Digital Engineering Lead

We offer a benefits package designed to help you thrive professionally and personally. This includes: private medical insurance for you and your family; life assurance; personal travel insurance; access to a range of wellbeing support, comprising virtual GP services, mental health support and lifestyle coaching; as well as discount programmes for various retailers. On our London campus, we have subsidised catering facilities, and host regular social events, and sports activities, for everyone to enjoy.

To support you in building a meaningful career, the practice offers opportunities to develop both your technical and non-technical skills through continuous learning, professional development support, and knowledge sharing and insights from experienced colleagues.

If our designs spark your curiosity and you would like to contribute to solving complex challenges with local and global impact, we invite you to join our team. You’ll be challenged and inspired, collaborating on extraordinary projects in an environment designed to cultivate excellence.

As a Digital Engineering Lead at Foster + Partners, you'll take a pivotal leadership role shaping the digital direction of our Environmental Engineering Group. You'll define and drive the Digital Engineering strategy, lead and mentor BIM teams, and champion innovation across tools, workflows and information management, helping the group deliver coordinated, high‑quality engineering outcomes at scale.

• Set the strategy for Digital Engineering and make a measurable impact across a global studio.
• Lead, mentor and grow high‑performing BIM and digital delivery teams.
• Drive innovation through automation, AI, R&D and emerging digital tools.
• Influence how BIM and information management are applied on complex, large‑scale projects.
• Collaborate with senior leaders, clients and cross‑disciplinary digital teams.

• Clear leadership of BIM delivery, production planning and digital quality assurance.
• Oversight of coordinated, high‑quality MEPF models, data and documentation.
• A proactive approach to upskilling teams and embedding best practice.
• Proven experience leading MEP BIM teams on large projects using Revit.
• In‑depth knowledge of BIM and information management standards, including ISO 19650.
• Experience developing BEPs, MIDPs, TIDPs and managing common data environments.
• Chartered Engineer status with strong technical and problem‑solving capability.