Buro Happold is recruiting for an Associate Mechanical Engineer to join our Building Environments team in London.
This role is suited to a candidate from a Buildings background looking for an opportunity to pursue industry leading designs within a vibrant multi-disciplinary practice.
This role will see the successful applicant leading MEP projects, inputting to, and assisting with leading the mechanical team on projects in London, UK and the Middle East, including residential buildings, research facilities, leisure, mixed-use developments, and refurbishments. We are ideally looking for a versatile candidate who wants to play an active role in technical delivery, project management, mentorship/line management, and business development.
You'll be collaborating with a wider UK MEP team of over 125 Engineers and Technicians and drawing upon the diverse skills and knowledge of other connected disciplines, including sustainability, building physics, fire engineering, facades, lighting, technology, and more. This role will give you a wide breadth of technical exposure and enable you to push the boundaries of sustainable design.
This is an opportunity to join a talented CIBSE award winning team renowned for achieving outstanding building performance.
The role:
This role will see you technically and creatively challenged on some of the most interesting developments in the UK and globally. Teamwork and a collaborative approach are key to any project at Buro Happold, so your strong communication skills and passion to succeed with others will serve you well.
This key role will have a variety of day-to-day responsibilities including:
1. Contribute to leading the mechanical team and take a project leadership role as required.
2. Communicating directly with Clients, offering innovative design solutions and managing expectations. Further developing relationships with existing and new clients including contractors, architects, and developers.
3. Preparing technical and financial proposals for new work.
4. Managing workload of engineers and technicians.
5. Preparing Technical Specifications.
6. Monitoring financial performance of jobs as well as setting up and managing job/project administrative systems, including planning and monitoring job resourcing/expenditure.
Skills & Experience:
As a talented building services engineer, it is expected that you would be able to demonstrate:
1. Extensive mechanical design experience in an MEP consultancy, with experience acting as project leader.
2. Diverse sector experience, ideally with large scale project experience, and a portfolio of international and middle east projects.
3. Strong interpersonal and organisational skills, able to develop relationships with clients, architects and other team members.
4. Bachelors or master’s degree in engineering.
5. Professionally registered with a relevant institution; e.g. CIBSE, IMechE, etc.
6. Although mechanically biased, it is expected that you will have a good understanding of other design disciplines.
7. A Bachelor’s degree BEng/BSc or Master’s degree MEng/MSc in a relevant discipline.
Why Buro Happold?
From helping shape entire cities to adapting infrastructure to deal with the climate emergency, a career at Buro Happold presents the chance to make a difference. With a world-class reputation, our creativity and our people have delivered positive change to clients, the environment, and communities. If you want to be part of something bigger, this is your chance.
What we offer:
1. Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, exclusive of Bank Holidays.
2. Hybrid working arrangements.
3. Company Pension Scheme.
4. Life Assurance.
5. Income Protection.
6. Flexible Benefits - including Cycle scheme, Dental insurance, Optical Cover, Travel insurance and Corporate discounts.
7. Buro Happold actively encourages its employees to finish at 3pm on the last Friday of each month (depending on business demands). These hours can equate to an additional 4 days leave per annum.
8. We proudly support hybrid working however candidates will be expected to travel to our London office 3 days a week.
A place for everyone
Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key; we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.
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