Senior Façade Consultant

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Senior Façade Consultant

London

This role is tailor-made for the seasoned facade practitioner who thrives on complex challenges and delivering innovative solutions. With a proven track record in facade design, engineering, or consulting, you’ll have the opportunity to apply your extensive expertise to high-profile projects, influencing every stage from concept development to final implementation. At Fortis Facades, you’ll collaborate with industry leaders and utilise state-of-the-art technologies while mentoring junior team members.

Skills

Don’t worry if you feel you don’t have all of these, we don’t expect you to. We want to help you grow.

• The engineering of multiple materials such as stainless-steel, aluminium, titanium, weathering steel, zinc, lead, granite, marble, limestone, sandstone, clay ceramics, concrete, ultra-high performance and fibre reinforced concrete, glass, timber, bricks and any material of your choice.
• Multi-regional wind loading assessments to local codes and standards.
  Multi-regional thermal assessments to local codes and standard.
• Review of contractor details and supporting calculations.
• Engineering assessments of;
• Rainscreen support structures
• Pressure equalised unitised curtain walling design
• Stick system glazing suites
• Window walling
• Sheet material
• Bomb blast analysis (Not essential)
• Point fixed glazing suits
• Cable tension net
• Fatigue calculations
• Structural silicone design
• Comprehensive understanding of U.K and European building codes.
• Inspecting façade structures
• Review of manufacturing processes
• Understanding of thermal principles in respect to façades

Qualifications

• UK driving licence​
• A relevant degree or equivalent certification

Day-to-day

• Report writing and professional presentation
• Understanding of façade construction and typologies
• Review of sub-contractors
• Technical Submittals
• Sound comprehension of façade materials
• Appreciation of non-UK centric façade design (not essential)
• Ability to communicate façade design with clients’ and multiple trades
• Enjoys international travel (not all the time)
• Technical Note writing
• Specification writing
• Attending meetings on behalf of the business​

From the Team

• Don’t worry about updating your CV, you can tell us about it in person.
• We don’t do time sheets, you’ll be too busy
• We’re open to remote working
• We enjoy trips away as a company (when there’s no pandemic)
• Your progression as a façade practitioner is our goal.​

Please get in touch if only to make a new connection.
Email: hr@fortisfacades.com

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