As an experienced Senior VT Consultant you will have the opportunity to apply your technical knowledge across a portfolio of ground-breaking projects in East Asia and further afield. Strong communication skills and teamwork are essential to life at Buro Happold and in turn, we can offer you unrivalled career, project, and development opportunities.
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.
Responsibilities:
As a Vertical Transportation Consultant and key member of our China Specialist Team, you'll lead the design and development of VT solutions. Your strategic role will involve:
- Leadership & Mentorship: Guide and mentor junior engineers, fostering their technical and professional development.
- Project Management: Lead Vertical Transport projects on single and multi-disciplinary projects & coordination with engineers of other disciplines, Overseeing the production of reports, specifications, and drawings.
- Technical Expertise: Provide high-level technical input and innovative solutions for challenging engineering problems through all stages of the projects, including scheme, design, tender document and construction administration.
- Excellence in Design. Undertaking vertical traffic analysis, using software such as Elevate for analysis, to deliver design concepts, calculating the number, size and speed of elevators across various typologies of buildings.
- Client Relations: Serve as a primary point of contact for internal and external collaborators, supporting the leadership to develop long term relationships. Be able to represent our team at internal and external client meetings as required
- Quality Assurance: Oversee and ensure the quality of deliverables across multiple projects, implementing and maintaining high standards of work.
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Lead collaboration efforts with experts from various disciplines, including People Movement, Structures, MEP, Acoustics, Lighting, and sustainability, mobility, and energy to develop holistic solutions.
- Innovation: Drive the adoption of new technologies and methodologies by maintaining current knowledge and understanding of industry operational and equipment trends.
Your skills & experience
- Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Engineering.
- Professional Experience: 5 years minimum in building design, modernization, or construction projects as a Vertical Transportation consultant or International Major manufactures’ consulting team.
- Technical Proficiency: Understanding of, and adherence to, applicable industry GB and EN codes, international standards, and safety rules.
- Technical Experience: Solid understanding of elevators, escalators, and moving walks and the creative design and application of these systems to solve vertical and horizontal challenges on the most complex of building types. Experience in undertaking vertical traffic analysis.
- Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to lead teams, mentor junior staff, and collaborate effectively with clients and stakeholders.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical information to diverse audiences
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.
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