Mechanical Engineering - Summer Placement

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Mechanical Engineering Summer Placement at Cundall in Edinburgh offers a hands on opportunity to contribute to energy efficient, sustainable building services across sectors including education, healthcare, workplace, retail and data centres, within an award winning international multi-disciplinary practice. You’ll support the design team with detailed mechanical building services design and analysis, translating clients' needs into practical, sustainable designs for ventilation, cooling and heating systems under the guidance of experienced engineers. The role suits students pursuing Mechanical or Building Services Engineering, in their second or third year, aiming for a 2:1 or above, with a real passion for improving the built environment and for design with sustainability at the core. To apply, tailor your CV to show relevant coursework and projects, quantify impact, demonstrate teamwork and your ability to turn client requirements into clear designs, and articulate why sustainability matters to Cundall; apply early and reference the posting tag #LI-SG1.

Join Our Team

Cundall are an award winning international multi-disciplinary consultancy, operating throughout the UK, Australia, Asia, MENA and Europe.

Our Building Services team’s mission is to play a key role in making buildings more energy efficient, cost effective to run and, ultimately, more sustainable.  Working across a variety of sectors our building services teams are a source of world leading expertise, producing innovative and award-winning sustainable engineering solutions throughout the lifecycle of any building project.

As a medium-sized but truly international consultancy, we are big enough to be able to provide a wide range of challenging projects for our staff, but still at a size where our students can be treated as individuals and given real responsibility at an early stage.

Our Building Services teams have accomplished amazing projects like an innovative office for Google and an energy efficient data centre for Facebook. As a Summer placement, you could play a key part in our next big project.

The Role You'll Play

We are looking for a Mechanical Engineering student to join our team for a Summer Placement in Edinburgh, starting in 2026. It is an excellent opportunity for you to work on the design of some of the most exciting construction design projects in the UK and worldwide.

Under the guidance of our team of expert engineers this role will provide you with opportunities to assist our design team with detailed mechanical building services engineering design and analysis; defining and translating clients’ needs into designs for buildings, facilities and services. All with sustainability at the forefront of the design.

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).

The Skills You'll Bring

Individuals who are interested in the summer 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 sustainable design principles 

Cundall values equality and diversity, and welcomes applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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