Mechanical Engineering Placement

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Mechanical Engineering Placement

Our Industrial Placement scheme offers undergraduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside some of the UK’s most talented and enthusiastic professionals.

Why should I choose the Met Office?

As an Industrial Placement at the Met Office, you will be paid £17,000 pa and have the opportunity to spend 12 months (between July 2020 - July 2021) working full-time based in Exeter at the Met Office but travel to remote sites, with experienced property engineers will also be required.

You will be supporting day to day operations within the property management team, completing risk assessments, verifying method statements and helping with engineering solutions. You’ll also have opportunity to help us develop and deliver some new initiatives such as energy efficiency and air quality.

This Industrial Placement is an exciting opportunity to see first-hand what we do and make a real impact that the Met Office truly values. How do we show this? Well, there is the potential to return to us on a Graduate Scheme after obtaining your degree

Tell me a little more about what you do…

The Property Management team has responsibility for all mechanical and electrical assets and systems across the Met Office Estate. The Estate comprises of over 500 manned and unmanned sites across the UK. The post holder will be part of the building services engineering team and will have an experienced and fully qualified mechanical engineer as their mentor.

Previous placements have worked on projects to deliver efficiencies such as upgrading the cooling system of our supercomputer to deliver cost benefits. They have also worked on identifying improvements and efficiencies to our HVAC systems to deliver wide ranging benefits.

Can I apply?

To become a Mechanical Engineering Industrial Placement at the Met Office you will need to be someone who:

• Is currently studying for an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering which MUST incorporate a placement year (i.e. sandwich course).
• Demonstrates evidence of good oral and written communication skills
• Can plan and organise work using own initiative
• Proven ability to work well as a member of a team
• Can demonstrate evidence of problem solving

As well as someone who can desirably demonstrate:

• Any experience of working in an mechanical engineering environment.

When will I hear if I have been shortlisted?

We will be accepting applications until Sunday 8th March. During this time, we may get in touch if you are unfortunately not eligible or we have spotted something missing from your application. Otherwise, you can expect to hear from us before the 31st March once the hiring manager has reviewed all the applications received. We often receive a high number of applications so it can take a little while to look at each one but we always let people know the outcome.

The next stage is a face to face interview and that’s it! Good luck!

Additional Information

For operational reasons this post will be based in Exeter.

This full-time recruitment post is not offering UK Visa and Sponsorship and therefore requires all applicants to be eligible to work within the UK / EU without restriction. If you are a non–EU candidate, you will be required to provide and attach all relevant eligibility documentation to your application at the time of applying.

Please note that successful candidate/s will be required to satisfactorily undergo security clearance checks. This will generally require the candidate to have lived in the UK for at least three out of the last five years, but applicants not meeting this criteria may be considered.

We are a “Disability Confident” employer, Mindful Employer, with an Athena Swan Bronze award for our work on gender equality and an LGBTi network.

About the Met Office

One area of the Met Office cannot function without the others. Our engineers keep data flowing; our science and scientific software engineers make data meaningful; and our sales, marketing, consultancy and communications professionals ensure that our forecasts and meteorological products and services reach our customers. The breadth and depth of our work is incredibly varied but whatever area you work in, you’ll be challenged, developed and fascinated in a career where whatever you do, your work will make a valuable contribution to the bigger picture. A career to be proud of.

How to apply

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