Are you a dynamic and delivery-focused project manager ready to lead strategic change across a global engineering consultancy? At Buro Happold, we’re looking for a talented Project Manager to join our UK Business Improvement & Change team and help shape the future of our business.
The role can be based in either our Bath or London office, with hybrid working.
This is more than just project management. You’ll be at the heart of delivering high-impact initiatives that support our strategic goals—from system implementations and office moves to process improvements and industry accreditations. You’ll manage multiple concurrent projects, ensuring they’re scoped, scheduled, and delivered to the highest standards.
You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, sponsors, and delivery teams to drive progress, resolve blockers, and embed consistent governance. Your insight will also help evolve our delivery framework and strengthen our culture of continuous improvement.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of strategic and business change projects
- Apply governance and assurance frameworks to ensure clarity and consistency
- Engage and align stakeholders across the business
- Identify and implement improvements to tools, templates, and processes
- Report on project progress, risks, and resource needs
- Contribute to a collaborative, delivery-minded team culture
What Success Looks Like
- Projects delivered on time, within scope and budget
- Clear communication and alignment across stakeholders
- Enhanced adoption of our delivery framework
- Trusted relationships with business leaders and sponsors
- A stronger, more agile delivery culture
What You Bring
- 5+ years of hands-on project or programme delivery experience
- APM, PRINCE2, MSP or equivalent qualifications
- Proven success in managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects
- Strong skills in governance, scheduling, risk, and change control
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and reporting skills
- Experience with tools like MS Project, SharePoint, Smartsheet, and Excel
- A flexible, proactive, and collaborative mindset
Desirable Extras
- Experience in the built environment or professional services
- Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall methodologies
- Knowledge of industry standards (e.g. ISO, PAS 2080, WELL)
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, 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.
- An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.
Apply today and be where exceptional is everywhere. #LI-SH1 #LI-Hybrid
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. #LI-SH1 #LI-Hybrid