Careers

Our desire is to be the practice and employer people choose because of the way we do things.

Aspiring and experienced engineers join us from a range of science and engineering backgrounds. We offer dedicated training in a creative and inspiring working environment, providing a programme that supports professional development.

We employ capable, talented people to enhance the work that we do in our business administration teams including; Accounts, Communications & Marketing, Information Communications and Technology, Project & Office Administration, Legal and Human Resources.

Awards don’t motivate us as much as the kudos we receive from satisfied clients, architects, building managers and building users, but they are always nice to win. Having said that, we’re the only practice to be crowned “CIBSE Building Performance Champion” twice (2022 and 2020), became BSRIA Soft Landings Practitioner of the Year in 2019, and were named ACE Inclusion & Diversity Champion in 2017. We’ve also had a project on four of the last five RIBA Stirling Prize shortlists.

It's conventional for businesses to say that they're an "equal opportunities employer" or that they "comply with the Equality Act" as a way of telling potential applicants that their business is a nice place to work. We are, and we do. But that's really only committing to an absence of discrimination, and for us that's not enough. Our commitment is not only to eliminate and avoid discrimination, but to create an environment where our differences can be celebrated and valued.

CALLING ALL EXPERIENCED ENGINEERS AND SPECIALIST CONSULTANTS – LONDON, CAMBRIDGE, MANCHESTER, BRISTOL AND EDINBURGH

Do you work in building services engineering, sustainability consultancy, passivhaus design, building acoustics, lighting design, building physics modelling or digital design? Would you love to work with a partnership whose ambition to tackle the climate and biodiversity emergency is fundamental to…

MECHANICAL ENGINEER – MANCHESTER OFFICE

ABOUT THE ROLE This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled mechanical or M&E engineer with at least 3 years’ experience working in an engineering practice, who is looking to develop their experience, knowledge, and career. We are looking for a mechanical or building services engineer with experience…

SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER – MANCHESTER OFFICE

ABOUT THE ROLE This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled mechanical or M&E engineer with at least 6 years’ experience in an engineering practice, who is looking to develop their experience, knowledge, and career. We are looking for a mechanical or building services engineer with experience of…

MECHANICAL ENGINEER – LONDON OFFICE

ABOUT THE ROLE This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled mechanical or M&E engineer with at least 2 years’ experience working in an engineering practice, who is looking to develop their experience, knowledge, and career. We are looking for a mechanical or building services engineer with experience…

SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER – LONDON OFFICE

ABOUT THE ROLE This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled mechanical or M&E engineer with at least 6 years’ experience in an engineering practice, who is looking to develop their experience, knowledge, and career. We are looking for a mechanical or building services engineer with experience of…

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER – MANCHESTER OFFICE

Join us in our mission to transform the built environment through beautiful and sustainable engineering. ABOUT THE ROLE Are you looking for a new challenge? This is an excellent opportunity for an electrical engineer to join Max Fordham and work as an integral part of our Manchester Office, on some…

SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER – MANCHESTER OFFICE

Join us in our mission to transform the built environment though beautiful and sustainable engineering. ABOUT THE ROLE This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled electrical engineer with at least 6 years’ experience in an engineering practice, who is keen to enrich their career in a fulfilling…

EXPERIENCED PASSIVHAUS DESIGNER – EDINBURGH OFFICE

Join our Passivhaus team and help deliver a built environment for the climate emergency. ABOUT THE ROLE An excellent opportunity is available to join Max Fordham as an experienced Passivhaus Designer to help deliver our growing portfolio of Passivhaus projects. We see Passivhaus as a key element of…

SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT - LIFECYCLE CARBON ANALYSIS - LONDON, CAMBRIDGE, OR BRISTOL

ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for a lifecycle carbon analysis consultant to join Max Fordham as part of our sustainability team. The position can be based in either our London, Cambridge, or Bristol office. Our sustainability team are at the forefront of delivering lifecycle carbon, circular economy,…