About Bryden Wood
What is Bryden Wood?
Bryden Wood describes itself as "a strategy and design consultancy bringing together inventive thinkers, designers, engineers, and technical specialists". Martin Wood co-founded the firm in 1995, and its website says the work is driven by "three core goals: to accelerate decarbonisation, to deploy new technologies, and to integrate design and delivery for critical infrastructure". Its sectors page groups that work as "Data Centres, Life Science and New Technologies".
The people page lists the range, from "hyperscale and edge data centres in the US and Europe" to "process facilities for leading-edge technologies in primary and secondary pharmaceuticals, life sciences and clean tech", "industrial architecture projects in the aerospace and defence sector" and "new energy technologies into the global energy grid". Its method is called Design to Value, set out in a book published by RIBA in 2022.
Where will I work?
Bryden Wood is based in London: its privacy notice gives the postal address of Bryden Wood Technology Ltd as 101 Euston Road, London NW1 2RA, which is also the first office on the contact page, and Italian, Spanish and Greek adverts refer to a UK HQ or UK headquarters. The firm has six offices (London, St Albans, Barcelona, Madrid, Milan and Athens). On 12 November 2026 its own careers page listed 20 vacancies: 8 in London (one is an undergraduate placement, and two adverts also name St Albans), 7 in Barcelona or Madrid, 4 in Milan and 1 in Athens. Two of them state closing dates that had already passed: Civil Engineer - London (10 August 2026) and the undergraduate placement (1 November 2026).
Most adverts describe hybrid working. Two London adverts say "Hybrid working from home and the office", and five Milan and Spanish adverts describe a "Hybrid working arrangement with flexible working from home policies"; other adverts word it differently or do not mention it. No number of office days is stated. You apply through the form on each advert page, or by email to work@brydenwood.com.
What is the Bryden Wood team like?
The people page says "We’re 300 inventive thinkers, designers, engineers, and technical experts working across the UK, Europe, and globally from six offices", who "work as solution teams that integrate multiple professional disciplines". The careers page asks for people who share "our values of collaboration, integration, curiosity, and integrity".
The adverts sit in the MEP, Electrical Engineering, Civils, Structures, Civil and Structural, Architecture and Project Management teams, from an undergraduate placement up to a Technical Director. Several Italian and Spanish adverts ask for fluent English plus Italian or Spanish, and some say the role is "fully integrated with our UK HQ". The benefits list includes lunches, outings and regular socials, and a London advert calls Bryden Wood an equal opportunities employer where "equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do".
Work-Life Balance
The headline policy is the 9-day fortnight. The careers page lists it first among its benefits as "One extra day off every other week", and its introduction calls it "one extra paid day off every other week". The adverts say the extra day is not made up with longer hours elsewhere. Three London adverts read "Enjoy one extra day off every other week - completely free, no extra hours required, and no change to your salary!", and four Milan and Spanish adverts read "not compressed hours - we give one genuinely free Friday every 2 weeks with no change to salary"; the other adverts use similar wording, for example "no requirement to work additional hours". On 12 November 2026, 18 of the 20 adverts carried the 9-Day Fortnight line, in every country with an open role (UK, Spain, Italy and Greece).
Trade press gave the background in March 2023: Construction Management reported that Bryden Wood made the nine-day fortnight company policy "following a 10-month trial" in which "every other Friday the company closed the office", and quoted co-founder Martin Wood: "We didn’t want our people to simply work longer hours each day". Weekly contracted hours are not stated on the careers page or in any advert. Two London adverts state "25 days annual leave". Three London adverts that list the perk end with a footnote, "Benefits vary dependent upon geographical location – these will be discussed at interview", so check the schedule for your own office at interview.
Perks and Benefits
- 9-day fortnight: one extra paid day off every other week, with no change to salary
- Pension scheme with matched contributions up to 5% (careers page and London adverts only; one advert says it is only available in certain locations)
- Private healthcare, funded by Bryden Wood in six London adverts (one adds that it is only available in certain locations) and offered through flexible salary in the Spanish adverts
- Personal accident insurance and an insured group life scheme
- Paid professional memberships, regular performance reviews and continuing professional development
- Cycle to Work scheme, an EV scheme with Octopus, and secure bike storage and showers
- Fun and social events, including lunches, outings and regular socials
- Hybrid working in most adverts; two London adverts state 25 days annual leave