Cundall’s Building Services team’s mission is to play a key role in making buildings more energy efficient, sustainable, and cost effective to operate – and we pride ourselves on our exemplary track record of designing innovative and sustainable mechanical and electrical solutions, that minimise the use of natural resources.
The Building Services team are a source of world leading expertise – and offer a pro-active and collaborative approach to skill development, and professional excellence.
The Role
We are looking for a Mechanical Engineering student to join our team in Edinburgh for a 2024 Summer Placement. It is an excellent opportunity for you to get paid and gain some work experience to help towards your studies when you return back to university.
Working closely with colleagues across our multi-disciplinary practice, you’ll provide specialist consultancy input on projects across a wide range of sectors including education, healthcare, workplace, retail and critical systems (data centres).
Under the guidance of our team of experienced engineers, we’ll equip you to undertake detailed mechanical building services engineering design and analysis, define and translate clients’ needs into designs for buildings, facilities and services (ventilation, cooling and air conditioning, heating systems and more) - all with sustainability at the forefront of the design.
About you
Individuals who are interested in the Industrial placement opportunities that we have available will need to be:
- On track to achieve a 2:1 or above
- Working towards a degree in Mechanical or Building Services Engineering.
- Preferably be in your second or third year of study
- Have a passion for improving the built environment
- Be interested in design and, in particular, sustainable design principles