Overview

Got a flair for the complex? Buro Happold's Energy Consulting team are looking for a Senior Energy Engineer to join our vibrant and friendly team in London.

You will work at the forefront of innovation in the energy sector, helping clients at a district, campus, and masterplan level to enhance the sustainability, efficiency and resilience of their energy infrastructure.

Your crucial focus will be on delivering value for our clients, using distributed energy to resolve energy security, costs and sustainability challenges across the range of sectors and markets in which Buro Happold operates, ultimately helping us to drive this agenda and deliver energy solutions for the 21st century.

Buro Happold value flexible working as an important part of the way we work. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Energy Consulting @ Buro Happold

Our UK Energy team sits within Buro Happold Cities and contains over 50 engineers, scientists, geographers and commercialisation consultants. The team work throughout the project lifecycle from national scale spatial energy system analytics through to detail design of some of the most innovative district energy and smart grid installations. The team is split geographically across London, Leeds, Manchester and Edinburgh.

Our very strong portfolio of work includes:

• District heating/ energy zoning
• Campus energy system design
• Energy Centre and Network design
• Communiheat - working with communities towards net zero carbon emissions (communiheat.org)
• Local Area Energy Planning (LAEP) pilot studies reporting to BEIS
• Various low carbon frameworks; Scottish Government, Energy Systems Catapult, DESNZ, GLA.
• Innovative district heating schemes including waste heat from the sewage treatment process, minewater and deep geothermal. (YouTube link shown in original content)
• International masterplan schemes in Middle East, Europe and beyond
• County and region-wide renewable studies
• Leading Programme Delivery Unit support to the GLA's Local Energy Accelerator programme.
• Much more!

To learn more about what life is like as an Energy Engineer in Buro Happold, listen to Eliott Higgins on how Buro Happold enabled him

More about the role....

You will be fully engrained in projects, taking ownership of energy design and modelling and working as part of the wider Cities group to capitalise on opportunities to grow our energy consulting offering. You'll get exposure to a diverse range of projects, including urban development, infrastructure planning & design, and hone your skills in client interaction, resource management and programme delivery.

Specific responsibilities can be expected to comprise the following...

• Providing strategic low energy design solutions for a variety of projects.
• Supervising and monitoring the design process to ensure that the scheme design objectives are being followed and the design reflects the client's requirements.
• Contributing to financial modelling of proposed projects.
• Managing discipline input including monitoring resourcing against project plan and task definition and allocation.
• Client engagement
• Producing accurate, professional written reports clearly communicating our work to clients and stakeholders.
• Ensuring that all stakeholders are kept informed of design progress and any risks are consulted with project leader/project director.
• Supporting the Energy leadership in client and design team relationships.

More about you...

Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following...

• Knowledge of the UK energy sector
• Experience in developing techno-economic studies
• Technical awareness and familiarity with the low carbon technologies and key components in district energy systems e.g. Codes of Practice and other industry guidance.
• Ability to undertake research and evaluation of new technologies, policies and services in the energy sector.
• Degree educated, preferably in mechanical, energy, physics or environmental related discipline.
• Chartership or equivalent is desirable.

What\'s in it for you?

The opportunity to experience our culture and values and learn what sets us apart from other organisations. Exposure to a wide range of portfolios, including local community led projects and global large-scale clients. The diversity of the projects we work on is one of the many reasons Engineers love to work at Buro Happold. The opportunity to work on multidisciplinary projects aside a range of specialist engineers and designers both within Buro Happold and our collaborators.

A plethora of interesting and exciting projects to stretch your professional skills, a friendly and close-knit team, flexible working and a competitive reward package. Buro Happold have recently adopted a new flexible working model which will allow you to get the balance right with your working and home life - getting the help you need from colleagues and other disciplines whether you are at home or in the office. We will provide you with all the equipment you need to make this a success for you.

You will enter a company which no matter what your race, gender, disability or background you will respected and listened to so you can be confident you can reach your full potential and career aspirations. We have active staff networks (including but not limited to SPECTRUM, FAIR, Young Engineers Forum) which provide platforms to share ideas and concerns and speak freely. Ultimately, we want our staff to feel empowered, with a culture of respect ensuring people always feel valued.

Access to My Learning Hub - providing you with the structure and focus to develop your career within Buro Happold. The Hub provides links to courses suitable to your grade which will help you develop your professional skills and enable network opportunities with other disciplines in the UK and Worldwide.

In addition, we see membership of a professional body and professional registration as crucial to the development of our engineers and offer substantial support to those aspiring to achieve this. We aim to support employees to achieve the highest level of membership and registration their academic background allows.

A place for everyone #LI-JA1 #LI-Hybrid

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.