Facade manager

Sir Robert McAlpine; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Façade Package Manager for an immediate start on one of our major projects in Central London. The successful candidate will join a live project to directly manage and complete the remaining manufacture and design of the façade. They will lead a high-performing team of three experienced façade managers already in position, overseeing the team, including the installation phase.

Why join us?

Sir Robert McAlpine is celebrating 155 years of history, as a family owned business that has stayed true to its values. Through the years we've developed a culture very much our own - creating an environment that brings out the best in people who share our commitment to excellence.

Right now, we're excited about continuing the company's legacy through the projects and opportunities ahead. Join our collaborative team to achieve more from your career by proudly building Britain's future heritage with us.

The Façade Manager role

This role involves managing the complete façade package on site, including design, approvals, manufacture, planning, coordination, and installation until Practical Completion, including O&M Manual creation. We need a highly experienced individual as the project has a complicated and large-scale façade, requiring coordination with the Client's team, running an SRM façade team, and managing a complex supply chain at the highest level for all stages – from design through to installation.

You should have extensive experience in managing façades and delivery teams and a good understanding of design, performance testing, manufacture, and installation. Based on site in Central London, you will work on a large Design & Build project as a Principal Contractor, liaising with the SRM, commercial team, technical design, design and manufacture, safety, quality, programme, and installation teams, and maintain a close working relationship with the Client's team throughout the process. You will oversee a tier one façade Trade Contractor for the duration of the project and report to the project's Director, with a dotted line to our Director of Façade Engineering.

Your profile

You'll be responsible for leading regular design meetings and coordinating the design team, checking drawing and managing the submittal/approval process, keeping records, coordinating interfaces with other trades, undertaking compliance checks throughout the manufacture period, witnessing any remaining performance testing, helping to plan and coordinate the logistical and installation strategy, planning installation works on site, safety on site, quality on site, delivery of the project up to Practical Completion.

Technical experience preferred would include:

• Curtain wall, shop fronts and podium facades – Stick systems in steel and aluminium, including plant on profiles
• Curtain wall - Unitised systems
• Cladding/rainscreen systems
• Punched windows and opening window, door, and louvre systems
• Wintergarden facades – including steel/glass and timber cladding atrium roof systems
• Commercial office façade systems and their principles
• Working with a complex pallet of different materials with demanding aesthetical and performance driven criteria
• Working with tier 1 façade contractors, design teams and Clients
• Working on large scale projects with large construction teams
• Track record of successful delivery of large scale façade projects from design to completion
• Track record of successfully managing façade management teams

SRM can offer support throughout this process via their façade technical team and regular contact with the Director of Façade Engineering. Yearly career path targets are agreed upon, along with the training, education, and experience required to achieve these goals. You will gain exposure to higher-tier Trade Contractors and design teams as well as experienced project teams and upper-tier clients/projects. As a family-owned company, SRM is committed to being the “employer of choice” and offers a generous employment package.

Rewards

We're ready to invest in you and your future, and offer wide-ranging, performance-related progression opportunities. Our competitive rewards packages feature flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities.

We'd love you to join us in proudly building Britain's future heritage. Apply online now.

Sir Robert McAlpine is focused on being a truly inclusive employer, even if you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still love to hear from you. Especially if you're part of a group that is under-represented in Construction. Our goal is for Sir Robert McAlpine to proportionally represent the diversity of the working population in society. As a family-run business with strong family values, our aim is to ensure that Sir Robert McAlpine is a supportive, empowering and inclusive environment for every member of our team.