Summer Placement - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - BuroHappold Engineering

BuroHappold Engineering

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 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. This exciting opportunity is for a current student to join our Building Services (MEP) team in Edinburgh. This is an 8 week placement, typically starting during the summer break.

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Type of contract
Temporary
Grade
Student Placement
Area of Expertise
Building Environment
Region
UK
Office / Project Location
Edinburgh
Closing Date
04/02/202 Ref No
6546

Engineer Innovation

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Why shouldn't your project use high performance, low energy building systems? We at Buro Happold work as part of a global team, balance client's aspirations with engineering (and often budgetary) constraints, to design high performance, low energy building systems.

We use advanced modelling techniques to analyse the building envelope and its floor layouts.

Our innovatively designed systems are then integrated into the building fabric, to create functional internal spaces and balanced, controllable conditions.

What sort of projects do the team work on?

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Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, UK - Our pioneering retractable pitch design ensures the new White Hart Lane Stadium is a highly flexible sports and entertainment venue.

This project is the perfect example of Buro Happold's ability to think laterally to find solutions that work for our client.

Not only does the new Tottenham Hotspur FC stadium offer fans a better experience and increase profitability for our client, the design has proved so inspiring it has catalysed a wider regeneration scheme across Haringey so that the surrounding area can better support this incredible venue.

Art Works, Edinburgh - The Art Works is a new 10000sqm central collections facility the National Galleries of Scotland. A national centre and hub for collections, distribution, research and conservation of national art collections.

Located at Granton Waterfront in Edinburgh as part of the Granton development plan and designed to be an world class architectural interest and sustainable development to Passivhaus and net zero carbon targets.

Canning Town Masterplan - As part of our multidisciplinary design team supporting the development of an estate regeneration masterplan on a 10ha site with a brief to deliver 1,750 homes.

What would I do?

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You will embrace the latest technologies to improve performance and sustainability. Sustainable design is top of our corporate agenda.
Undertake detailed building services design and calculations (using both software and knowledge to verify robust calculations).
Preparation of technical specifications and schedules, design development reports and innovative design solutions.
Plan and manage input to CAD for production of design work.
Represent BuroHappold at meetings with clients, other professionals and suppliers.

What degree will I be studying?

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Bachelor or Master's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.

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.

This is a paid role aimed at current students for an 8 week summer internship

Interested? Intrigued? Inspired?

This is a paid role aimed at current students for an 8 week summer internship
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