Thrive on openness, respect, and collaboration? Good. Us too. Join Buro Happold as an Associate Design Manager and thrive in a team that values mutual responsibility and creating a meaningful legacy.
In this role, you will act as Project Leader for complex multi-disciplinary project(s), taking ownership for successful and coordinated delivery.
This is a permanent, full-time role and can be based in our Bath, Edinburgh, London, or Manchester office. We offer hybrid working and you will be required to be in the office 2 – 3 days a week.
Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.
From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.
Your next role
Join us and be surrounded by exceptional opportunities in an environment alive with innovation and possibility. Your new team has a willingness and curiosity to see possibility and potential in everything – from the most iconic projects to our everyday conversations.
We are looking for a passionate candidate who can inspire and motivate at every level.
Buro Happold has a clear strategic plan, excellent learning culture and entrepreneurial mindset that will allow you to thrive.
You’ll be part of something bigger than us all where sustainability, equity, social and performance outcomes matter. Buro Happold is committed to doing the right thing, even when that’s the hardest thing. This is a genuine opportunity to make impact - and leave real legacy.
Key duties:
· Providing sound and effective leadership to the team, providing direction and technical advice, leading by example to achieve company goals, and championing a quality culture.
· Communicating with team members to ensure that they understand, and become engaged with, the project strategy, brief and client requirements.
· Continually looking to enhance productivity through improved processes, procedures, and systems.
· Maintaining an overview of the commercial aspects of the project.
· Communicating effectively with all stakeholders to ensure that all parties are kept informed on all relevant matters impacting and influencing projects.
· Driving project performance, service delivery and technical and commercial outcomes and undertaking reviews, ensuring client delivery is above expectation.
· Ensuring risks are proactively identified, assessed, and managed to avoid adverse impacts on the project.
· Working to ensure maximum client satisfaction, championing client care and proactively working with the client.
· Reviewing the performance of team members and developing them to their full potential.
· Demonstrate leadership that generates the environment for a high performing team to develop and be sustained throughout the project.
· Ensure latest learning and development initiatives are implemented as required within the team.
Your skills and experience:
- Several years’ experience in the construction industry.
- Proven experience as a project manager or project leader on multi-discipline projects with a construction value of £50 million or more.
- A background in Civils and / or Infrastructure will be valuable.
- Ability to act as a Project Leader for complex multi-disciplinary projects, taking ownership of successful and coordinated delivery across different disciplines and regions.
- Comfortable working in a multi-discipline environment, collaborating with core disciplines, specialists, architects, and clients.
- Capable of leading either from the front or alongside a project director.
- Proficient in coordinating project delivery, including managing internal resources, consultant appointments, and design delivery.
- Understands key issues likely to occur in all areas (contractual, commercial, financial, and technical) and can address these issues or escalate appropriately.
- Alert to commercial risks and opportunities, ready to act promptly when necessary.
- Demonstrates leadership by engaging others in design development and ensuring successful project delivery.
- Has a thorough understanding of the differing disciplines within a multi-disciplinary team, buildings, cities, and specialists.
- Track record of bidding for and winning work for the team, with good relationships both internally and externally (architects, clients, collaborators).
- Actively seeks to improve processes and collaborates with the QA team to implement enhancements.
What we offer:
Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
- Attractive salary and benefits package including, car allowance, 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.
At Buro Happold, everyone else’s extraordinary is just our everyday.
Apply today and be a part of our legacy.
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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.
