Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo, member of WSP, is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

About the Role

Ricardo’s Air Quality Team develops practical solutions to complex air quality challenges, working across measurement, modelling, exposure assessment, and data analysis. We deliver projects for local, city, and national clients, including flagship programmes like the UK’s AURN network, NAEI, and national air quality modelling assessments.

We’re looking to grow our laboratory and technical support team at Ludbridge Mill Laboratories.

As a Laboratory Intern you’ll gain hands-on lab experience and assist with all aspects of laboratory work.

This role is available for an immediate start ideally starting in February 2026. 

 Key Responsibilities

• Follow documented procedures to ensure high-quality measurements and accurate data recording.
• Make data available to project staff in a timely manner.
• Prepare and maintain laboratory equipment and ensure routine upkeep.
• Keep laboratory, workshop, and store areas organised and ready for use by senior technicians, scientists, and engineers.
• Liaise with subcontractors and volunteers as required.

Key Competencies and Experience

• Education ideally to A Level or equivalent, preferably including a scientific subject    
• Full, clean UK driving licence is an advantage  
• Although familiarity with laboratory equipment would be desirable, training will be provided in the operation of the apparatus and our procedures 
• Awareness of laboratory and site safety  
• Good level of physical fitness  

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.  Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance 

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health. 

Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.