Instrumentation Engineer APM Summer Internship

Arcadis; Cork; On-site; EUR 16,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis Ireland invites applications for a Summer Intern Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Engineer. The role provides hands-on exposure to design, implementation and maintenance of process-monitoring systems within pharmaceutical and life sciences facilities across Ireland and Europe.

You will work under experienced engineers, gaining experience across Front End to Detail Design, ensuring safety, regulatory compliance (GMP, FDA), and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• You will be working towards a degree in a relevant subject.
• Exhibit Arcadian skills including resilience, creativity, analytical thinking and being a team player.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence and consult stakeholders.
• Willing to travel and stay away from home when required (virtual working embraced where possible).

Responsibilities

• Support the design, implementation and maintenance of I&C systems for pharmaceutical and life sciences facilities.
• Work under the guidance of experienced engineers to ensure safe, efficient and compliant operations.
• Assist with front-end to detail design and handover to clients, ensuring GMP/regulatory compliance, process optimization and product quality.

Skills

Resilience

Creativity

Analytical thinking

Team player

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Education

Instrument Engineering

Applied Physics & Instrumentation

Mechatronics

Job description

Role description:

Our paid Intern & Placement programme is designed to give you a hands-on insight into the work we do as a company and help to develop skills and knowledge within your chosen field. Supported by signposted training, the programme is based on Arcadis’ core values, giving you both technical training and support to help you develop both personally and professionally whilst with us. You will be exposed to real projects and clients and given a range of experiences to immerse yourself into over the course of your 10–12-week internship or 12-month placement.

Role accountabilities:

Our Instrument and Controls Engineers work within the life sciences, semiconductor, and other high-tech industries across Ireland and Europe. We thrive on partnering with our clients to deliver best-in-class approaches and innovative solutions powered by strong relationships, so vital drugs, therapies, and products get to market with speed, cost-effectiveness, and safety.

As a Summer Intern Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Engineer, you will support the design, implementation, and maintenance of systems that monitor and control manufacturing processes in pharmaceutical and life sciences facilities. Working under the guidance of experienced engineers, you will help ensure safe, efficient, and compliant operations, contributing to the delivery of high-quality healthcare products. You will work primarily within the Engineer & Design sector, taking projects from Front End Design through to Detail Design and handover to clients, ensuring safety, regulatory compliance (like GMP, FDA), process optimization, product quality, and efficiency. You will gain a variation of work, experience, and challenges within the industry and partner with senior engineers.

• Accepted degrees: Instrument Engineering, Applied Physics & Instrumentation, Mechatronics

Qualifications & Experience:

• You will be working towards a degree in a relevant subject
• You will demonstrate typical Arcadian skills including Resilience, Creativity, Analytical Thinking and being a Team Player
• You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to use your technical knowledge to influence and consult stakeholders.
• Willing to travel and stay away from home when required (where possible we embrace virtual working)

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.