Buro Happold Infrastructure Engineering Opportunities Across All Levels – UK Offices
Are you passionate about shaping the infrastructure of tomorrow?
Whether you’re beginning your journey as an Infrastructure Engineer, ready to step up as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, or already operating at Associate level, Buro Happold offers you the opportunity to work on transformative, city‑shaping, and globally significant projects across our five UK offices.
From local utility and infrastructure solutions to planning entire cities across the world, our Infrastructure Group works at the forefront of sustainable engineering, modern design methodologies, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.
What You’ll Be Part Of
Across all grades, you will work within our UK Infrastructure team delivering projects that range from major city‑scale masterplanning to campus and development‑scale infrastructure. You’ll be joining a diverse, inclusive and technically brilliant group of engineers.
Career Pathways Within the Infrastructure Team
Infrastructure Engineer
- Deliver civil and infrastructure design packages, including earthworks, highways, drainage and utilities systems from Masterplanning through to construction information.
- Prepare clear, well‑structured technical documentation for clients and stakeholders.
- Represent the team professionally in meetings, presentations, and design reviews.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Chartered Engineer, Experienced Deliverer & Mentor)
- Lead and review civil and infrastructure designs, ensuring coordinated, high‑quality technical outputs.Manage multidisciplinary project delivery, resources, and timelines.
- Mentor and support junior engineers, building capabilities across the team.
Associate Infrastructure Engineer (Technical & Project Leader)
- Lead and review infrastructure design Oversee project delivery, ensuring quality, risk management and clear communication with clients and collaborators.
- Plan resources, monitor financial performance, and ensure technical quality.
- Engage directly with clients and support work‑winning activity, bids and proposals.
What We’re Looking For
- Experience in civil infrastructure design (highways, drainage, potable water and utility coordination).
- Strong drive to deliver sustainable, climate-resilient infrastructure that benefits society and nature.
- Proficiency in Civils 3DInfoDrainage, EPANET or WaterCAD or equivalent
- Effective communicator with strong organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively and manage workload across multiple projects.
Where You Can Join Us
Hiring across Bath, London, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh.
What We Offer
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- 3pm early finish last Friday monthly.
- Pension, Life Assurance, Income Protection.
- Flexible benefits including cycle, dental, optical and travel schemes.
- 10% car allowance (at associate grade+)
- Private medical insurance (from senior grade+)
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.