Senior Building Performance Engineer

Want to work with the most sought-after minds and most talked about projects? Your skills and experience in building energy performance might just make you our new Senior Building Performance Engineer.

We are seeking a talented Building Performance Engineer to join our Sustainability team, helping to shape the design of buildings to achieve net zero carbon targets, whilst still delivering a high-quality internal environment that promotes occupant wellbeing.

Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.

Buro Happold’s sustainability team delivers fantastic projects, ranging from the BREEAM Outstanding, NABERS 5* Workship Square - through to the net zero “Terra – Sustainability Pavilion” in Dubai. You will have the opportunity to work on both new and existing buildings across a full range of typologies, both in the UK and internationally, including working with some of the world’s most prestigious architects.

We are also active members of UK Green Building Council and World Green Building Council including advisory groups on Delivering Social Value, Circular Economy and Advancing Net Zero Renewables and Offsetting. Many staff globally are members of boards, organisations, and/or visiting lecturers at universities.

Your next role will include the following:

• Net Zero Building Design
• Energy modelling to inform architectural and building services design
• Advanced HVAC and building simulation to estimate operational energy
• Thermal comfort and daylight analysis
• Parametric modelling of building façades
• Renewable energy systems
• Embodied/whole life carbon analysis
• Decarbonisation strategies for existing buildings
• Energy audits
• Post occupancy evaluations
• Presenting to clients and design teams

Your skills & experience:

• Excellent written, graphical and verbal communication skills and a capable presenter.
• A team player with strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, who enjoys engaging with others to find innovative, practicable and deliverable solutions to complex problems.
• Comfortable working in a deadline-driven environment.
• First principles understanding of passive design and low energy HVAC system design
• Demonstrable expertise in building simulation and the optimisation of building energy performance.
• Significant prior experience of ASHRAE 90.1 modelling is a must.
• Approachable and nurturing style with a desire to develop and mentor junior staff
• Passion for driving the Net Zero Carbon agenda within the built environment.
• Possess a minimum of 5 years of expertise in the field.
• Recognised engineering or other STEM based degree level qualification.

Desired skills:

• Recognized professional qualification and chartership / membership of appropriate professional bodies (CIBSE, ASHRAE, IE / IMech E or similar).
• NABERS-UK Assessor.
• ASHRAE Building Energy Modeling Professional Certification
• Experience in energy audits, analysing system performance and energy data to enhance energy efficiency of building in use.

What We Offer You

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance, income protection and private medical cover.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

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.