Year in Industry - Engineering Placement 2026

Are you an engineering student passionate about innovation and sustainability? This Year in Industry placement offers a unique opportunity to work across both Future Technology and Mechanical Engineering teams, contributing to cutting-edge projects in high-temperature heat pump development and advanced thermal systems. You’ll support experimental testing, analyse performance data, refine system models, and help shape sustainable solutions in the energy and decarbonisation sector.

Alongside this, you’ll gain hands-on experience in system design, component specification, technical documentation, and stakeholder collaboration. Ideal for students with a curious mindset, strong analytical thinking, and a drive to make a real impact, this placement equips you with practical engineering skills, project management experience, and exposure to strategic technology development—preparing you for a future in innovative, customer-focused engineering.

If you are currently studying a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree with a requirement to complete a work placement we want to hear from you! Join our Year in Industry Programme for an exciting journey, working alongside 10,000+ colleagues across 67 countries.

Spirax Group is a global, FTSE 100 company, with three world-leading Businesses helping a diverse range of global industrial clients. We specialise in steam solutions, electric thermal energy management, pumping and fluid path technologies. Our Year in Industry Programme is based in Cheltenham, UK at Spirax Sarco, part of our Steam Specialties Business specialising in Engineering.

If you are passionate about gaining knowledge, experience and working collaboratively on challenging projects then you will find our Year in Industry Programme is the right place to start your career. During the scheme you’ll have the opportunity to take on meaningful work while connecting with experienced & supportive colleagues across the business. You’ll also become a part of our fantastic Early Careers network, including Global Graduates & Apprentices.

You’ll be joining a Group that’s passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

*Applicants must be taking part in an agreed University placement scheme & have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship, full-time, for the duration of the 12-month placement (July 2026 until July 2027).

The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solutions and are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare.

With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones! Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate.

We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

Benefits

You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days’ paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts’ portal.

We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan.

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working. We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.