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 London, Leeds or Manchester office, with a particular focus on potable water design. Working as part of the UK Infrastructure Group, you will provide solutions to local infrastructure and utility needs through to planning entire cities overseas.

This role will have responsibility for delivering technical design on a diverse range of multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects in the south east region and also across the world, from city‑scale master planning through to campus and building‑scale development infrastructure, with a special emphasis on potable water supply, treatment, and distribution systems.

• Managing the delivery of multidisciplinary projects, balancing demands and priorities, whilst reviewing civil infrastructure design—including potable water systems—from project proposition through to construction.
• Plan project resources and finances and monitor job financial performance.
• Leading the technical design and specification of potable water supply, treatment, and distribution systems, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
• Managing technical staff, with responsibility for planning team workload, assisting and mentoring staff where needed, and developing more junior team members, particularly in potable water design.
• Preparing and reviewing technical reports, specifications, and schedules, with a focus on potable water infrastructure.
• Applying customer focus, you will be part of the work‑winning team securing the group’s project pipeline, including potable water projects.

• Strong technical background in infrastructure design, with a demonstrable track record of leading a technical specialism in potable water systems.
• Experience in potable water system design, including supply, treatment, and distribution, preferably on international multidisciplinary projects.
• Ability to manage and motivate the team, as well as excellent communication and presentation skills.
• A willingness to travel, and desire to lead continuous quality improvement in our work.
• Experience in AutoCAD and relevant potable water design software.
• Membership of a relevant professional institution.

• 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.
• Early leaving at the end of the month – Buro Happold actively encourages 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.

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.