Envelope/Facade Manager

Job Title: Envelope Manager/Façade Manager - Volumetric Residential Project
Location: Chatham, Kent
Contract Type: Freelance - 12 month contract
Start Date: June 2nd 2025

About the Project:
Our client is working on a large-scale volumetric residential development, comprising three distinct blocks (staggered programme), and we're looking for an experienced Façade Manager to join our clients project team. This is a technically challenging, design-rich project with a wide range of modern and traditional envelope systems in play.

The Role:
As Façade Manager, you'll be responsible for overseeing the envelope installation across all three blocks - not concurrently - ensuring quality, safety, and programme are met. You'll be the key interface between site teams, subcontractors, and the design office, so strong communication and technical understanding are essential.

Envelope Systems Include:

1. Roofs: Natural slate pitched roofs, Sika twin ply, Bauder single ply
2. Facades: Brick slip on SFS, Printed brick panels on modular units, Curtain walling, Render systems, Traditional brickwork

1. Coordinate and oversee façade and roof system installations across the project
2. Liaise with the design team to understand detailing issues and assist in developing and implementing practical solutions
3. Monitor quality and compliance across all envelope works
4. Manage sequencing and access requirements, working closely with the scaffold contractor - a sound understanding of scaffold types and coordination is crucial
5. Ensure fire strategy requirements are understood and executed, especially fire stopping and segregation around modular interfaces
6. Drive coordination between trades working within and adjacent to envelope zones

1. Proven experience managing a range of façade and roofing systems on complex residential or modular projects
2. Solid understanding of SFS, modular interfaces, and traditional construction
3. Strong grasp of fire segregation principles and regulations, particularly in modular builds
4. Ability to interpret design drawings, identify issues, and contribute to technical resolution
5. Excellent communication skills with site teams, design office, and subcontractors
6. Scaffold awareness and the ability to plan and sequence accordingly

1. CSCS Card
2. SMSTS
3. First Aid