Are you a proactive, detail-driven individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment?
This person can be based in London on a hybrid working model. 
Are you ready to make an impact in a globally renowned engineering consultancy? Buro Happold is seeking an Administrative Assistant to join our Business Services team, supporting our Group Coordinators, Engineering teams, and local office operations.
About The Role
Are you looking to build your career in a dynamic, global engineering consultancy?
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a solid foundation in administration who is eager to grow and develop in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Key Responsibilities
You’ll play a key role in supporting the day-to-day operations of our engineering teams and office, including:
- General admin tasks: photocopying, scanning, printing, binding
- Booking travel and accommodation, including visa and passport support
- Monitoring shared inboxes and responding to urgent requests
- Formatting documents and correspondence
- Supporting project document control (Northern offices)
- Organising meetings, taking minutes, and managing logistics
- Maintaining databases and distribution lists
- Assisting with onboarding new starters
- Supporting overflow work from Group Coordinators (e.g., formatting reports, updating organograms)
What We Are Looking For:
- Previous experience within a similar role.
- Proactive, organised, and detail-oriented.
- Comfortable working with people at all levels.
- Skilled in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint).
- Experienced in administrative procedures and quality systems.
- Adaptable and eager to learn.
- Friendly and approachable, with strong communication skills.
Why Join Buro Happold?
At Buro Happold, we believe in creating a better, more sustainable world. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We offer a supportive environment where your contributions make a real difference.
What we Offer You:
Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- Attractive salary and benefits package including, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
- 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.
Apply now and be where exceptional is everywhere.
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.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference 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.