GIS Analyst Summer Internship Belfast 2022

This is a 3-month summer internship starting Summer 2022.

Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. Providing a full spectrum of services including scientific, technical, professional, and construction – and program – management. Our 52,000+ employees in 400+ locations around the world serve a broad range of companies and organisations including industrial, commercial, and government clients across multiple markets and geographies.

During our 125 years in the UK, we have been involved in some of the biggest and most challenging projects, delivering innovative and sustainable solutions to the country’s most critical issues, from access to clean air and safe water, civil and national security and safeguarding mobility. That’s because Jacobs is much more than a traditional engineering company.

About the role

This role sits within Jacobs Digital. Jacobs Digital is a central team within Jacobs driving digital across the company. Digital for us is not just about technology. Digital is client led. A transformation of how and what we provide to our clients. Creating a smarter, more connected and customer centric value proposition.

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.

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 from our Ireland Office in Belfast, starting Summer 2022. Pending the Covid rules in effect at this time the role will be fully or partly carried out remotely rather than in the office.

What you'll do 

The role is required to work alongside members of the Geospatial team within Digital and undertake tasks with a range of data capture, analysis, visualisation and compliance technologies. In doing so, you will provide critical input to delivering projects on time and budget.

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.

What you'll need

Qualifications

• 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.

Flexible and reduced time working arrangements can be accommodated.

The essentials

Jacobs require innovation, whether that be technology enabled or not, it requires us to use our ‘Essential Skills’ as well as our technical skills and experiences to positively disrupt and innovate.

It will be our Curiosity, Innovative thinking and Adaptability that allows us to embrace change, it will be our Empathy and Listening capability that allow us to truly understand our client’s requirements.

As we learn to automate some of the activities it will be these ‘Essentials’ that will allow us to offer competitive advantage over our clients and prepare us for the future. We believe that ‘The Essentials’ are the foundation for all of us, to equip us with not just the human skills that allow us to embrace change and bring world class innovation to our clients but also that allow us to explore and shape diverse and creative career opportunities in Jacobs.

Why Jacobs?

Recognised throughout industry as a benchmark of good practice our Graduate Development Programme offers a structured approach to Continuous Professional Development. You’ll benefit from learning that complements chartership progression that will provide both the technical skills, behavioural competencies and business acumen you require to create your future.

Our culture

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. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent.  For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. 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

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