Graduate Building Performance Engineer - Leeds

Buro Happold

Dec 4, 2023

Applications are closed

Job
Full-time
Entry Level
Engineering
Leeds

Requirements

The role is suitable for a candidate with an engineering background, with strong understanding and exposure to energy modelling either through previous placement experience and/or academic projects. This opportunity will allow you to work alongside our senior team members in the design of low carbon building service solutions and help building your career as energy consultant.
What degree would I have studied?
The role is suitable for someone with strong engineering background and interest. We would welcome applications from graduates who have studied the following degrees:
Building Services/MEP Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Physics
Engineering Design
Engineering Science
Environmental Engineering.
To be successful in this role, you will need to possess:
Engineering Degree (requirement) preferably master’s in building service engineering/ Mechanical Engineering or relevant sustainability course (CIBSE, IMECH, IET, etc.)
High interest in thermal modelling and building performance optimisation
Enthusiasm about site-visits and energy audits
Basic knowhow of building energy, heating and ventilation systems
Elementary understanding to HVAC controls, metering and integrated systems design
Basic understanding of coding and machine learning software and parametric modelling
Ability to work with engineers from all disciplines and other professionals to optimise and develop bespoke, ‘value for money’ and innovative designs
Understanding of Health and Safety within the workplace and on-site.

Responsibilities

Our team of sustainability experts is responsible for some of the UK’s highest-rated sustainable buildings, such as 2 Redman Place achieving a BREEAM Outstanding score of 94%, where rainwater harvesting saves the equivalent of four and a half Olympic swimming pools of water each year. At One Angel Square, the Co-operative headquarters in Manchester we achieved the highest ever BREEAM Outstanding score in the UK (95.1%) at the time of certification.
Buro Happold are ahead of the competition when it comes to NABERS UK and advance operational energy modelling. We currently have two projects underway classed as ‘Pioneer projects’ for Design for Performance these are 4 Angel Square and Statesman House. We are also undertaking advance modelling for an 800,000 sqft speculative lab in Canary Wharf, the Earnshaw building and Worship Square. Our Post occupancy evaluation and soft-landing team are involved with University College of London delivering POE (Post Occupancy Evaluation) for various buildings and decarbonisations plans.
We are also active members of UK Green Building Council and World Green Building Council including advisory groups on Delivering Social Value, Circular Economy and Advancing Net Zero Renewables and Offsetting. Many staff globally are members of boards, organisations, and/or visiting lecturers at universities.

Buro Happold

Engineering | Consultancy | Advisory

Real Estate

Industry

1001-5000

Employees

1976

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

We are an international, integrated consultancy of engineers, designers and advisers. For over 45 years, we have built an unrivalled reputation by delivering creative, value-led solutions for the benefit of people, places and planet. Described by our clients as 'passionate', 'innovative' and 'collaborative', Buro Happold is synonymous with the delivery of exceptionally complex projects on every continent, working with the world's leading architectural practices and organisations, such as the United Nations, UNESCO and C40 Cities. Through our global community of driven, world-leading engineering, advisory and design professionals, we are acting to address major challenges in an ever-evolving world.

Culture & Values

We value human wellbeing, and are discontented with limitations. We commit to taking this as seriously for our people as our projects.
We are a diverse, one-firm culture. When we get it right, it sings. Internal barriers are always to be overcome through inclusivity and equity above all else.
We embrace mutual responsibility. It is easy to default to individual success. Teams need to share success and failure in the same way.
We are more than a business. We care about the legacy of our work. We have a responsibility of care as an employer and influencer in the shaping of the world.
Sustainability is intrinsic to the economic and social impact of our work. Going beyond compliance requires challenging preconceptions, taking extra steps.
It takes courage to create. Our culture fosters a dynamic between technology and empathy to gain deeper insight, unleash imagination, and manage risk.

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Graduate Building Performance Engineer - Leeds

Requirements

Responsibilities

Buro Happold

Mission & Purpose

Culture & Values

We value human wellbeing, and are discontented with limitations. We commit to taking this as seriously for our people as our projects.

We are a diverse, one-firm culture. When we get it right, it sings. Internal barriers are always to be overcome through inclusivity and equity above all else.

We embrace mutual responsibility. It is easy to default to individual success. Teams need to share success and failure in the same way.

We are more than a business. We care about the legacy of our work. We have a responsibility of care as an employer and influencer in the shaping of the world.

Sustainability is intrinsic to the economic and social impact of our work. Going beyond compliance requires challenging preconceptions, taking extra steps.

It takes courage to create. Our culture fosters a dynamic between technology and empathy to gain deeper insight, unleash imagination, and manage risk.

Article & News