Senior BMS Consultant; Digital Buildings

The cities and places of tomorrow are being designed today. At Buro Happold, our Digital Advisory team is at the forefront of this revolution. Ready to play a role in this vision?

We are looking for a Senior Consultant with a specialism in Building Management Systems (BMS) to further enhance our technical capabilities.

Buro Happold’s 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).

Our projects vary considerably; from defining the smart city technologies that will transform the resident, worker, or visitor experience of a bleeding edge city in the middle east, to developing a sophisticated data-driven 3D twin of a university campus to determine the most effective route to net zero carbon, to outlining how technology can add significant revenue streams across football clubs in the UK, to defining the team, processes and policies required for our clients to manage data quickly and securely.

However, 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 covering digital strategy and transformation, digital systems and solutions and data and analytics. We are looking for consultants who want to collaborate with other offices, our experts in design, and technologists internally and externally to make a real-world difference.

• Manage work streams (large projects) or engagements (small projects) from outcome definition, activity planning to successful delivery and knowledge capture.
• Lead detailed technical reviews of existing BMS and recommend improvements to reduce energy consumption and improve building performance.
• Develop and review control philosophies, sequence of operations and integration strategies for HVAC, lighting and other building systems.
• Provide expert consultancy on BMS into broader Smart Buildings projects, including both new build and retrofit projects.
• Prepare and review technical documentation including specifications, schedules, drawings and commissioning plans.
• Perform sound analyses of historical BMS trend data and other building performance data to identify inefficiencies, faults and opportunities for energy savings.
• Coordinate with clients, vendors, contractors and multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Support business development by providing insights and intelligence in area of expertise.
• Contribute specifically to the development of the Smart Buildings and Building Intelligence community and propositions.

• Background and experience in designing, specifying and configuring BMS, including control and monitoring of HVAC, metering, lighting and other building systems.
• Strong technical understanding of control philosophies, sequences of operation, system architectures and integration strategies for building systems.
• Understanding of industry-standard communication protocols (BACnet, Modbus, KNX, M-Bus OPC, MQTT, APIs) and their application in building systems.
• Understanding of Smart Building data ontologies, tagging, and relational modelling.
• Ability to develop optimisation strategies for buildings using a combination of engineering principles and analysis of historical performance data.
• Familiarity with methodologies and tools for accessing and analysing trend data from BMS (e.g. Tridium Niagara, Trend IQVision, Schneider Eco Struxure).
• Awareness of cybersecurity principles within operational technology environments, including an understanding of secure system architectures and data security in smart buildings.
• Comfortable leading procurement activities, technical inspections, commissioning and witnessing processes and challenging vendors and contractors.
• Interest in technology within the built environment, including knowledge of market trends and vendors.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline.

• Experience in Smart Buildings, ideally with project references in the UK.
• Experience in Energy Services within the built environment or equivalent industries.
• Understanding of measurement and verification (M&V) procedures, including industry-standard protocols (e.g. IPMVP).
• Familiarity with Facilities Management contracts and identifying opportunities to improve operational performance.
• Working knowledge of Fault Detection & Diagnostics (FDD) and Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM) software or equivalent.

• Attractive benefits package including, pension, private medical insurance (senior grade and above), life assurance and income protection.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• A strong commitment to your continuous…