Industrial Placement - Project/Design Management

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 exciting opportunity is for a current student to join our Project Design Management team in Bath. Industrial Placements (often known also as Year in Industry) are typically 12-month placements with flexible start dates.

What is Product Design Management?

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 would I 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 currently be 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
  
  
  

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 [email protected] so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.