Engineering Intern
RISE10, Environmental Monitoring Solutions Ltd
‘Solving technical problems with a hands-on approach’
How would we sum it up?
If you are the kind of Engineer who loves to get their hands dirty this is the job for you. It is a field
engineering role where you will be out and about installing and maintaining monitoring equipment,
finding practical solutions to performance issues. So you will most likely be the kind of person who
enjoys taking things apart and putting them back together again to work out what’s going on. You
will be joining a great team that are a down to earth, competitive and outdoorsy bunch so cyclists,
runners or triathletes would be right at home. The monitoring sector is experiencing rapid growth, as
is the business, so there are also lots of opportunities for you to progress and learn. In a nutshell – if
you love solving practical problems and have a hands-on approach then this is the internship for
you.
What’s the business all about?
The business is Environmental Solutions Ltd. They develop, sell and maintain a range of
instrumentation in areas like emissions, telemetry, air and water monitoring. This is an industry that
is experiencing high demand and rapid growth. Due to this rapid growth in demand this young,
dynamic business has almost quadrupled since 2010, so this is a very exciting time to join them.
Character wise they are a very down to earth, hardworking group of people, that all roll up their
sleeves to get involved. Find out more about Environmental Monitoring Solutions at www.emsolutions.co.uk
What would you be doing?
You will join a team of six engineers responsible for installing and maintaining environmental
monitoring instrumentation. This is a hands-on engineering role, solving technical or complex
problems in the field. Typical activities include:
 Reviewing and understanding new and complex products and specs
 Making field visits to sites across the UK to address issues (this can be anywhere from down a
sewer to up a stack)
 Overnight stopovers, early morning, evening and weekend work may sometimes be required in
order to access certain sites
 Diagnosing and resolving performance or technical issues
 Finding creative solutions to local site issues and technical problems
 Bringing more complex cases back to base for further research and resolution
 Reporting
 Working with the business development team to respond to customers
 Working out how to produce new monitoring solutions for customers
 Drawing up specs for new products and programmes
 Supporting and providing advice to colleagues or customers remotely via phone, email and
remote access infrastructure
In the first instance this role is all about getting to understand the wide range of products and
technology within the portfolio and gaining real field experience of installation and maintenance.
Once you have a good grounding in this area there is huge potential for you to learn and progress
into other areas.
What type of person are they looking for?
They are looking for a practical graduate who enjoys working in a team and ‘getting their hands
dirty’. You’ll be bright, hardworking and keen to apply your knowledge and skills into a real context.
The successful candidate for this role will:
 Have an Electronic, Electrical or Automatic Control and Systems Engineering degree
 Be great at solving problems and finding practical solutions to problems
 Be able to get along well with others and join an established team
 Be bright and able to pick up new things quickly
 Have good verbal communications skills, able to talk to a wide range of customers and
colleagues at all levels
 Be quietly confident and ambitious for the future
 Be down to earth and easy to get along with
 Have a positive ‘can do’ attitude
 Be physically fit and mobile enough to access a variety of sites
 Possess a full driving licence or be prepared to learn to drive very quickly
 Have a knowledge of pics, micros and programming such as C++ or CNT
 Be willing to travel, work flexibly outside of the core office hours and stay away overnight as
required
What are all the practical details?
Starting salary: £18,000 - £20,000pa
Location: Unit 7, President Buildings, Savile Street East, Sheffield, S4 7UQ
Start date: July/August 2013
Length of internship: Six months, with an opportunity to secure a permanent role
What else do you get as a RISE intern?
If you are lucky enough to secure one of the RISE internships you won’t just be getting a job. You
will be getting access to some of the best training and professional networking with senior leaders in
the city, giving you a fantastic opportunity to develop quickly and accelerate your career, including:
 Feedback from your interview and assessment centre
 An intensive business induction, with one of the UKs premier leadership development
organisations Common Purpose
 Three months free membership of the JCI (Junior Chamber International)
 Invites to professional training and networking events with the other RISE interns and business
leaders in the city e.g. IoD, Chamber of commerce and the SCRLP
 Access to self-development materials
Sound good to you? Then it’s time to RISE
If you love the sound of this role, then this is your opportunity to RISE to the challenge. We will open
for applications from 3rd June 2013 for three weeks. Just fill in your application form and let us know
this is an internship you are interested in by quoting RISE10. But if it’s not for you – can you think of
someone this job could be perfect for? If so please do forward the details on to them.