Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Buro Happold; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days

Hybrid working arrangements

Private Medical Insurance

Company Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Flexible Benefits including Cycle scheme and Corporate discounts

Early leaving on the last Friday of the month

Job summary

A global engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to manage multidisciplinary projects, providing solutions for local infrastructure and utility needs. The candidate will balance project demands, mentor technical staff, and contribute to winning work. A strong background in infrastructure design and experience with tools like AutoCAD is crucial. This position also offers a hybrid working arrangement with generous benefits including 25 days of annual leave, private medical insurance, and a supportive inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable track record of delivering a technical specialism in a core infrastructure discipline.
• Ability to manage and motivate the team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of multidisciplinary projects and monitor job financial performance.
• Contribute to team workload planning and assist in mentoring staff.
• Prepare and review technical reports, specifications, and schedules.

Skills

Strong technical background in infrastructure design

Experience in multidisciplinary project delivery

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Willingness to travel

Experience in AutoCAD, Civils 3-D and MicroDrainage

Education

Membership in a relevant professional institution

Job description

Join to apply for the Senior Infrastructure Engineer role at Buro Happold.

Are you a Civil Infrastructure Engineer looking to grow your expertise on projects across the world? Buro Happold is looking to recruit a Senior, Principal or Associate Civil Infrastructure Engineer to join our Infrastructure Group based at our Leeds office.

Working as part of the UK Infrastructure Group you will provide solutions to local infrastructure and utility needs, through to planning entire cities across the globe, whilst offering an integrated multi‑disciplinary service throughout the whole project life cycle, from planning through to design and implementation.

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.

Your next role

Be part of an exceptional team that embraces technically demanding projects and challenges. Be at the forefront of changes in the industry such as reducing embodied carbon and modern methods of infrastructure design.

Key Duties

• Managing the delivery of multidisciplinary projects, balancing demands and priorities, whilst reviewing civil infrastructure design, from project proposition through to construction. Plan project resources and finances and monitor job financial performance.
• The management of technical staff, with responsibility for contributing to planning team workload, as well as assisting and mentoring staff where needed, and developing more junior team members.
• Preparing and reviewing technical reports, specification and schedules.
• Applying customer focus you will be part of the work winning team securing the group’s project pipeline.

Your Skills & Experience

• Strong technical background in infrastructure design, with a demonstrable track record of delivering a technical specialism in a core infrastructure discipline (Highways, Utilities or Sustainable Drainage).
• Experience of successful multidisciplinary project delivery; demonstrating both the ability to manage and motivate the team, as well as excellent communication and presentation skills.
• A willingness to travel, and desire to lead continuous quality improvement in our work.
• Experience in AutoCAD, Civils 3‑D and MicroDrainage.
• A Member of a relevant professional institution.

What we offer

• Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, exclusive of Bank Holidays.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• Income Protection.
• Flexible Benefits – including Cycle scheme, Dental insurance, Optical Cover, Travel insurance and Corporate discounts.
• Early leaving at the end of the month – Buro Happold actively encourages its employees to finish at 3pm on the last Friday of each month (depending on business demands). These hours can equate to an additional 4 days leave per annum.

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 [e-mail] so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.