Want to work with the most sought-after minds and most talked-about projects? Your experience of Security might just make you our new Security Consultant.
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
An exciting opportunity for a proactive urban planning professional to join Buro Happold’s Security Design Team in Riyadh on a six month fixed term contract. This role is ideal for someone passionate about shaping secure, resilient urban environments. While prior experience in security planning is not required, a strong foundation in urban design and planning will be highly valuable.
Your key duties
- Collaborate with architects, engineers, and security specialists to integrate security principles into urban planning and masterplans.
- Support the development of physical security strategies for public spaces, transport hubs, and critical infrastructure.
- Translate planning-level design concepts into compelling presentations using MS Office and PowerPoint.
- Conduct site analysis, zoning, circulation, and spatial planning with a security-focused approach.
- Present ideas and design strategies fluently in both Arabic and English to clients and stakeholders.
- Assist in preparing reports, diagrams, and visual materials to communicate design intent and security considerations.
- Participate in workshops, client meetings, and internal design reviews.
- Work effectively in a small office environment, contributing to a collaborative and agile team culture.
Required Qualifications & Skills
Graduate or consultant-level experience in Urban Planning, Urban Design, or related field.
- Fluent in Arabic and English (spoken and written).
- Strong understanding of the design process for the built environment at the planning level.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, especially in PowerPoint.
- No prior experience in security planning required but must have a strong interest in transitioning into physical security design.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Proactive, self-motivated, and a lifelong learner with a “doer” mindset.
- Comfortable working in a small, dynamic office setting.
Desirable Attributes
- Familiarity with GIS, Adobe Creative Suite, or other urban design tools.
- Awareness of physical security principles and their application in urban contexts.
- Passion for creating safe, resilient, and well-designed public environments.
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
- 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
- An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.
At Buro Happold, everyone else’s extraordinary is just our everyday.
Apply today and be a part of our legacy.
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.