Industrial Placement – Advisory

Join our rapidly growing Advisory team in the UK for an Industrial Placement role in our London office. Buro Happold’s newly formed Digital Advisory team focuses on delivering technology and information transformation to clients to enhance their financial, environmental and social performance (the triple-bottom-line, across people, planet and places). We are part of a wider Advisory team in the UK.

Our projects vary considerably; from defining the smart city technologies that will transform the resident, worker or visitor experience, to developing a sophisticated data-driven 3D model of a university campus to determine the most effective route to net zero carbon, to outlining the team, processes and policies required for our clients to manage data quickly and securely. All our projects have engineering or ‘real-world asset’ expertise at their core and it is that, with our relentless focus on the triple-bottom-line, that makes us unique.

The team works across a range of consulting areas including strategy, business case development, program management, data, governance, solution development, innovation and change management. We are looking for analysts who want to collaborate with other offices, our experts in design, and technologists internally and externally to make a real-world difference.

During this placement opportunity, the successful candidate can be expected to gain exposure to a wide range of Advisory projects from a range of capabilities such as Sustainability and Energy Transition, Strategy and Operating Models, Asset Optimisation and Commercial Advisory, and Capital Projects in addition to a key focus on Digital Advisory.

• Support workstreams (small projects) from objective definition to activity planning to successful delivery
• Support other members of the team in the development of digital strategy and transformation service via development of tools, templates and artefacts to allow the approach to be communicated, planned, or implemented more effectively
• Support the facilitation of effective client workshops to accelerate current understanding, drive ideation, prioritisation, and build consensus across a broad set of stakeholders
• Develop the skills to build relationships with client individuals based on credibility and active listening
• Support and work collaboratively with team members on and off projects
• Support digital advisory team community and our internal ways of working
• Build new skills and strengthen your expertise with training and support

• Integrity, values, principles, and work ethic
• Ability to analyse data and deliver insightful, practical client-oriented insights or recommendations
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team to understand the needs from a technology and digital perspective
• Ability to clearly articulate your thoughts, ideas, and develop a point of view about your work
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external teams
• The confidence to build lasting and trusted relationships with colleagues and clients
• Ability to perform well under pressure and with defined timelines and milestones

Broad insight within a team, mentored by a subject matter expert. The opportunity to experience our culture and value, and learn what sets us apart from other organisations. Exposure to a wide range of portfolios, including local community led projects and global large-scale clients. The diversity of the projects we work on is one of the many reasons Engineers love to work at Buro Happold.

Please see our Early Careers Candidate Pack for further guidance and information. This is a paid role for current students for university students that have a 12 month industrial placement as part of their course.