Location
London or Birmingham

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Jensen Hughes is a global leader in fire protection engineering and related risk-based fields, committed to making the world safe, secure, and resilient. We are seeking a Principal Engineer to join our market-leading UK External Walls and Facades team. This role offers the opportunity to provide advanced technical delivery and project leadership across façade engineering and external wall fire consultancy services. You will exercise independent engineering judgement on complex projects, lead technical workstreams, and ensure deliverables are robust, proportionate, and defensible. As a senior technical contributor, you will support quality assurance and peer review processes, mentor developing engineers, and uphold Jensen Hughes’ reputation for high-quality, risk-based advice. This role can be based in either London or Birmingham and offers a collaborative environment focused on professional growth and innovation.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead technical delivery on façade and external wall projects of moderate to high complexity
- Exercise independent engineering judgement regarding façade systems, fire performance, remediation strategies, and compliance pathways
- Prepare and oversee 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
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to strengthening the team’s capability

Our Commitment
At Jensen Hughes, we value our people as our greatest asset. We offer a competitive benefits package including private medical insurance, 33 days paid time off (with additional days after 3 years), a contributory pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, discretionary bonuses, employee assistance programmes, enhanced parental pay, and extensive technical training. We support flexible working arrangements including hybrid, part-time, and flexible hours to promote work-life balance.

Experience
- Significant experience in façade engineering and/or external wall fire consultancy
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical workstreams independently
- Experience preparing and reviewing PAS 9980 appraisals or similar risk-based assessments
- Strong report writing skills and structured technical reasoning
- Experience mentoring junior engineers
- Clear communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

About You
- 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
- Contribute to strengthening Jensen Hughes’ façade and external wall capability

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