Are you looking for a 12-month IT & computing placement for 2019/20? Do you want real responsibility with the chance to influence household name coffee brands including Tassimo, Kenco, L’Or and Jacobs?

Global Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company (FMCG) JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) is looking for year-in-industry students from technical degree backgrounds to join their diverse, global team of over 15,000 coffee champions, on 12-month placements in IT and computing.

IT: https://employers.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk/jde/job/it-jde/?ref=DEPT

R&D: https://employers.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk/jde/job/research-development/?ref=DEPT

Finance: https://employers.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk/jde/job/jde-finance/?ref=DEPT

Who is the company?

– JDE is a €5 billion global business with around 15,000 associates based in 28 different countries, selling their brands in over 100 different countries around the world. 

– Formed in 2015, JDE retains a start-up feel containing some of the leading brands in the Coffee and Tea industry including – Kenco, L’OR, Tassimo and Douwe Egberts to name a few.

– JDE UK is headquartered in Banbury, Oxfordshire, which is one of JDE’s global ‘Power Plants’ responsible for producing 20,000 tonnes of coffee per year across 9 production lines.

– The UK represents a top 5 global market for JDE and continues to be a growth engine for the category, driving premiumisation by leading the single-serve partition with the Tassimo brand and premiumising the instant coffee segment through Kenco, L’OR and the Douwe Egberts brands.

– JDE believes amazing things can happen over a cup of coffee and with values including Entrepreneurship, Solidarity, Accountability, Simplicity and Discipline working at JDE offers you an exciting opportunity to make an impact in the world’s largest pure play coffee company.

– JDE’s goal is simple but ambitious: a coffee for every cup.

“Everyone deserves the coffee they love.”

What are the roles?

– A placement in IT at JDE will be very varied and you will be getting stuck into lots of different tasks, depending on business needs at the time.

You will either be working in Retail:

– This IT placement involves supporting IT operations for end user services, local infrastructure, and ensuring that applications are aligned and meet business needs.

– You will be supporting the Infrastructure Specialist in local and end user services

– You will be responsible for the maintenance and delivery of web systems

– You will work with application and infrastructure vendors to resolve issues

Or Manufacturing:

– This IT placement involves working with the Plant Systems team in relation to any system or production issue

– You will be leading on the creation and development of network Policies

– You will maintain updates, patching and antivirus of computer operating systems and applications

– You will catalog, document and verify backups and archives as well as document and maintain system policies

One application will consider you for both roles!

Why should you apply?

– Travel: JDE provide awesome opportunities to travel. Last year around half the placement students travelled abroad.

– Fantastic perks: 25 days holiday, free hot beverages (not just coffee!) and even Barista training!

– Student Charity Committee: Every Friday all the placement students get together for a fun charity meeting. Last year their charity work raised over £30,000 in total.

– Culture: At JDE they have a friendly, hands-on environment where everyone is encouraged to contribute and all opinions are valued. There is also a strong mentoring programme and you will be periodically reporting to senior business stakeholders and interacting with other placement students. 

– Corporate Social Responsibility: From sourcing ingredients responsibly with internationally recognised standards, to partnering directly with suppliers to improve working conditions and protect natural resources, and aiming to make all manufacturing sites landfill free by 2020, at JDE they are driven by their passion for coffee & tea, care for people and respect for the environment. 

Who is best suited to this role?

– You must be studying for a technical degree (such as computing & IT) and have an interest in IT and technology systems.

– You must be a good communicator with excellent attention to detail and be willing to get stuck in.

– You must be an undergraduate looking for a 12-month Year-in-Industry placement from July 2020 to July 2021.

Click here to apply now: 

https://employers.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk/jde/job/it-jde/?ref=DEPT

It only takes 30 seconds to register your interest in these roles, and we’ll support you throughout the full application process

Software Engineers from Aber might want to join the Komatsu Mining Longwall Control and Automation department in Worcester. https://mining.komatsu/

All the equipment is SIL rated and safety critical, predominately the software is C/C++ based following a MISRA Like standard. However we also develop a HMI which is Java based, and an archive server in MySql, and in office tools using varying languages.

Another cool looking grad scheme –
Bosch Automotive in Stockport are looking for a recent graduate to join the team:
https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/BoschGroup/743999691862704-junior-software-engineer

Rhys a recent grad writes: “I started back in July and although their graduate scheme is fairly new, its a great company to work for. Loads of benefits etc”

Another job ad through from a recent Aber grad:

The particular team is looking for people who are junior and who want to learn – there’s a good progression (Roberto confirms this) and they’re looking ahead to tech which will be big in online banking in a few years; this is very much at the “new ideas” end of banking tech. Based in Amsterdam.

https://workatbackbase.com/job/junior-java-backend-developer-product-development/

This job comes via another aber grad :

He’s hiring for a new company he’s founded, and has 2 junior opening positions:

1. Backend NodeJS developer. *Stack*.
Express, Unit & Integration testing, docker, AWS, SQL/NOSQL, GitHub, DRY and DevOps philosophy

Neil H, a recent grad, writes:

Roke are looking for multiple graduate roles (multiple locations) to be filled mostly for a 2020 intake. a list can be found here:

I have just heard from IS that they had two applicants for three jobs for the IT Service Desk (deadline 17th April). Both those who applied will be interviewed. However, as they still need at least one more, they have extended the deadline.

Advert

I visited a company in Aberystwyth, Environmental Systems

(https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.envsys.co.uk&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd3f43d74c2bd4c045e4a08d6bf622796%7Cd47b090e3f5a4ca084d09f89d269f175%7C0%7C0%7C636906825632522084&sdata=%2BZhzgvjzfRQP0AoXj7U6NqaPzw9RsqKXf2XwysLfKw8%3D&reserved=0) today. They are interested in our industrial year scheme, and may consider employing an IY student.

What they do is likely to interest people in the fields of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, but they also want software engineers. If any of you are doing a joint degree with Geography, that may well also be of interest to them.

If you’d like to know more, you can contact:

Stephanie Ties

Geospatial Data Consultant

Environment Systems

Unit 9

Cefn Llan Science Park

Aberystwyth

Ceredigion

SY23 3AH

stephanie.ties@envsys.co.uk

They’re very much at the stage where they are exploring possibilities at the moment, so there is no guarantee that a job will be there. But they would be very happy to talk to anyone interested, anyway.

AdvertHere is another opportunity for a job in Aberystwyth University, within Information Services. I am sure many of you will want to apply for this 🙂

https://jobs.aber.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=4249&p_web_page_id=382739Advert

You may recall meeting Jonathan Knight from Gloversure at Gregynog in October. The company has employed IY students in the past in Welshpool, and I know one or two of you already have placements there for next year.

For the first time now, they are advertising a placement in Chester, for mobile app development. This could be a very exciting opportunity for anyone interested in that field.

Gloversure-Industrial-Advert-2019-20-Mobile-App-Developer

I have just been forwarded the following advertisement, which apparently initially went to our Physics department. Clearly some of these jobs are relevant to you, although the advert doesn’t explicitly mention computer science or software engineering.

From: selassie@sanctuarygraduates.co.uk <selassie@sanctuarygraduates.co.uk>
Sent: 11 March 2019 13:40
To:
Subject: STEM degrees wanted for 12-month placements/graduate roles with London-based asset manager, BlueBay

12-month Placements/Graduate Roles with Europe’s Largest Fixed Income Manager BlueBay

Are you studying for a STEM degree? Are you looking for a placement or graduate role with real responsibility from day one? Do you want invaluable experience and knowledge of the inner-workings of an industry-leading asset manager? BlueBay are looking to hire placement students and graduates from STEM degree backgrounds for roles across many areas of asset management….

These roles are open to graduates and placement students from any STEM degree subject, however you must be on track for or achieved a 2.1. You will receive support throughout the entire application process!

Who is the company?

– With around $50 billion under management and offices across the globe, BlueBay is one of Europe’s largest specialist fixed income managers

– Established in 2001, BlueBay is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada, with full investment autonomy and substantial operational independence

– Located in beautiful, modern offices in Mayfair, BlueBay pride themselves on their core values of integrity, transparency and respect, taking a collaborative and innovative approach with their clients

What are the roles?

1. Performance

– BlueBay invests money from clients, and the performance function calculates how well the fund has done by running reports

– You will be working alongside the front office investors and delivering data on performance, as well as helping to implement new performance systems

Am I right for this role?

– You must be studying maths, physics, economics or any other quantitative degree

– You must be confident and have the ability to challenge others on the decisions they make

2. Risk

– The Risk team run reports to analyse the risk in funds as well as answering ad-hoc client and broker queries

– You will investigate changes by liaising with the data, operations and finance teams to ensure all positions are correctly reflected in the risk system

Am I right for this role?

– You must be studying a quantitative degree such as finance and mathematics, and have some experience with VBA (preferred) and R (desired) programming languages

3. IT Service Desk

– As the IT face of BlueBay, you will be providing internal IT support to everyone in the business, including senior stakeholders

– Includes use of Windows 7/10, Citrix, Office 365, in-house apps, Service Now and more

– You will deal with email communications, initial problem solving and liaising with all levels of the business. Anyone with a technical issue will come through to you first, no matter how senior

Am I right for this role?

– You must have an interest in IT, be self-sufficient alongside a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude to all aspects of work

4. Quantitative Analyst

– The Quantitative Analysts provide the analysis that supports the investment process and decision making, using R Shiny

– You will also support the quantitative research environment and help automate the data cleansing process

Am I right for this role?

– You must be studying for a degree in IT, mathematics or any technical degree, and some experience programming with at least one of R, R shiny, Python or Javascript is necessary

5. Technology & Operational Risk

– The Technology and Operational Risk team manage the risk in these areas of BlueBay, by investigating past incidents and analysing current processes and activities to ensure risk is minimised

– You will help to identify risks, including threats to cyber security, analyse this information and report on findings

Am I right for this role?

– This role is not available as a 12-month placement, so you must be in your final year to apply

– You must be studying a STEM degree, be an analytical thinker, have excellent attention to detail

and great communication skills

6. Process Improvement

– The Process Improvement team has complete oversight of all teams in BlueBay, and looks at how internal processes can be improved to make them more efficient and reduce costs

– You will help to write reviews, work on reports for the Project Management Office and help to digitalise processes such as the onboarding of clients to make them more streamlined

Am I right for this role?

– You must be studying for a STEM degree and be comfortable with data analysis

– Any experience with coding is desired, but not necessary

Why should you apply?

– These 12-month placement and graduate roles offer an entry-level route into this exciting firm, with hands-on experience in a specialist department

– You will gain invaluable experience and knowledge of the inner-workings of an asset manager

– You will have the opportunity to work for a highly regarded, well-established firm who are experts in their area of fixed income

– You will have the opportunity to be part of a sociable graduate community that spans across many different teams who often work together

– You will be offered training in all areas of financial services, providing you with great exposure to the asset management industry

– You will have the chance to attend hedge fund events to broaden your knowledge of the asset management industry

Click here to be considered for all graduate/placement roles:

https://www.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk/bluebay-stem-19/?ref=DEPT

It only takes 30 seconds to register your interest and you will receive support throughout the full application process.

Quick heads-up on this post: the closing date has changed to MIDNIGHT on Sunday 31st March, so that interviews can be held before you go home, on 4th April.

Pennau lan yn sydyn: mae dyddiad cau wedi newid i CANOL NOS ar ddydd Sul 31 Mawrth, er mwyn cynnal cyfweliadau cyn i chi fynd adre, ar 4ydd Ebrill.

Mae swydd newydd cael ei hysbysebu yn yr adran Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth yn Aberystwyth:

https://jobs.aber.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=4249&p_web_page_id=379689&p_lang=CY

A post has just been advertised in the Information Services department in Aberystwyth:

https://jobs.aber.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=4249&p_web_page_id=379689

I had a visit recently from Liberata; they were looking to establish a relationship with us for taking IY students. So the attached job advert is one we are very likely to get someone into. I am also told that the pay is likely to be very good.

So this is an excellent one for you. Just send a CV (and I’d suggest a covering letter, though they don’t ask for it). And don’t be put off by the fact that they mention technologies you don’t know – we discussed this, and they realise no-one is going to have all of them! But you will learn, which will be great for you.

Job advert – Developer 2019-03

Below are five companies within Wales that I have just been informed by our Careers service are looking for placement students within Wales. These look quite exciting positions, and (after a quick scan) I think are all relevant to computer scientists and/or related.

Welsh Water, Cardiff

Computer Programming/Computer Science Internship – Digital Services – careers.dwrcymru.com/cw/en/job/495093/computer-programmingcomputer-science-internship-digital-services Closes 29 March

South Wales Police – opportunities for students of History, Business, Graphic Design, Computer Science, Media, a whole rangeDigital Forensics and Cyber Intern – https://eservices.south-wales.police.uk/jobs/Jobs/Vacancy.aspx?j=1283 Closes 11 April (may suit a data scientist)

Airbus, Newport

Cyber Security Internship – https://www.airbus.com/careers/search-and-apply/search-for-vacancies/job-detail.html?uuid=8328

Excelitas Technologies, St Asaph

http://www.excelitascareers.com/job/19-0205

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Cardiff

Technology placement – https://4re.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/undergraduate-technology-12-month-placement-21945