Principal Consultant – ICT & Security (Buildings & Infrastructure)
A leading built environment consultancy is looking for a Principal Consultant to join its Buildings & Infrastructure practice, sitting within a small specialist ICT & Security team inside a wider multidisciplinary Cities & Places group. The team works horizontally across water, transport, cities, defence and critical infrastructure.
This is a technical role, taking ownership of complex ICT and security design across major infrastructure projects — with scope to grow into mentoring and technical management as the practice expands.
What's in it for you:
- Take technical ownership of complex, secure infrastructure projects across major UK sectors
- Work across a genuinely varied portfolio — defence, critical infrastructure, water, transport, cities
- Build toward a technical leadership track, mentoring and shaping delivery standards in a growing specialist team
Responsibilities:
- Lead technical design and delivery of ICT and security solutions across building and infrastructure projects, feasibility through to handover (RIBA stages)
- Provide technical oversight for secure communications and building ICT systems
- Coordinate and integrate security solutions across complex infrastructure environments
- Work across multidisciplinary teams — architecture, engineering, infrastructure
- Mentor junior team members, maintaining technical quality and delivery standards
- Prepare technical reports, specifications and design outputs
- Support project work across defence, critical infrastructure, water and transport (rail excluded where possible)
- Input into proposals and client briefs from a technical standpoint as needed
Must Have:
- Experience with ICT systems for buildings and infrastructure environments
- Strong background in telecommunications, building services or infrastructure engineering design
- Experience in secure environments (defence or critical infrastructure)
- Eligible for UK Security Clearance (or current/previous SC)
- Strong grasp of integrated building ICT and security systems
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams
- Able to produce technical documentation — reports, specifications, design outputs
Systems knowledge:
- Data communications and networking
- Secure/non-secure communications systems
- Structured cabling and telecoms infrastructure
- CCTV and video surveillance
- Access control and intruder detection
- Perimeter and physical security (barriers, fencing, HVM)
- Datacentre (Not required by advantageous)
Also:
- Degree qualified (or equivalent experience) in a relevant discipline
- Professional membership (or working towards) desirable
- Good communication skills for working across technical and multidisciplinary teams
Benefits:
- Hybrid working — typically 2–3 days office-based, flexible arrangements available
- London, Manchester, Birmingham or Bristol
- Genuine focus on work-life balance
- Exposure to high-security, nationally significant infrastructure projects
- Structured progression into senior technical leadership roles
- Support for professional development and memberships
- Inclusive, collaborative multidisciplinary environment
Salary: £80,000 – £100,000 per annum, depending on experience
Principal Consultant – ICT & Security employer: Hamilton Barnes
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