Engineering

Industrial Placements

A large number of industrial placements are on offer with engineering companies. Opportunities include all aspects of engineering as well as project management, geology, environment, R&D, manufacturing and business management.

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Available Opportunities

Buro Happold Industrial Placement
Buro Happold
Bath, Edinburgh, Leeds, London & Manchester
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Buro Happold (engineering). Offer 12 month placements.
London Underground (TFL) Industrial Placement
London Underground (TFL)
London
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  London Underground (TFL). Offer Summer placements. Opportunities in quantity surveying, civil & electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, transport planning, project management, commercial procurement, business analysis, information management and facilities management.
WSP Group Industrial Placement
WSP Group
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  WSP Group. WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firms providing services in the built and natural environment. They offer 12 month placements in consulting engineering and environmental consulting.
Network Rail Industrial Placement
Network Rail
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Network Rail. Placements available within include business analysis, communication, finance, IT and business services, engineering, environment & sustainable development, HR, project management, quantity surveying & general management.
VolkerFitzpatrick Industrial Placement
VolkerFitzpatrick
Birmingham, London, Sevenoaks, Fareham, Hoddesden & Peterborough
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  VolkerFitzpatrick. The company has building, civil engineering and rail infrastructure divisions, working predominantly in the south of the UK. They offer 12 month placements in civil engineering, quantity surveying and construction.
Redrow Group Industrial Placement
Redrow Group
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Redrow Group. Offer 12 month placements in land and Planning, Commercial, Technical, Construction, Customer Service or Sales. Head office is Chester.
Cummins Industrial Placement
Cummins
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Cummins. Business placements available in HR and customer support. Technology, engineering and project placements also available.
Mott MacDonald Industrial Placement
Mott MacDonald
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Mott MacDonald. Offer 12 months placements in a range of disciplines.
Wilmott Dixon Industrial Placement
Wilmott Dixon
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Wilmott Dixon (construction) 12 months. They offer industrial placements in the following disciplines; Quantity Surveying, Site Management, Design Management, Finance, IT, BIM/ Digital, Sustainability and HR.
Bentley Industrial Placement
Bentley
London
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Bentley (1 year). They offer placements in a wide range of departments. These normally include Engineering, Quality, Purchase, Production, Logistics, HR, Finance, IT, Sales & Marketing and Production Planning.
Sellafield Industrial Placement
Sellafield
West Cumbria & Warrington
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Sellafield. Offer 12-months placements in engineering, business and science.
NATS Industrial Placement
NATS
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  NATS. They offer a range of industrial placements within engineering, technology, supply chain, business, information solutions, operational analysis, project management and analytics. The 12-month placements begin in the Summer (usually July or August). They are based at our Corporate and Technical Centre in Whiteley, Hampshire, although your departmental assignments could include visits to other key […]
Virgin Media Industrial Placement
Virgin Media
Hook
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Virgin Media. Offer 12 month internship schemes in finance, engineering and field operations, as well as other commercial schemes with this telecommunications company.
Croda Industrial Placement
Croda
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Croda. Industrial placements available with this speciality chemical company.
BAE Systems Industrial Placement
BAE Systems
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  BAE Systems. (12 months) Nationwide placements in engineering, business & finance.
BAM Construct Industrial Placement
BAM Construct
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  BAM Construct (6-12 months). They offer sponsorship to those studying construction and placements for other relevant degrees.
Mace Industrial Placement
Mace
London
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Mace. Offer 12-month placements in a number of disciplines including building surveying, quantity surveying, construction management, design management, project management and civil engineering. Runs June to June.
Thomas & Adamson Industrial Placement
Thomas & Adamson
London, Edinburgh & Glasgow
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Thomas & Adamson. They are an international construction and property consultancy, offering year out work placements. They have Uk offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Manchester and a number of overseas offices in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Tata Steel Industrial Placement
Tata Steel
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Tata Steel. Offer 3-12 month placements. Opportunities in electrical, mechanical or process control and automation engineering. Sponsorship of your degree is also available.
Lockheed Martin Industrial Placement
Lockheed Martin
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Lockheed Martin. They are a leader in systems integration, working on major programmes spanning the aerospace, defence and civil sectors. They offer 12 month placements for software engineers, system engineers, support engineers, finance, business development & communications, procurement and programme office.
Keltbray Industrial Placement
Keltbray
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Keltbray. Offer 12-months placements in construction and engineering roles.
Sweco Industrial Placement
Sweco
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Sweco. Possibility of sponsorship.
ARUP Industrial Placement
ARUP
London
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  ARUP. Offer 5-11 months placements. They take on around 60 students each year.
GSK Industrial Placement
GSK
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  GSK (12 months). A wide range of placements are on offer within engineering, communications, finance, HR, regulatory affairs, sales & marketing, science, supply chain and procurement, global health, global ethics and EHS&S. Head office is in Brentford.
Babcock Industrial Placement
Babcock
Bristol, Plymouth & Leicester
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Babcock (6 and 12 months). Available in defence & security, defence systems technology or marine and technology.
AECOM Industrial Placement
AECOM
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  AECOM. Offer 6-12 month industrial placements. Sponsorship opportunity afterwards.
Cambridge Consultants: Industrial Placement
Cambridge Consultants
Cambridge
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Cambridge Consultants. They offer paid internships in engineering and technology to university students for 6-12 months as part of your degree. You will gain invaluable hands-on experience by working on real projects. It’s also a chance to show what you can do – and may lead to a full-time job after graduation.
Airbus Industrial Placement
Airbus
Bristol & North Wales
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Airbus. Offer 6-12 months in Bristol or North Wales. They recruit across a range of areas including all engineering disciplines, business, communications, HR, IT, Project Management, Procurement and Finance.
Johnson Controls Industrial Placement
Johnson Controls
Belfast & Sunbury
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Johnson Controls. Offer 12-month placements in engineering, research, IT or business support.
Balfour Beatty Industrial Placement
Balfour Beatty
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Balfour Beatty. 6 or 12 months in quantity surveying, civil engineering, commercial management or business management. Most are based on project sites such as Crossrail, the M25 or the Olympic regeneration scheme.
3M Industrial Placement (Technology)
3M
Bracknell
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  3M. Offer 12 month placement to those who are passionate about manufacturing and technology.
Accenture Technology Future Leaders Industrial Placement
Accenture
London
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Accenture. Offer a Technology Future Leaders programme. You’ll need to be a second-year undergraduate studying for degree in science, technology (software engineering & computer science), engineering or maths, with an industrial placement as part of your course.
Jacobs Industrial Placement
Jacobs
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Jacobs. Offer industrial placements to engineering or construction undergraduates.
ConocoPhillips Industrial Placement
ConocoPhillips
Aberdeen, London, Warwick, Theddlethorpe & Teeside
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  ConocoPhillips. (1 year) Mainly interested in geosciences or engineering disciplines.
GE Industrial Placement
GE
Gillingham & London
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  GE. Offer 12-months placements, Available throughout the UK, covering many disciplines.
Croudace Homes Group Industrial Placement
Croudace Homes Group
Caterham & Letchworth
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Croudace Homes Group. They offer an opportunity for undergraduates to work with Croudace on a ‘One Year Placement’. They structure a training programme focusing on building critical skills, knowledge and to gain hands on experience, enabling you to achieve the best results in your degree. They have opportunities in a variety of disciplines including; Land, Surveying, […]
British Sugar Industrial Placement
British Sugar
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  British Sugar. Offer 12-month placements within mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Process Engineering and science.
Gleeds Industrial Placement
Gleeds
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Gleeds. Management and construction consultants offer a year out sandwich placement in London. They also have a number of overseas offices.
Proctor & Gamble Industrial Placement
Proctor & Gamble
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Proctor & Gamble: They offer a variety of 6-12 month placements in sales, marketing and manufacturing. They also offer a 6 month finance placement in Ireland, a 12-month placement in Information & decision solutions in Newcastle, and an R&D placement for a scientist/engineer.
Vinci Construction Industrial Placement
Vinci Construction
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Vinci Construction (construction related degree). Varying lengths of placement. They also sponsor students.
CERN Industrial Placement
CERN
Switzerland
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  CERN. Technical Student Programme aimed at engineering, applied physics or computing students, from 4-12 months. Also other administrative internships available.
ABB Industrial Placement
ABB
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  ABB. Offer 12-15 months placements aimed at engineering students.
Dialog Semi Conductor Industrial Placement
Dialog Semi Conductor
Reading
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Dialog Semi conductor. 12 months mostly in engineering field.
Rolls Royce Industrial Placement
Rolls Royce
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Rolls Royce (up to 12 months. Flexible). A wide range of internship programmes in engineering, commercial, customer management, operations, purchasing, planning, finance, HR and project management.
BMW Industrial Placement
BMW
Oxford, Hams Hall, Swindon, Goodwood & Farnborough
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  BMW (4-12 months). They provide 4-6 month placements with the opportunity to stay longer in Bracknell in an array of departments including Product Marketing, Corporate & Dealer Marketing, Internet, Logistics and After-Sales. In addition, they run 6-12 month placments in Oxford in Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Computing & IT, Logistics, Puchasing, Finance, HR, […]
Siemens Industrial Placement
Siemens
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Siemens. Offer a 12-month industrial placement opportunity as well as 3-month Summer placements in engineering, business or IT.
Mondelez Industrial Placement
Mondelez
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Mondelez International. (Cadbury/Kraft). The snack food power house with brands that include Cadbury, Oreo and Toblerone. They have placements lasting between 3 and 12 months in sales, engineering (chemical, mechanical or electrical), supply chain, Information systems and research, development & quality. The later placement could include working in Packaging Development, Process Solutions, Food Science, Sensory […]
Amazon Technology Industrial Placement
Amazon
London
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Amazon. They offer 3-6 months as a software development engineer.
Leonardo Industrial Placement
Leonardo
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Leonardo. They are the largest inward investor in the UK defence sector, the largest Italian inward investor to the UK, and one of the biggest suppliers of defence equipment to the UK Ministry of Defence. They offer a range of industrial placements.
Transport For London Industrial Placement
Transport For London
London
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Transport For London (TFL). They offer 12 months placements in a range of areas including quantity surveying and transport planning, civil & mechanical engineering and commercial procurement. Also customer communications and PR.
Jaguar Land Rover Industrial Placement
Jaguar Land Rover
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Jaguar land Rover. Offer 3, 6 or 12 months placements within product development, engineering or purchasing.
Amec Foster Wheeler Industrial Placement
Amec Foster Wheeler
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Amec Foster Wheeler. Offer placements but you must be in your penultimate year and on a sandwich course.
Morgan Sindall Industrial Placement
Morgan Sindall
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Morgan Sindall. A range of 12 month placements are available in all areas of engineering, quantity surveying, architecture, construction management, design management & building services. Many placement students receive final year sponsorship.
Intel Industrial Placement
Intel
London
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Intel. They offer a 13 month industrial placement scheme aimed at engineering, science or business students. Opportunities exist within Marketing, Sales, Finance, Business Operations, Engineering, Logistics, HR and IT.
NPS Group Industrial Placement
NPS Group
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  NPS Group. Property Design and management services. They offer a wide range of internships in structural engineering, architecture, graphic design, marketing, finance and many more.
MBDA Industrial Placement
MBDA
Bristol & Stevenage
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  MBDA. MBDA is a world leader in missile systems engineering. Offer placements for engineering and physics undergraduates.
Barratt Homes Industrial Placement
Barratt Homes
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Barratt Homes. 11-month programme for undergraduates studying a degree in the built environment. They also run a programme for HR and marketing students. During this time, you’ll have the opportunity to get an all-round insight into the business by completing six one-week placements. For the remainder of the placement, you’ll specialise in your chosen department […]
Renishaw Industrial Placement
Renishaw
Gloucestershire
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Renishaw. Offer 12-month placements available to students studying either electrical, mechanical, optical & software engineering, physics, maths or manufacturing. Many of them based in Gloucestershire
ISG Industrial Placement
ISG
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  ISG (1 year). Construction related degree. Opportunities in quantity surveying, construction management, technical/building services management.They do on occasions have other roles within the placement programme, such as design managers, planners and project engineers.
Arcadis Industrial Placement
Arcadis
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Arcadis. Operates across a wide range of sectors encompassing infrastructure, water, environment and buildings. They offer 12 month industrial placements working in Cost Consultancy Project Management Engineering, Geotechnical Building Surveying and Management Consultancy. During your placement you will have the chance to work on live projects and gain a huge amount of valuable experience. The majority […]
BMT Defence Services Industrial Placement
BMT Defence Services
Bath, Cumbria, Fareham & Weymouth
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  BMT Defence Services. BMT Defence Services offers whole ship design and technical support for submarines, warships and auxiliary vessels within UK and international defence. They have supported many major UK and international naval and land platform programmes and are at the cutting edge of technology and science. They are based in Bath, Cumbria, Fareham and […]
Sir Robert McAlpine Industrial Placement
Sir Robert McAlpine
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Sir Robert McAlpine (6 or 12 months). If you’re on a sandwich course, they offer a 6 to 12 month Industrial Training placement. This will equip you with in-depth project experience to help make your mark. Opportunities can exist in a range of areas such as civil engineering, planning, engineering and quantity surveying.
Nissan Industrial Placement
Nissan
London, Cranfield, Hertfordshire & Sunderland
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Nissan. Nissan offer 1 year placements in Engineering, HR, Operations, Finance, IT, Purchasing, Operations, Quality Assurance and Supply Chain management.
Turner & Townsend Industrial Placement
Turner & Townsend
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  Turner & Townsend. A small number of 12 months placements offered at this global professional services firm. Programme areas include: Cost and commercial management Control and performance Project and performance management Safety, health and quality Advisory Procurement Technology & Data Asset Management Risk Management
GL Noble Denton Industrial Placement
GL Noble Denton
UK-wide
- Industrial Placement
- Posted 7 years ago
- Excerpt:
  GL Noble Denton. They offer a 1-year industrial placement. They are looking for engineers, physics or maths students. Opportunities exist in software solutions, naval architecture, chemical process engineering and safety & risk. Based in Loughborough.