced facade engineer seeking technical ownership, hybrid working and long-term career development.

• Deliver facade engineering across all RIBA work stages
• Develop compliant facade solutions with design teams
• Complete performance analysis and technical reviews
• Attend client meetings and design workshops
• Support procurement and construction stage services
• Assist with proposals and business development
• Use modelling software to assess facade performance
• Maintain knowledge of UK regulations and standards

• Proven facade engineering project delivery
• Strong knowledge of UK facade regulations
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills
• Professional membership or chartership progression
• Knowledge of EWS1 and cladding compliance beneficial
• Commercial awareness supporting bids desirable

• Salary: £50,000 - £70,000 DOE
• Hybrid working with two office days weekly
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Christmas shutdown and performance bonus
• Pension, life insurance and income protection
• Health and wellbeing allowance
• Paid overtime or TOIL Professional memberships and structured CPD
• Enhanced parental leave and flexible benefits

Hunter Dunning is a specialist property and built environment recruitment consultancy established in 2004, focused on quality and long‑term partnerships in the UK and Ireland property and construction market. We specialise in full lifecycle property recruitment, covering architecture, interior design, surveying, land and planning, fire safety and wider construction roles.