Technical Director - Facades & Sustainability

Company Description

Inhabit, part of the Egis Group, is a specialist consultancy focused on the design and advancement of the built environment. We are committed to making a positive impact at a global scale with human experience central to our activities. Our solutions-led approach allows us to work as creative design partners with leading architecture, engineering, and interior design practices from concept through to completion.

Our Lighting Design teams across Asia-Pacific create unique visual experiences for hospitality, commercial, retail, transportation, entertainment, and residential projects. We are a diverse team of designers and technical specialists who value collaboration, creativity, and technical excellence.

Job Description

Join our Façade and Sustainability team as a Technical Director. This is a senior leadership role providing strategic, technical and operational leadership across a portfolio of façade consulting and engineering projects. In this role, you will act as a trusted technical authority on complex and high-risk work, contributing to business growth across both new build and remedial sectors within the region.

You will oversee façade design, engineering, documentation, project administration and delivery, ensuring compliance with project requirements, standards and regulatory obligations, while supporting high-quality outcomes, strong client relationships and the continued development of the façade discipline. This role is based in Australia, with preference to Brisbane.

You will also be responsible for:

• Providing senior technical leadership across façade engineering projects, ensuring high standards in design, engineering, documentation, delivery and compliance
• Contributing high-level expertise to complex and high-risk projects, including concept development, technical strategy, peer review and problem resolution
• Overseeing and supporting the delivery of façade, cladding and specialist systems, including coordination with multidisciplinary consultants and construction-phase support
• Ensuring effective project management through appropriate resourcing, programme management, risk management, quality control and adherence to budget and delivery milestones
• Supporting regional strategy and business planning activities, including technical innovation, service development and future capability growth
• Assisting with financial management, including project budgeting, invoicing accuracy, debtor management and financial reporting oversight
• Strengthening client relationships through trusted technical advice, proactive communication and the delivery of high-quality outcomes
• Contributing to marketing and business development activities including proposals, client presentations, cross-disciplinary collaboration and industry engagement
• Leading, mentoring and developing staff through technical guidance, performance support, workload planning, training and recruitment assistance
• Promoting and upholding quality management systems, ensuring compliance with standards, procedures, health and safety requirements and professional obligations

Qualifications

Ideally, you will bring extensive experience in façade consulting, structural engineering or a related building engineering discipline, including a track record leading complex façade projects across both new build and remedial works. In addition, you will also have:

• Proven capability in concept design, detailed engineering, documentation, peer review and construction-phase support
• Demonstrated experience providing technical authority on complex, high-risk or innovative projects
• A track record of managing multidisciplinary teams and mentoring both senior and junior staff
• Experience in client relationship management, including acting as a trusted technical advisor
• A strong understanding of project financials, including fee management, budgets, risk appraisal and commercial decision-making
• Experience contributing to business growth through proposals, tenders, cross-selling and strategic planning
• A high level of familiarity with quality management systems, governance and professional accountability
• Strong technical judgement, with the ability to make balanced, well-reasoned decisions on complex and high-risk matters
• Strategic thinking that links technical decisions to long-term business, client and capability outcomes
• Clear and effective communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences alike

Additional Information

We are open to considering this role on a part-time or job-share basis. Please let us know of your flexibility requirements.

Egis is committed to creating an inclusive, creative culture that embraces diversity and flexibility. We offer generous parental leave, support flexible work practices and strive to create an environment where employees can connect, collaborate, grow and succeed.

We are expanding in Australia and New Zealand and are excited for you to join our growing team.

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