Industrial Placement 2025 - Technician Engineer

Job Introduction

The Met Office is delighted to open our advertising for a number of Industrial Placements, which will commence from July 2025 until July 2026.

We’re looking for a Technician Engineer Industrial Placement to help us make a difference to our planet. 

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.

As our Technician Engineer Industrial Placement, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work. 

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. 

World changing work 

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are. 

• 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

Your world of expertise 

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.

Working within the Systems Engineering Team, based in Exeter, you will support the delivery of engineering tasks to enhance the Met Office’s capability and reputation.

You will help to research, develop, build, and set up weather stations and weather monitoring equipment. Our environmental observations are fundamental to almost all the services the Met Office provides; direct data and products, models, verification of forecasts, and for providing evidence of climate change. 

Your key duties 

• Prepare Technical Specifications to plan the work of upgrading infrastructure at an Automatic Weather Station (AWS).
• Use experience of scientific instrument interfacing and wiring schedules to produce technical drawings and circuit schematics to describe the building and installation of automatic weather station components.

Why join us 

Our work is life-changing, often life-saving and always life-enhancing. The Met Office is accredited as a 'Great Place to Work UK 2023' and in addition has achieved a place on both the UK's 'Best Workplaces in Tech' and 'Best Workplaces for Women' lists. 

Whilst this is a temporary position until July 2026, there is potential for it to develop into an opportunity to join our Graduate Development scheme once you have completed your University studies.

Your package includes:

• Your salary will be £25,606.
• Annual Leave starting at 27.5 days.
• Access to discounted shopping, inclusive of retail, leisure and lifestyle brands.

Essential Criteria, skills and experience: 

1. You are studying for an undergraduate degree with a significant Engineering focus which MUST incorporate a placement year (i.e. sandwich course).
2. You have good oral and written communication skills, including the ability to convey technical information.
3. You live and breathe it with a flexible approach to meeting work requirements within a set deadline.
4. You keep evolving - evidence of an interest in current and emerging engineering practice.
5. Some experience of scientific instrument interfacing and wiring schedules.
6. You are prepared to work away from home on occasions for up to 3 days, for example on UK field trips staying in overnight accommodation.

How to apply 

If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills. 

Closing date: 08/01/2025 at 23:59. Please note we often receive a high volume of applications, but we will contact everyone who applies once the closing date as past.  Interviews will be completed by 25/02/2025. 

For additional guidance on our recruitment process and how to apply please look at our approach to recruitment page on our careers site.

How we can help 

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at careers@metoffice.gov.uk.  

If you’re considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role. 

We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code. 

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible. You will need to achieve full security clearance within your first 6 months with us. 

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