Graduate Lighting Designer - 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

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. With a world class reputation, our creativity and our people have delivered positive change to clients, the environment, and communities alike. If you want to be part of something bigger, this is your chance.

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Type of contract
Permanent
Grade
Graduate
Area of Expertise
Specialist Consulting
Region
UK
Office / Project Location
Edinburgh, London
Closing Date
15/12/202 Ref No
7684

Engineer Innovation

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What is the Graduate opportunity?

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Due to the ongoing growth of our portfolio of outstanding projects, our team has an opportunity for expanding and we would like to offer the opportunity to a Graduate Lighting Designer to join the London studio.

Working with Lighting professionals from a variety of backgrounds, you will be in a great environment to advance your skills and career within our friendly, close-knit team.

We pride ourselves on pushing the boundaries and approaching each project as an opportunity to raise further awareness of the importance of daylight and artificial lighting for humans and the environment with notable links to user well-being, visitor experience, spatial perception and the feeling of security.

In balancing between artistic and technical requirements, our team of specialists have the knowledge and credibility to offer a unique set of capabilities that will benefit the overall design.

Ongoing projects in 2021 include mixed use commercial developments, cultural & civic buildings, public spaces, sporting venues and Cities iconic infrastructure, offering a rich diversity of projects to be a great part of.

_ Our thinking is shaped by imagination and powerful design aspirations._

_We work collaboratively towards our common goal to reinvent the built environment._

_We pave the way towards delivering spaces with identity and with sustainable, liveable values at their core._

Day to day, we work closely with architects and end user clients and working as part of our Lighting team you would have the opportunity to get involved in the work we do in helping clients to interpret their creative aspirations and realise the potential of their developments.

To find out more about the Lighting Design discipline, please click here.

What sort of projects would I work on?

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Recent projects are broad in range, and include;

The English National Ballet
New Danube Bridge
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
The Louvre Abu Dhabi

What would I do?

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Environmental Impact Assessment work to meet planning requirements considering light spill analysis and overshadowing.
Sunlight & daylight analysis and design for architects and developers.
Lighting strategies & masterplanning for public realm and cities
Exterior and interior artificial lighting design from Concept to project Practical Completion (PC)
Concept visualisation & 3D light modelling.
Scheme design development, including lighting equipment selection and budget checks.
Detailed lighting design, including architectural integration and BIM coordination
Lighting controls design and specification.
Luminaire performance specification and bespoke design (mockups).
Site monitoring and commissioning, including programming of control systems and focusing of luminaires.

About you

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Bachelor or Master's Degree in Architecture, Lighting, Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering or similar.
Coursework in lighting or building systems design.
Interest in the lighting industry with an emphasis on daylighting or architectural lighting design.
Internship or previous experience at architectural or engineering related firm preferable.
Proven interest in the built environment.
Ability to communicate thoughts and technical ideas with sketches and diagrams in an accessible manner.
Eagerness to learn and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

What's in it for you?

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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.
Opportunity to be supported (or even join) our Young Employee's Forum in your local office, join biannual events/trips, and contribute your experience and learnings to the next generation of engineers through various outreach activities.
Our Graduate Connect program allows our Graduates to learn the fundamentals of design and technology whilst building a base in consulting and professional skills. This is a blended learning programme where participants gain experience against our internal professional and technical frameworks in relation to their specialism.
We see membership of a professional body and professio