renewable energy internship jobs

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is growing rapidly, and we are looking for Engineering Operations Technician Interns to join our expanding Data Center team in the Greater London/ Hemel Hempstead area. This role is due to start in the summer of 2026.

This position involves ensuring that the Data Center's mechanical, electrical and plumbing operates at 100% availability while maintaining first-class customer service. All interns will be exposed to independent work and in a team. Work prioritization, organizational skills, effective communication, and the ability to react quickly are critical to being successful.

As an intern, you will participate in our 12-week internship program in our London & Hemel Hempstead Data Centers.

Duties & Responsibilities:
The Engineering Operations team is Amazon’s front-line responders for hands-on electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting and operations. You will work with equipment that supports mission-critical servers and must maintain better than 99.999% uptime. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, stand-by diesel generators, switchgear, UPS’s, PDU’s, AHU’s, chillers, cooling towers, chemical treatment systems, pumps, motors, VFD’s, and building automation systems.

Duties include:

• Maintain mechanical and electrical equipment
• Assist root cause analysis of equipment failures
• Assist in troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events within internal SLA
• Take daily operational readings of all mechanical and electrical equipment
• Utilize internal CMMS to manage building workflows
• Interact with third party vendors & contractors who are working on site

Physical Requirements

• Work at heights and from ladders.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 49 pounds unassisted and participate in group lifts for 50 pounds or more.
• Use hands to manipulate small wires and objects.

Amazon does not sponsor for immigration, including for H-1B, TN, and other non-immigrant visas, for this role. Candidates must hold the right to work in the U.K. before or by the commencement of the internship.

Amazon internships are full-time (40 hours/week). This position requires the intern to report to work onsite on a daily basis. Intern schedules are typically day schedules, Monday-Friday. A full-time position as a Data Center Tech could involve day, evening, or weekend shifts and on-call rotations.


A day in the life
Core technical knowledge that you will need:
Power Distribution & Main / backup powerflow
Power redundancy
Basic UPS system knowledge
HVAC / Cooling
Cooling
hot / cold aisle
PUE
Fire Suppression
Generator