Graduate - Building Services Engineering (MEP)

Ready to start your engineering career with a team shaping some of the region’s most iconic buildings? Join us as a Graduate MEP Engineer and help design the high‑performance systems that bring buildings to life.

Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.

From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.

Your next role

Buro Happold has a clear strategic plan, strong learning culture and entrepreneurial mindset that will allow you to thrive.

You’ll be part of something bigger than us all where sustainability, equity, social and performance outcomes matter. All of Buro Happold is committed to doing the right thing, even when that’s the hardest thing. This is a genuine opportunity to make impact - and leave real legacy.

Your key duties

We are seeking an enthusiastic and driven graduate who is passionate about building services engineering and committed to designing high‑performance, low‑energy building systems. You’ll play a key role in shaping how buildings perform by helping to create mechanical, electrical, and public health systems that deliver comfort, control, and efficiency - today and far into the future.

Working alongside senior engineers, you will support the holistic design of passive and active MEP systems, using advanced modelling tools to test performance, sustainability, and energy outcomes. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with the design of passive systems such as natural ventilation, external shading, thermal mass, and daylight strategies.
• Supporting the design and coordination of active systems, including HVAC, lighting, power distribution, and building controls.
• Conducting energy, load, and environmental modelling to help optimise building performance.
• Contributing to ‘total view’ sustainability assessments, environmental regulation compliance, and energy savings calculations.
• Participating in whole‑life costing studies to evaluate long‑term operational, maintenance, and environmental impacts.
• Evaluating alternative engineering systems and supporting comparison studies to identify the most efficient and future‑fit solutions.
• Assisting with assessments of existing buildings in collaboration with our Asset Management team.
• Supporting multidisciplinary design coordination to ensure systems are integrated, buildable, and aligned with client aspirations.

Your skills and experience

• Knowledge of building services, mechanical or electrical engineering systems.
• Understanding of passive and active building performance strategies.
• Interest in sustainability, low‑energy design, and net‑zero‑carbon approaches.
• Familiarity with modelling software such as Revit, IES, Dialux, or similar tools (desirable but not essential).
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Engineering background in Building Services/MEP Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong report writing and interpersonal skills.
• Communicate fluently and positively in clear English.
• Quick, innovative problem‑solving mindset.
• Ability to build relationships with colleagues, clients, and contractors.
• Commitment to adding value and approaching challenges with curiosity and innovation.
• Understanding of workplace and on‑site Health and Safety expectations.

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with regional or international standards such as ASHRAE, CIBSE, SBC, and environmental certification frameworks (LEED, Mostadam, Estidama, WELL).
• Experience (academic or internship) with building performance analysis or energy modelling.
• Basic understanding of HVAC controls, metering, and system integration.
• Interest in digital engineering, parametric workflows, or automation tools.

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
• 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
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

At Buro Happold, everyone else’s extraordinary is just our everyday. Apply today and be a part of our legacy.

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way 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 and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference 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 recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.