Interested in being part of a team that deliver exciting, efficient structures that go beyond expectations? With a world class reputation, our creativity and our people have delivered positive change to clients, the environment, and communities alike. If you want to be part of something bigger, this is your chance.
Engineer innovation
Are you interested in working on projects that push the boundaries of structural ingenuity and creativity, prioritise the environmental impact, working with world class architects and fellow engineers who are excited to come to work every day?
This is your chance
We offer exciting project experience on amazing structural design projects, such as Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the EU’s new Joint Research Centre in Seville, and the Barbican Renewal Programme. Our work includes incredible new build projects and ambitious refurbishment and re-use across the UK and around the world. Whatever your passion we have a place that will suit you.
Structural Artistry is at the heart of our business, allowing us to collaborate with world leading architects. All engineers at every grade contribute to the continuous learning required to deliver some of the most complex building projects. Questioning the norm is part of the Buro Happold everyday engineering process, with opinions and contributions expected from all. This is particularly important in challenging how structural engineering impacts the environment and the contribution to embodied carbon usage.
We would like to hear from you if
- You have a degree in Civil, Structural, Architectural engineering.
- You are excited about engineering and how we shape the world.
When you join Buro Happold you are embedded into a fun engineering family that supports your career development. We have a Graduate Connect learning programme that targets specific learning and supports your journey to chartership as well as our Young Employee's Forum that links all our young engineers in terms of knowledge sharing, learning and very importantly socialising.
We place great importance on a having a safe and inclusive environment and will seek to make any arrangements that may be required to enable all who work with us to thrive. We have flexible working hours and hybrid working, and welcome applications from all backgrounds and walks of life. If you have any questions about how this could apply to your specific circumstances, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.
Good luck with your studies and engineering journey, Buro Happold
Please see our Early Careers Candidate Pack for further guidance and information.
Application process
For the purpose of this application we ask you to fill in a form with some role-specific questions, which means you should ignore the "CV Upload" request when you click apply. This will allow us to get to know you better and standardise the information we get from each candidate.
For the application questions, please note that you are welcome to use another document to help draft your answers and copy them back into the text area once you are ready. For the question asking you to describe any work or volunteering experience please include all your experience, not just construction industry related experience. All types of work and volunteering can build relevant experience and transferable skills. We believe in ensuring all our processes are equitable and want to help everyone access the opportunities we have to offer. To avoid disadvantaging anyone during the application process we ask that all responses in application forms should be completed without the assistance of generative AI. Not everyone has equal access to AI tools and we’d love to hear from you in your own words as we get to know you through the process.
Please note that this role is for an Autumn 2025 start.
A place for everyone
Buro Happold values flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve work-life 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.