Senior Infrastructure Engineer; potable water

Are you a Civil Infrastructure Engineer looking to grow your technical and operational expertise across the world? Buro Happold is looking to recruit a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join our Infrastructure Group in our Bath office, with a particular focus on potable water design.

• Water System Design and Delivery: Develop potable water, wastewater, surface water and recycled water network designs from concept to detailed design. Produce technical strategies, calculations, reports and coordinated design outputs in line with UK and international standards. Support digital delivery and application of modelling tools across network planning and optimisation.
• International Master planning: Contribute to large‑scale new city and district masterplans, shaping water system concepts and strategies for major international developments. Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to integrate water networks with energy, transport, landscape and urban design components. Help define sustainable, resilient and efficient water infrastructure for new communities at regional scale.
• UK Project Leadership and Delivery: Lead and deliver water and infrastructure projects within the UK market, managing scope, deliverables and coordination with wider teams. Engage with clients, stakeholders and project partners to ensure clarity of brief, technical quality and smooth delivery. Maintain awareness of regulatory requirements, planning processes and best practice relevant to UK water and infrastructure projects.
• Team Collaboration and Development: Work closely with UK and overseas technical teams, fostering shared workflows, skills transfer and collaborative delivery. Support junior colleagues through guidance, reviews and knowledge sharing. Contribute to internal development of tools, standards and ways of working.

• Strong background in water system engineering, including planning and design of potable, wastewater, surface water and recycled water networks.
• Experience working across concept, preliminary and detailed design stages, ideally within multidisciplinary teams.
• Understanding of sustainable water management, digital delivery methods, hydraulic modelling or network optimisation tools.
• Ability to operate confidently in client‑facing roles, communicate technical information clearly and manage deliverables.
• Interest in or experience with international master planning, major urban development projects or complex multi‑stakeholder environments.
• Knowledge of UK design standards, water sector regulations and planning processes.
• A collaborative, proactive approach with enthusiasm for working across global teams and contributing to both strategic city‑scale planning and local UK project delivery.
• Ambition to grow into a role offering technical challenge, project diversity and the chance to influence infrastructure on a significant scale.

• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, exclusive of Bank Holidays.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Private Medical Health.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• Income Protection.
• Flexible Benefits – including Cycle scheme, Dental insurance, Optical Cover, Travel insurance and Corporate discounts.

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.