Quality Compliance Engineer

Are you passionate about quality, sustainability, and driving global standards? At Buro Happold, we’re looking for a Global Quality Compliance Engineer to help shape the future of our integrated management systems and certification portfolio across our global operations.

The role will be based at our HQ in Bath, with hybrid working two days a week in the office. For the right candidate, we may consider our other locations.

Join a team where your ideas matter and your impact is global.

At Buro Happold, the Global Quality Team is a collaborative, forward-thinking group that plays a key role in shaping how we work worldwide. We lead meaningful change, support smarter project delivery, and connect people and ideas across regions. With strong visibility and a voice in shaping strategy, this is a team where you’ll feel empowered, supported, and inspired to make a real difference.

About The Role

As a key member of our QHSE team, you’ll ensure compliance with international standards including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, RISQS, ISO 19650, and PAS 2080. Your work will directly support our commitment to excellence, innovation, and environmental responsibility.

You’ll lead internal audits, support external certification processes, and collaborate with teams across engineering, sustainability, and digital to embed best practices into our global workflows.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Maintain and coordinate global certification programs.
• Lead internal audits and support external certification audits.
• Develop and improve our Integrated Management System (IMS).
• Create tools, templates, and training to support compliance.
• Conduct gap analyses and benchmarking for continuous improvement.
• Monitor evolving standards and advise on business implications.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives aligned with ESG and carbon governance.
• Line Manager responsibilities.

What Success Looks Like

• All certifications are maintained and audits completed successfully.
• Measurable improvements in quality, efficiency, and sustainability.
• Clear, data-driven reporting and actionable insights.
• Strong engagement with internal and external stakeholders.
• A culture of quality and compliance embedded across the business.

About You

• Experience in quality or environmental roles within design, consulting engineering, or construction.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 (SSIP); familiarity with ISO 19650, RISQS, and PAS 2080 is a plus.
• Degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, or Quality Management.
• Certified Internal or Lead Auditor (ISO 9001 or equivalent).
• Excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Passionate about sustainability, quality, and continuous improvement.

Why Buro Happold?

At Buro Happold, we’re more than engineers—we’re a global community of innovators, problem-solvers, and change-makers . Join us and be part of a team that’s shaping a better, more sustainable world.

What We Offer You

Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including, car allowance, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

Apply today and be where exceptional is everywhere.

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.