GIS Analyst Internship 2021
Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the “why” of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.
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Your Impact
Jacobs Digital is a team of developers, incubation, product and technology solution experts who are driving digital change across Jacobs and our clients. We’re customer and user focused, where digital starts with culture and new ways of working, driving new business models, whilst incorporating technology and data into all our services and solutions.
About the opportunity
Jacobs across the UK and Ireland is committed to early careers and recently launched a new internship programme in several offices. This programme is aimed towards undergraduates who are either approaching their final year of study or have completed a principal degree and have a gap before starting a postgraduate course. We have an opportunity for GIS Interns to join our Digital team, to be based in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Cardiff, Bristol or London,starting Summer 2021 for 3 months. If Covid restrictions still apply the role will be fully or partly carried out remotely rather than in the office. Please state your preferred office location in your cover letter.
Primary Job Responsibilities
With exposure to an expanding range of market sectors and an extensive knowledge pool, you will deliver dynamic, innovative solutions to internal and external clients by thinking both logically and creatively.
Here’s What You’ll Need
- Currently enrolled in penultimate year studying for a degree in a relevant subject (e.g. GIS, Geography, Computer Sciences) or due to complete undergraduate degree this academic year and intend to then start a postgraduate course
- Working knowledge of desktop GIS software, ideally ESRI ArcGIS
- Experience of performing analysis on raw data to produce visual (e.g. maps & graphs) or tabular outputs
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Knowledge of and experience using UK or Ireland spatial data (e.g. Ordnance Survey & environmental data published by public bodies)
- High level of creativity and ability to solve problems
- Strong attention to detail
Desired
- Ability to automate tasks (e.g. Python, R or other scripting language, ArcGIS ModelBuilder etc)
- An understanding of UK environmental GIS work (e.g. Environmental Impact Assessments)
- Exposure to Web GIS platforms & GIS Web Services
- Some knowledge of CAD or experience of using CAD data
- Knowledge of metadata and metadata standards
- Knowledge/Experience of using mobile GIS for surveys/data collection
You will join a community of interns in the summer period and work under our programme called Jacobs Campus. This programme will allow you to work with a mentor to identify areas of learning and to build up a portfolio of skills. There will also be opportunities to network through your community of interns and across the wider Jacobs structure, finding out about new disciplines and areas of work.
Why Jacobs?
We clear the way for inventive thinking, so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day. Jacobs. A world where you can.
Our Culture
We’re invested in you and your success. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
We aim to make inclusion and diversity core attributes of our identity, embedded in all our employment and business practices in all locations. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.
Successful candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard Pre-Employment check and will be required to undergo various checks including: Identity, Right to Work; Employment/Education History and Criminal Record. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed or rejected.
At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $13 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 55,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.