M&E Engineering; Building Services Graduate Scheme

Equans M&E Engineering (Building Services) Graduate Scheme

The world around us is changing rapidly, placing an increased demand on the growing services sectors to become net zero. We are looking for the next generation of engineers, with a keen interest in sustainability, who will support our clients on this journey; by continuing to innovate across different areas of our business and support the energy, digital and industrial.

Starting in September 2026, you will join our induction with the other graduates in your cohort to start building your network and understanding of the business before your specific placement commences. During the scheme, you will experience operational and functional roles alongside our Engineering teams. Your time on the graduate scheme will span across a 2-year period, and you will complete between two to four rotations of either 6 or 12 months in length depending on the project type and department.

You will need to be fully mobile as the placements could be based anywhere within the UK and graduates might need to relocate throughout the scheme depending on the placement locations.

We’re looking for the next generation of engineers, with graduates aspiring to become the leaders of their field!

Our Engineering teams deliver an incredibly wide range of technical services to our clients all over the country. You could be a part of one of our largest facilities management contracts, where we work in partnership with some of the UK’s biggest hospitals, universities, and schools. Alternatively, you could be helping to mobilise one of our newest contract wins. A life in Engineering is never dull, and as a Equans graduate you will gain experience in what it takes to manage large complex engineering projects and diverse teams in a fun and rewarding industry.

You will rotate across different areas, predominantly in our Sustainable FM division, in order to develop your technical, people & project management skills. The placements will either be within our central engineering and compliance function, or on our operational sites.

• Corporate environments
• Manufacturing and Industrial
• Healthcare and Blue Light
• Nuclear
• Education

Some of the roles and responsibilities you may undertake during your rotations could be:

• Supporting the central Engineering & Compliance team train, assess and appoint our engineers to carry out complex isolation activities
• Interpreting net zero carbon roadmaps, developing and implementing solutions to reduce our clients’ emissions
• Audit our contracts for compliance with our contractual maintenance obligations and ensuring the adequate application of our engineering safe systems of work
• Assist our contracts in the planning of complex engineering activities, e.g. shutting down areas of our hospitals to carry out intrusive electrical testing and inspection
• Following training given on the scheme, fulfil the role of a Contract Responsible Person, for the management of our Water or Gas systems
• Development and build of our Asset management & Planned Maintenance systems, when mobilising a new contract
• Supporting our contracts to realise their local and regional sustainability goals

Or working on specific projects for a cluster of operational contracts, for example:

• Revalidating hospital operating theatre ventilation systems
• Planning and overseeing the completion of High and Low Voltage breaker maintenance, carried out by a contractor
• Planning and overseeing the statutory inspections of steam boilers
• Project manging the transition from gas boilers to heat pumps, on our schools contracts

Over the graduate scheme, we will provide a wide variety of training opportunities to develop your engineering, leadership, and management skills, so that you can excel, and be ready for an Engineering Management role following the end of the scheme. You will gain exposure to different areas of the business and opportunities to increase your network, such as through working on a business improvement project with other graduates which you will present to senior leaders.

You will be encouraged and supported to apply to become a member of a…