From helping shape our environment to adapting to deal with the climate emergency, a career at Buro Happold presents the chance to make a difference. This opportunity is to join our Fire team this September to be based in our London, Bath, Manchester or Edinburgh office.
What do you want to be today?
At Buro Happold you'll have the opportunity to contribute.
What is Fire Engineering?
Are you passionate about using your engineering skills to make a difference in the world? Do you want to work in a field that is challenging, rewarding, and in high demand? If so, then a career in structural fire engineering could be the perfect fit for you.
As a graduate structural fire engineer, you will use your skills to design and assess structures that will remain safe and stable during a fire. You will work with structural engineers, architects, building owners, and other professionals to develop structural fire engineering solutions for new and existing steel, concrete and timber buildings as well as for stadia, arenas and industrial facilities.
This is a challenging and rewarding field, but it is also one that is essential to public safety. Every day, structural fire engineers help to protect people and property from the devastating effects of fire.
If you are a recent graduate with a degree in Structural or Structural Fire Engineering, we encourage you to apply for our graduate structural fire engineer position. We are looking for talented and motivated individuals who are passionate about making a difference in the world.
What sort of projects would I work on?
5 Broadgate, London - At approximately 100,000m2, 5 Broadgate is one of the largest and most robust and resilient single office buildings in London’s financial district. It was also an award-winning trailblazer of sustainability principles, representing the dawn of a new shift towards a consciousness around the importance of considering embodied carbon in commercial buildings.
Battersea Power Station – Repurposing this historic landmark in to a 21st Century destination where people work, rest and play has required us to take a highly creative approach to the brief and developing bespoke designs that deliver added value to our client, and an iconic facility for the city.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Stadium - This project saw Tottenham Hotspur Football Club’s stadium at White Hart Lane replaced by a world class UEFA/FIFA compliant arena. Buro Happold provided multidisciplinary services from concept through to completion.
What would I do?
Working closely with structural and fire safety engineers on exciting and complex buildings to ensure life safety and optimised structural fire resistance.
Become involved with the advanced performance-based design of structures in fire of steel, concrete and timber structures.
Undertake fire and heat transfer assessments followed by structural modelling at elevated temperatures of large parts of the structure using SAFIR, Robot Structural Analysis, RFEM and our inhouse SFE tool set.
Potentially develop, validate and maintain our in-house advanced structural fire engineering tools written in Python and C#.
Communicate and present technical solutions to a variety of clients and stakeholders.
Ensure team members are kept informed of important and relevant service/design decisions.
Liaise with approval authorities on structural fire engineering solutions.
Demonstrate excellent consultancy skills; Good communication and experience in dealing with difficult situations, negotiation and understanding the differing needs of our clients and within stakeholder groups.
Visit sites to see how our structural fire engineering solutions are implemented.
What degree would I need?
Masters degree or higher in Structural Engineering or Structural Fire Engineering.
What's in it for you?
Broad insight within a team, mentored by a subject matter expert. The opportunity to experience our culture and value, 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.
A plethora of interesting and challenging projects to stretch your professional skills, a friendly and close knit team, flexible working and a competitive reward package. The opportunity to work on multidisciplinary projects aside a range of specialist engineers and designers both within Buro Happold and our collaborators.
Opportunity to join our Young Employee's Forum in your local office, join events/trips, and contribute your experience and learnings to the next generation of engineers through various outreach activities.
Our Graduate Connect program allows our Graduates to learn the fundamentals of design and technology whilst building a base in consulting and professional skills. This is a blended learning programme where participants gain experience against our internal professional and technical frameworks in relation to their specialism.
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
Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way 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.
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