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Join a global professional services organization with decades of experience delivering complex infrastructure, advanced technologies, and critical systems across a diverse range of industries. Working on projects that shape communities and drive long-term sustainability, the business provides end-to-end expertise from advisory and design through to delivery and lifecycle management.

The Principal Consultant will join the Buildings & Infrastructure practice within a multidisciplinary Cities & Places environment, working as part of a specialist ICT & Security team that supports projects across sectors including water, transport, cities, defense, and critical infrastructure. The successful candidate will combine hands-on technical design leadership with client engagement and commercial responsibility, with clear opportunities to progress into more strategic and leadership-focused responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and deliver ICT and security design solutions across building and infrastructure projects from feasibility through to handover (RIBA stages)
• Act as a client-facing lead for ICT/security work, supporting relationship development and project delivery
• Contribute to business development activity alongside sector leads (no cold outbound sales focus)
• Work across multidisciplinary teams spanning architecture, engineering and infrastructure disciplines
• Provide technical oversight for secure communications and building ICT systems
• Coordinate and integrate security solutions across complex infrastructure environments
• Mentor and support junior team members, maintaining technical quality and delivery standards
• Prepare technical reports, specifications, and responses to client briefs and proposals
• Support delivery across multiple sectors including defence, critical infrastructure, water and transport (excluding rail preference where possible)

Skills / Must Have:

• 10+ years' experience in ICT systems for buildings and infrastructure environments
• Strong background in telecommunications, building services or infrastructure engineering design
• Proven experience in both project delivery and client/business-facing work
• Experience working within secure environments (e.g. defence or critical infrastructure)
• Eligibility for UK Security Clearance (or current/previous SC clearance)
• Strong understanding of integrated building ICT and security systems
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams
• Ability to produce technical documentation (reports, specifications, design outputs)
• Knowledge of systems such as:
• Data communications and networking systems
• Secure/non-secure communications systems
• Structured cabling and telecoms infrastructure
• CCTV and video surveillance systems
• Access control and intruder detection systems
• Perimeter and physical security systems (including barriers, fencing, HVM considerations)
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Degree qualified (or equivalent experience) in a relevant discipline
• Professional membership or working towards (e.g. engineering/security-related institution) desirable

Benefits:

• Hybrid working model (typically 2-3 days office-based, flexible arrangements available)
• Locations available across London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Bristol
• Strong emphasis on work-life balance and flexible working patterns
• Opportunity to work on high-security, nationally significant infrastructure projects
• Step up from a purely technical ICT/security role into a more client-facing, commercially engaged position.
• Structured career progression into senior leadership and commercial roles,
• Clear pathway toward leadership, mentoring, and team development responsibilities within a growing specialist practice.
• Support for professional development and memberships
• Inclusive and collaborative multidisciplinary working environment
• Opportunity to influence and deliver complex, secure infrastructure projects across major UK sectors.

Salary:

• £80,000 - £100,000 per annum (depending on experience)