Year in Industry Placement (Geospatial Focus)

The UK Hydrographic Office is a leading centre for hydrography, providing marine geospatial data to inform maritime decisions. We work with a wide range of data suppliers and partners to support maritime navigation, safety, security and marine development around the UK and worldwide.

These Year in Industry Placements sit within Operations Division and will run from Summer 2025 through to Summer 2026 (12 months).  These opportunities are specifically designed for students undertaking a relevant undergraduate degree with a Year in Industry placement option at the end of the second year.   This is a pre-requisite for applying.

These opportunities will enable you to gain “real-world” experience of using the skills and knowledge that you have been building (depending on your course of study).  You will be directly involved in the flowline that delivers of services or products for customers whose safety at sea relies on the accuracy and timeliness of the information the UK Hydrographic Office provides.

You will have the opportunity, in whichever team you are assigned to, to work alongside and learn from subject matter experts in fields such as geospatial data management, GIS, hydrography, cartography, oceanography and navigation.  You will also experience the wider benefits of working in a modern, flexible and supportive working environment with great benefits, alongside colleagues who are passionate about what we deliver for our customers.

Our teams across Operations work in different ways, depending on the ways of working of the team and customer needs.  Some Teams, due to the nature of their work, require team members to attend the office in Taunton daily, whilst others can support a more hybrid work pattern. 

There will be introductory classroom training for these roles which will be onsite at our office in Taunton.  This will be for a minimum of 2 weeks but could be up to 5 weeks depending on the team you are allocated to.  After that, working in the office regularly is very much encouraged so that you can benefit from in person interactions with your team and colleagues across the wider business – ensuring you get the most out of your industry placement year. The expectation would be to attend the Taunton office 3 days out of 5.