Job Description

Buro Happold is recruiting for a Electrical Engineer to join our Building Environments team in our Manchester office.


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.

What sort of projects could I work on?

Our Manchester Building Services (MEP) team is involved in a wide variety of challenging and exciting projects. With current projects including:


Wrexham AFC Kop Stand Redevelopment, Wrexham - Following the success on the pitch of the football club this project aims to kick-start the redevelopment of the ST?K Cae Ras stadium with a new 5,500 stand housing the players and media facilities, general admissions and high quality hospitality


MMU All Saints Library, Manchester - Creation of a new world class library and teaching building located in the heart of the All Saints campus in central Manchester


Sister Manchester Plot C, Manchester - The first new build development on the Sister Manchester site, comprising 500,000ft2 high quality commercial office space alongside community use spaces


BuroHappold's Manchester Building Services team continues to deliver cutting edge design solutions which encourage the efficient use of materials, energy and natural resources. Our holistic, multidisciplinary design environment affords our engineers the freedom and creativity to push the boundaries of sustainable building technology across HVAC, Electrical and Plumbing disciplines in close collaboration with practice-wide specialist groups such as sustainability & physics, facades, lighting, and technology.

Key Duties:

The role of an Electrical Engineer can be very varied, duties will include but are not limited to:

Undertake detailed electrical engineering building services design and calculations, using Revit and Amtech software to support your knowledge of exemplar building design and performance, as well as an appreciation of a designs embodied carbon. Embrace technologies to improve performance and sustainability to meet to net zero targets by 2030. Ensure projects are carried out to an excellent standard, within agreed deadlines and budget. Produce reports, presentations, models, and drawings to an excellent standard, high level of accuracy and in a timely manner. Prepare technical schedules, design development reports and innovative design solutions. Plan and manage input to Revit for production of design work. Actively engage with colleagues across disciplines

Your Skills & Experience:

As an experienced Electrical Engineer, we would expect that you will be able to demonstrate:

Relevant building services experience or credentials that will help us meet our goals for delivering highly sustainable buildings. Experience as an Electrical Engineer on projects. Broad design knowledge, from working on a wide range of projects and using British, US and European codes of practice. Experience using common analysis software including Revit, Amtech and IES and willing to quickly learn to use new analysis packages as required. Digital engineering skills (e.g. coding) would be advantageous. Working towards, or a Chartered Member of IET, CIBSE or equivalent body. 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.

Benefits:

Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, exclusive of Bank Holidays. Hybrid working arrangements. Company Pension Scheme. Life Assurance. Income Protection. Flexible Benefits - including Cycle scheme, Dental insurance, Optical Cover, Travel insurance and Corporate discounts. 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.

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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