Principal Engineer – Facades / External Walls

Responsibilities

We are representing a confidential fire safety engineering consultancy seeking a Principal Engineer to lead advanced technical delivery and project leadership across façade engineering and external wall fire consultancy services.

In this role, you will:

• 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 (e.g. PAS 9980 appraisals), 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

What We're Looking For

Essential qualifications and experience:

• Degree qualified in Engineering, Architecture, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent demonstrable experience)
• Chartered or actively working towards chartership (strongly preferred)
• 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

We expect you to:

• Operate with increasing independence in technical judgement
• Demonstrate commercial awareness in project delivery
• Show readiness to transition toward Associate-level leadership responsibilities
• Build recognised technical credibility internally and externally

This position is based in Edinburgh or Glasgow with flexible working arrangements available.

How We Work with You

Our talent team at Get A Job.ai manages the complete recruitment process for this confidential client. When you apply through getajob.ai, a recruiter from our team will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and aspirations. If there's a strong match, we will formally submit your profile to our client for consideration.

Please apply exclusively through Get A Job.ai and do not contact the client directly, as we are managing this search on their behalf.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process with our recruiting team.

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