Building Performance Engineering

About the Internship

Buro Happold is seeking a Building Performance Engineering Intern to join the Middle East Buildings Environment team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This internship provides practical experience in sustainable design, energy efficiency, and building performance, focusing on net-zero carbon design. The role offers an opportunity to develop knowledge in designing and operating buildings to enhance energy efficiency, occupant comfort, health, and well-being.

Role Overview

The intern will work under the guidance of senior engineers and sustainability specialists, supporting the delivery of low-carbon building services and environmental design solutions. This position provides exposure to energy modelling, building simulation, sustainable design standards, and building performance analysis within a firm committed to sustainability and equitable outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with energy and carbon modelling using tools such as IES-VE.
• Supporting thermal comfort assessments and façade optimisation studies.
• Helping analyse daylight, natural ventilation, passive cooling, and mixed-mode ventilation strategies.
• Assisting with sustainability assessments against frameworks such as LEED, WELL, Mostadam, Estidama, and Passivhaus.
• Supporting post-occupancy evaluations, operational energy modelling, energy audits, and building-performance reviews.
• Conducting research on sustainable building technologies, climate resilience, energy data analytics, and net-zero carbon strategies.
• Preparing technical calculations, presentations, reports, and project documentation under supervision.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary project teams, including building-services engineers, architects, sustainability consultants, and project managers.
• Developing awareness of workplace and site Health and Safety requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

• 0-1 years of experience required.
• Interest in building performance engineering and sustainable, net-zero carbon design.
• Motivation and enthusiasm for the field.

Working at Buro Happold

Buro Happold offers a strong learning culture and an entrepreneurial mindset. The firm supports continuous development and provides a program designed to enable and empower employees at all career stages. Hybrid working arrangements are available, and the company values flexible approaches to working patterns to achieve work-life balance. Buro Happold is committed to diversity and inclusion, actively seeking applications from underrepresented groups in the built environment industry.

Application Process

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply to join Buro Happold.