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    The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for a number of progressive Industrial Placements, which will commence from July 2024 until July 2025.

    What we are offering

    We’re looking for exceptional Scientific Software - Industrial Placements 2024 to help us make a difference to our planet.

    As our Scientific Software - Industrial Placements 2024 you will be based at Exeter HQ. We expect all placements to work in a hybrid fashion and suggest three days per week in the office. You can choose to work more frequently in our state-of-the-art office if you'd prefer.

    Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone

    Why join us?

    We invest in our people to unlock their full potential. As our Scientific Software - Industrial Placements 2024, we will support you to develop and thrive to be the best you can be.  We champion positive physical and mental health in the workplace and are committed to being an inclusive organisation, providing a working culture that actively values an equal and diverse workforce.

    As our Scientific Software - Industrial Placements 2024, your starting salary will be £25606.00.

    Whilst this is a temporary position until July 2025, there is potential for it to develop into an opportunity to join our Graduate Development scheme once you complete your University studies.

    Your package includes:

    • Flexible hours and homeworking
    • 27.5 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
    • Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands

    Who we are

    We provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science to deliver extraordinary impact and benefit across the globe. Our work helps people make better decisions to stay safe and thrive.

    Our Industrial Placement scheme offers ambitious and capable undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside diverse and highly skilled experts in their field. You’ll be working on projects that really matter and will make a difference.

    Together:

    • We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
    • We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
    • We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
    • We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
    • We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

    Job Purpose

    This is an exciting opportunity to join the Met Office on a 12-month Year In Industry placement, developing your skills and knowledge and ensuring you gain the most value possible from your experience with us. You will have the opportunity to network with our cohort of Industrial Placements all over the Met Office and understand what career opportunities we can offer you after you graduate.

    This is a combined recruitment across a number of scientific software engineering areas, from international climate evaluation tools to global weather and climate modelling automation to managing millions of lines of weather and climate code.

    The Industrial Placements available are listed below and further information is provided within the PDF document attached to this advert.

    • Global Modelling
    • Git Migration
    • Ocean Modelling

    You will be trained up to become a local expert in your area and work with scientists and scientific software engineers to deliver real value to the Met Office and to our mission to deliver for the public and our customers.

    As our Scientific Software - Industrial Placements 2024, the key duties are:

    • Train up in a particular technical speciality within Met Office Science.
    • Work with scientists and scientific software engineers to solve technical problems in the scientific domain.
    • Work as one team with your colleagues and with the Met Office RSE/SSE community.
    • Take on coding projects for Met Office Science and support your own personal development.

    Essential Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

    1. Studying for a degree with a significant numeracy, science (mathematics or a physical science) and/or IT element such as Computer Science or Data Science which MUST incorporate a placement year (i.e. sandwich course).
    2. Ability to learn and apply software tools and good practice, with knowledge of at least one programming language.
    3. Demonstrated ability to work using own initiative to solve problems.
    4. A keen interest in oceanography or climate science.
    5. Evidence of working, communicating and collaborating well as a member of a team.