Year In Industry Placement - Mechanical (Autumn 2025)

United Living is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK, comprised of four complementary businesses. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. We invest in our people and firmly believe that our workforce is our most valuable asset.

A driving force for success and the core to achieving our vision of creating a connected and sustainable future, our team is the heart of our organisation. Building a diverse, inclusive, and equal working environment in which everyone is welcomed and encouraged to be themselves, is a commitment we are dedicated to. We believe that having a diverse workforce not only sets us up for success, but it allows for greater opportunities for innovation, adaptability, and wide-ranging capabilities.

This is an exciting time to join United Living as the business continues to grow and we have a significant order book of secured future projects. We are looking for a Mechanical Engineering student to join our Infrastructure Services business, who deliver critical resilient infrastructure that improves daily life by partnering with our clients to achieve sustainable outcomes for their customers and communities.

You will join the Major Projects team who are responsible for delivering major infrastructure projects across the UK supporting the governments Net Zero transition targets. As a Placement Student with Major Projects, you will have the opportunity to apply your academic knowledge on real, live projects gaining valuable industry experience. You’ll work alongside experienced colleagues, enabling you to start building your network of professional relationships. This hands-on experience will be instrumental in helping you to gain essential skills and knowledge to enable you to kick start your future career.

You will also join our wider population on activities such as our annual innovation challenge and volunteering and STEM engagement activities and have a buddy who can help answering any questions you have when you are settling into your role.

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to:

• be in your penultimate year at University, and on track to achieve a minimum 2:2 in a Mechanical degree or related discipline.
• be able to commit to a 12-month Industrial Placement that will begin in September 2025.
• have good organisation and time management skills
• have effective communication and interpersonal skills

We are committed to nurturing your creativity, encouraging the freedom to express yourself and fostering a supportive culture that values both personal and professional development. United Living are on an exciting journey of growth and innovation and will provide you with a solid foundation for you to develop your skills for the future and build your career with us.

Benefits:

• Career Development – from the moment you join, you’ll be supported to develop, grow your skill set and progress your career the way you want.
• Cultivate – access to our idea and innovation platform, empowering you to drive positive business change.
• Discounts – access to our leisure and shopping discounts and rewards platform.
• Employee Networks – opportunity to join our organisation wide employee networks such as our Veteran’s Network, Women’s Network, and Young People’s Network.
• Health and Wellbeing Support – access to our employee programme which includes access to a virtual GP and Dentist, mental health support and counselling, fitness and nutrition, and financial and legal advice.
• Health Cash Plan
• Holidays
• Payroll Giving – the opportunity to donate regularly from your gross pay to support charities of your choice.
• Pension – you will be eligible to join our pension scheme which we will also contribute to.
• Personal Support Network – you will receive a dedicated buddy and mentor and will join an early careers community of peers that will support you forward every step of the way.
• Reward and Award Schemes – access to our long service awards and above and beyond rewards.
• Social Value – you will be encouraged to support social impact activities each year to support charities and local community organisations.

How to apply

If you’re looking to be part of an exciting journey with an evolving business and want to learn something new, every day? Then you’ve come to the right place. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are proud to be a disability confident employer and are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact us on earlycareers@unitedliving.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional application support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process so we can discuss how we can support you.

If you are ready to be part of our expanding team and contribute to our success, please click the I’m interested button and submit an application.