Senior Project Controls Engineer

Want to work with the most sought-after minds and most talked-about projects? Your interest in Project Controls Engineering might just make you our new Senior Project Controls Engineer.

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 a Senior Project Controls Engineer to support design-stage planning and scheduling across multi‑discipline engineering teams. The role involves developing and managing design programmes, tracking progress, identifying delays, and ensuring coordination between architecture, structure, MEP, and specialist disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Design Master Programme from concept to IFC.
• Coordinate schedules for all design disciplines and integrate into a unified plan.
• Track design progress, prepare reports, and highlight risks or delays.
• Manage design interfaces and dependencies across teams.
• Support authority approvals, permit schedules, and external stakeholder timelines.
• Conduct schedule risk reviews and assess impact of design changes.
• Use Primavera P6 / MS Project to maintain high‑quality schedules.
• Support project managers during design reviews, value engineering, and tender preparation.

Your skills and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years planning experience, with at least 3 in a design consultancy.
• Strong knowledge of design workflows and multi‑discipline coordination.
• Proficient in Primavera P6, MS Project, and reporting tools.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and coordination skills.

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.