Facade Engineer

Overview

Throughout our worldwide network of experts, clients and communities, Jensen Hughes is renowned for leadership in fire protection engineering and related security and risk-based fields. Our expertise spans accessibility consulting, risk analysis, process safety, forensic investigations, security risk consulting, emergency management, digital innovation and more. Our engineers and consultants collaborate to solve complex safety and security challenges, helping clients protect what matters most.

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Role can be based in any of these UK offices:
London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, and Edinburgh.

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Fire Engineer (External Wall Assessments) to join our market-leading UK team.

The successful candidate will perform a critical fire engineering role for external wall construction, contributing to industry-wide improvements to fire life safety for residential buildings post Grenfell. You will work with other team members across multiple offices to support clients UK-wide, delivering rapid, high-quality reports. You will undertake reviews of external wall construction for existing and new buildings, via document/design reviews, on-site intrusive surveys, on-site inspections of new works, fire risk appraisals and development of fire-engineered solutions for new designs.

• Reviews of architectural drawings and specifications for external wall design relevant to fire life safety and compliance with Building Regulations, Fire Safety Order and PAS 9980
• On-site inspections of external wall construction for new buildings to ensure compliance with the design package and Building Regulations related to fire life safety
• On-site intrusive survey inspections to verify external wall construction in existing buildings, including identification of products/materials and cavity barrier/fire stopping installation
• Risk-based assessment of external wall construction of existing buildings in line with PAS 9980 methodology
• Identification and review of building fire strategy key principles via desktop review of fire strategy reports, fire risk assessment reports, building plans or on-site inspection
• Production of clear and comprehensive reports outlining assessments made
• Support the development of Fire Safety Strategy reports with input into principles relevant to risk of fire spread over external walls (Building Regulation B4(1))
• Project resource management
• Assist with quality assurance processes as required
• Managing your own client base and exceeding client expectations
• Updating the technical knowledge base
• Supporting on fee proposals, business development and marketing material preparations
• Providing in-house CPD presentations when needed in your specialist area
• Keeping up to date with the latest guidance and product literature and sharing this knowledge with the wider organization
• Travel to client sites for site inspection and meetings on a regular basis, with overnight stays likely

From day one, the following qualifications/experience are required:

• Knowledge of facades and building envelope systems and interfaces (cladding, curtain wall glazing, render, brickwork, custom solutions)
• Knowledge of construction methods, fire performance of external wall materials, cavity barriers, fire stops and fire breaks
• Knowledge of passive fire protection products, fire testing and related products
• Knowledge of waterproofing systems focusing on system classification and components’ reaction to fire and interaction with the vertical façade
• Experience carrying out intrusive external wall surveys on a wide range of buildings (high-rise residential, office, large retail, historic)
• Ability to read architectural drawings and specifications
• Ability to author…