Laboratory Design Consultant - London, United Kingdom - BuroHappold Engineering

BuroHappold Engineering

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for an Associate to join our Laboratory Consulting team in London.

This role would see you working as part of a talented specialist team and playing a key role on some of our most challenging projects in the Science & Technology sector.

This represents a fantastic opportunity to grow your career as a laboratory planner in a multi-disciplinary context.

Type of contract
Permanent
Grade
Associate
Area of Expertise
Specialist Consulting
Region
UK
Office / Project Location
London
Ref No
8120

Our laboratory designers bring a wealth of expertise to projects, informed by decades of experience delivering some of the most complex yet human-scale research facilities to world-leading clients.

We provide consultation, planning and design services on laboratories through all stages.

We pride ourselves on collaborating closely with the scientific users to deliver buildings that meet their needs for today whilst anticipating future adaptations.

As well as working directly for science clients, we continue to work for lead architects as well as other engineering consultancies.

From design concept to delivery to peer review and post-occupancy evaluation, our laboratory consultants can provide the support required at each stage.

We are also able to draw on Buro Happold's deep experience of integrated engineering and design knowledge from a wide range of projects around the world.

What sort of projects could you work on?
- repurposing of an existing science campus working alongside Heatherwick Studios to create UCB's UK HQ in Surrey
- reviewing options for accommodating a new, fast-growing Biopharma group in Cambridge
- conversion of existing office buildings into laboratories in both London and Cambridge

Europe's largest 22 storey commercial lab building at Canary Wharf

Key Duties.

Your day to day responsibilities will be extremely varied and diverse, however your primary focus areas will include the following:

Leading laboratory consulting projects as a Project Leader, which involves effective project management, design coordination and promotion of multi-disciplinary work within a multi-disciplinary environment
Drafting additional fee proposals for presentation to the client, where appropriate.
Representing Buro Happold and providing consultancy advice to clients, lead architects and collaborators.
Participating in meetings with lead architects, consultants and contractors, etc. in a consultative capacity as part of a single and/or multidisciplinary team.
Lead the design, analysis and consultancy on projects as guided by the Project Director.
Coach, mentor and support junior employees to ensure they can be as effective and successful, as possible.
Promote wellbeing of project team and raise concerns around management of the project, including client relationships
Establish a strong internal and external network to contribute to work winning through bidding for projects and repeat work. Where appropriate, set personal work winning targets and promote other Buro Happold service offerings.
Propose multiple creative solutions to challenges, articulating and documenting the benefits/shortfalls of each to the client while taking into consideration other disciplines' requirements.
Produce reports, presentations, models and drawings as required.
Ensure maintenance of ongoing learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Seeking out new opportunities to enhance the business' skills, services and marketability with respect to Laboratory Consultancy and the Science & Technology sector.

Your skills and experience:

Significant professional experience in the sciences sector (and nonscience sectors associated with fitout design)
Experience in a comparable laboratory planning capacity.
Strong analytical mindset with problemsolving skills.
Willingness to take on leadership responsibility.
Skilled in the basic use of Revit
Strong collaboration skills and a keenness to work in a multidisciplinary environment.

What we offer:

Hybrid working and international remote working for up to 4 weeks per year.
Parental leave, up to six months on full salary.
25 days holiday plus public holidays and flexible leave.
Employer pension contribution of 10% (5% employee contribution)
Life assurance and income protection
Private medical cover.
Flexible Benefits cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, corporate discounts, etc.
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.