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🟢 Actively Hiring · Posted 25d ago ⏳ Closes in 66 days UK Corridor 🛡️ UK Work Eligibility 🏢 Company - Private

Mechanical Engineer - Summer Placement

🏢 Cundall • 📍 London, England • 🕒 Sep 14, 2026
Salary Range
£32,450 - £38,750
£2,704 - £3,229 / mo

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London, England
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Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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Position Overview & Specifications

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 Year in Industry 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 London Critical Systems team for a Summer Placement, starting in 2023. 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 electrical 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) - all with sustainability at the forefront of the design.

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, in particular, sustainable design principles

Why Join Cundall?


Valuing Diversity


We know that to be the best at what we do we need a diverse workforce underpinned by an inclusive culture. Creating environments where everyone can find joy doing their best work is also great for everyone. That’s why we positively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities, and encourage, support, and celebrate the diverse voices of our people.

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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

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Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

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Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

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Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

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Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

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Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Mechanical Engineer - Summer Placement roles across Cundall's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

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2. Behavioral & Leadership

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Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £32,450 - £38,750 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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