Undergraduate Engineer in Sutton

The Estates Department operates and maintains energy and environmental resources, controls, electrical and mechanical services providing power, lighting, heating, air conditioning to wards, outpatients and operating theatres. Estates directly impacts on patient welfare, frontline clinical care, infection prevention and control, and energy efficiency and sustainability across the Trust.

We have an exciting opportunity for a committed highly self-motivated individual; the Royal Marsden is looking for an Intern Undergraduate Engineer to join the Estates Team on a 1-year placement from July 2026. This is a highly valuable broad-ranging role allowing the Undergraduate to find their feet in a real working environment, which will expose the Undergraduate to the whole range of Estates services including mechanical, electrical, building & energy control systems and project management. The candidate must be highly proactive in developing their technical knowledge in all aspects of training and work undertaken, engage in active discussions about skills, techniques, methods and approach to tasks in order to develop as a skilled professional.

This role requires working in a live Hospital site which will provide excellent opportunities to gain valuable work experience; behaviour at all times must be conducted in a professional manner and consistent with Trust Values.

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will assist the Energy Manager in providing a safe, efficient and effective service to patients, staff and visitors.
• The Undergraduate Engineer will assist the Energy Manager monitor the Royal Marsden Trust energy and environmental resources minimising its impact on the environment.
• Will assist Estates Project Managers and Estates Managers/Officers with supporting the management of the Estate, delivery of Estates services and management of projects.
• The post holder will gain valuable work experience in project management and estate & facilities management.
• Site inspections, surveys and investigations.
• Supervising and overseeing contractors, consultants and works and liaising with Trust staff and user departments.
• Producing business cases, data collection and analysis, producing reports and presentations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

These responsibilities will be carried out under the guidance of the shift co-ordinator. Advise the Estates Manager with regard to energy and utilities usage, environmental issues and will make judgements across the full range of straightforward job-related duties. The post holder will organise their own day-to-day work tasks and activities and assist in planning processes by gathering information and discussing with more senior colleagues.

Person specification:

Education/Qualifications:

Essential criteria: Completed 1st year Degree (Mechanical / Electrical / Building Services Engineering degree)

Experience:

Essential criteria: Held position at school or member of a school team which demonstrates ability to work in a team, exercise a degree of leadership or initiative

Desirable criteria: Work experience

Skills Abilities/knowledge:

Essential criteria: Excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work well in a team. To want to help people

Desirable criteria: Ability to diffuse volatile situations and ability to communicate with people

Other Requirements:

Essential criteria: Be able to plan own work. Ability to carry out all aspects of the role

Desirable criteria: Working on own initiative

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment. Please ensure your information is accurate to avoid errors with processing your application.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff:

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease. The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the utmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges:

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.