Energy Engineer

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.

Our UK Energy team sits within Buro Happold Cities and contains over 50 engineers, scientists, geographers and commercialisation consultants. The team works 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.

• District heating/energy zoning
• Campus energy system design
• Energy Centre and Network design
• Communiheat - working with communities towards net zero carbon emissions (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./
• 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.
• 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

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.

• 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.

• 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.

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…