Graduate Civil Engineer – Infrastructure

We have an exciting opportunity for a talented graduate level Civil Engineer to join our Infrastructure team, based in our vibrant office in London.

We are recruiting 2027 infrastructure graduates into our Bath, Leeds, Manchester and London offices. You can only apply for the one location you are interested in working. Within the application form, you can let us know if you have a second office you would consider, if relevant.

About the Infrastructure Team

Our expertise ranges from city-scale Masterplanning through to campus and building scale development infrastructure. Our workload is split between development projects in the UK and projects overseas, and our project portfolio and global initiative provides excellent opportunities for international travel. We strive to ensure that our graduates are given the opportunity to work across a varied portfolio of projects to broaden your skills during the early stages of your career. We are committed to professional development and Chartership.

What sort of projects would I work on?

Recent projects that our team have led the infrastructure design input for, include:

UK

• Redevelopment of the iconic Battersea Power Station
• Brent Cross Town in London
• Mayfield in Manchester
• The Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus development in Bristol
• Everton's new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock
• Expansion of the All-England Lawn Tennis Club Championship site

Middle East

• Several major developments in Saudi Arabia associated with the 2030 Saudi Transformation Plan, including Riyadh Expo Expo 2030, Qiddiya, and Riyadh's King Salman Park
• Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City in Kuwait

About you:

• A passion and enthusiasm for engineering design, sustainability and making a meaningful contribution to society.
• Possessing initiative and able to thrive in a team environment.
• Able to communicate thoughts and technical ideas in an accessible manner, verbally and in writing.
• Comfortable executing project deliverables within a given timeframe.
• Able to research, filter and compile information on a range of topics for multiple audience types.
• Actively engages with colleagues on work projects and sees the value of learning from and sharing knowledge with them.
• Motivated and committed to your professional development.

Application form questions:

Within the application form for this role, we ask you to answer three questions, detailing the below:

• In your own words, please describe how you would apply sustainability principles in a project involving drainage and highways design. Please include your personal work or university experience, and/or any practical examples from your locality. (max 300 words)
• Why do you want to work as an infrastructure engineer at Buro Happold? (max 300 words)
• Give an example of an infrastructure project delivered by Buro Happold that fascinates you and explain why.
• What in particular from your own experience would add value to Buro Happold and our client(s)?
• Tell us a bit about yourself and your interests outside work. (max 300 words)

We ask that all responses in application forms, CVs, cover letters, and during interviews should be completed without the assistance of generative AI.

Graduates at Buro Happold

When you join Buro Happold you are embedded into an exciting network of engineers and consultants, 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 talent in terms of knowledge sharing, learning and 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.

Application Process

We typically complete shortlisting after the role has closed. Therefore, you can expect to hear from us with 2-4 weeks of the job closing on our website. Should you wish to contact us to find out more information or to get an update, please contact earlycareers@burohappold.com

This role is for an Autumn 2027 start.

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.

We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the built environment.

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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