Summer Placement - Bridge Engineering

Join us to design iconic bridges that connect communities and transform cities.

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 is an opportunity to join our Bridges team in London or Edinburgh office for an 8-week summer placement.

An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Bridge/Civil Structures Student to join our London or Edinburgh team. This role will see you designing the construction of all types of bridge, from architectural footbridges like the Lille Langebro in Copenhagen, to major bridge crossings such as the Northern Spire in Sunderland.

Working closely with our infrastructure design teams, we have designed and supervised the construction of dozens of bridges, underpasses, cut and cover tunnels and culverts in many countries over the past decade. We provide input into the design of roads and railways, into the viability of major infrastructure projects and their environmental impact.

We participate actively in the research and the development of materials, new technology, sustainability strategies and methods of analysis, in order to develop our core competencies. This equips us to develop innovative design concepts, such as parametric design tools to enable rapid prototyping to help make early carbon saving design decisions.

In fact, you’ll be working with, and helping to develop, our 3D parametric modelling software (BHoM). It enables us to make state-of-the-art structural analyses. This was a real benefit in testing the unique design of the award-winning Lille Langebro swing bridge which uses a locking mechanism which allows the two halves to separate and open for boats to pass through.

Not only will we help you develop your technical engineering skills, but we will also train you in all areas required to gain your professional accreditation, such as becoming chartered with the Institution of Civil Engineers.

We work for public clients, contractors (design-build projects) and private developers. We advocate a close dialogue with our clients to optimise the design and the construction process, such as enabling the Stratford Town Centre Link that spans 11 railway lines to be launched over an operational station.

The new road bridge structure will open in 2027 and will be a new landmark bridge to add to Budapest’s collection of great bridges.

The recently completed Lille Langebro is a pedestrian and cycle bridge in Copenhagen which sits beside the Langebro traffic bridge, it improves the accessibility for cyclist in the city and enhance the vibrancy of the waterfront.

This project allowed Buro Happold to ask the question, “do we need a bridge, and if so, what type and where”? This extraordinary project is one of many large Buro Happold projects in KSA which offer unique engineering challenges at a large scale. Amongst other aspects, these projects also enable Buro Happold to have significant impact on the expenditure of carbon.

This footbridge is a landmark structure in east London providing a generous and exciting link between Stratford town centre, Westfield, and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It was the first bridge in the UK to be launched over a live railway.

We enter multiple design competitions every year with our architectural collaborators. These competitions allow us to consider both form and function within a very creative environment. They also offer fantastic opportunities for our graduates to lead.

• Learn about analysis and bridge design
• Leaning new software such as visual programme tools e.g. Grasshopper
• Embodied carbon calculations
• Perform design verification and independent checks
• Help the team move towards our internal and external sustainability goals
• Assess strength and propose rehabilitation of existing structures

You will be currently studying a degree or master’s level in Civil or Structural Engineering. It would be beneficial for the successful candidate to demonstrate…