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From helping shape entire cities to adapting infrastructure to deal with the climate emergency, a career at Buro Happold presents the chance to make a difference. This is an Industrial Placement (Year in Industry) opportunity to join our Project Design Management team for up to 12 months.
What is Product Design Management PDM?
We ensure our client’s design projects run smoothly with the help of our expertise in hitting deadlines, mitigating risk and coordinating specialists. Our product design management services include:
- A single point of contact fully informed on the progress of the whole multidisciplinary team
- Guidance on which specialists your project needs and when
- Clear guidance on any complex technical issues
- Maintaining a realistic commercial framework without compromising creativity
- An overview of your project’s progress, risks and timetable across multiple design work streams
- Advice on contract and procurement approaches
- Improving team cohesion, mitigating risks and addressing potential problems early
- Effective change management
- See more about our Product Design Management team.
What sort of projects do the team work on?
Battersea Power Station Development
The transformation of the 42-acre brownfield site around the formerly redundant Battersea Power Station is one of the most ambitious regeneration projects London has seen in decades. Electric Boulevard, featuring vibrant rows of independent shops with stylish apartments above, will be at the heart of the new community.
Temple Quarter Emprise Campus (TQEC)
The University of Bristol’s new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus sits at the heart of the city’s vibrant new Temple Quarter and adjacent to the main railway terminus, Bristol Temple Meads. With improvements to the train station planned, as well as new housing, infrastructure, retail and leisure areas, the Temple Quarter initiative aims to create 22,000 jobs over the lifetime of the project.
New Stadium for Everton
To give fans the modern matchday experience they expect, Everton is putting everything that makes Goodison Park so special – the character, camaraderie and shared sense of tradition – into creating an inspirational new place to play and watch football. Set on Liverpool’s waterfront, the planned stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock will reinvigorate a semi-derelict site less than two miles along the Mersey from the famous Royal Liver Building.
What skills can you bring to the role?
- Proficient communication skills, comfortable conversing with senior staff members across the practice
- Organised and able to plan ahead to meet deadlines
- Ability to work across multiple projects and prioritise tasks appropriately
- Intermediate level skills in Microsoft office especially Excel.
- Proactive and approachable attitude when dealing with internal and external customers
- Sufficiently perceptive to spot possible problems and take appropriate action to address or escalate as needed
- Able to work independently and demonstrate initiative
- Enthusiastic about delivering excellent performance; takes responsibility for own delivery
- Can identify where processes may benefit from improvement
What degree would you be currently studying?
We welcome people into our team with a broad range of experience. Typical degrees include:
- Design Management
- Project Management
- Architectural Science
- Engineering Design
- Construction Management
What's in it for you?
Broad insight within a team, mentored by a subject matter expert. The opportunity to experience our culture and value, and learn what sets us apart from other organisations. Exposure to a wide range of portfolios, including local community led projects and global large scale clients. The diversity of the projects we work on is one of the many reasons Engineers love to work at Buro Happold.
A plethora of interesting and challenging projects to stretch your professional skills, a friendly and close knit team, flexible working and a competitive reward package. The opportunity to work on multidisciplinary projects aside a range of specialist engineers and designers both within Buro Happold and our collaborators.
Interested? Intrigued? Inspired?
This role is for current students for a Summer 2023 start. Start dates are negotiable.
