Placements
Providing students with the opportunity to continue their STEM journey after leaving school or college, Placements enable young people to take a paid gap year to help inform and shape their future career choices by gaining invaluable experience working in industry while developing their skills and knowledge.
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
This Company is a successful exploration and production company and wholly owned subsidiary of a large Oil Corporation. We produce in the North Sea, Egypt and Netherlands with a UK focus on the Triton asset as well as our non-operated interests.
DESCRIPTION OF ROLE:
You will be reporting to the Maintenance and Reliability Manager, providing support to the wider Maintenance and Reliability team with tasks such as co-ordinating mobilisations, supporting purchasing and invoicing and other critical tasks. In addition, you will be focal point for a large inventory project for the asset, requiring you to interface with the onshore support team, inventory team and the offshore team.
KEY COMPETENCIES:
You will be a proactive and self-starting individual who is seeking an opportunity to further their knowledge and understanding of the oil and gas industry. The majority of your work will require good I.T skills and an ability to learn quickly from the onshore support team. Accuracy and attention to detail will be important to you.
The successful student is likely to be interested in pursuing Engineering.
A driving licence would be preferred as the project will involve travel to the onshore inventory base in Edzell, as well as travel to suppliers and storage across Aberdeen.
About the Role:
The role will involve managing a number of internal initiatives working in Infrastructure Support in IT Managed Services and Security. The successful candidate will interact with individuals from many areas of the business and have opportunities to develop technical, communication and co-ordination skills.
Job Description:
1. Internal Projects: Assist in deploying new automation technologies, upgrading internal systems, and participating in security activities.
2. Daily Proactive Checks: Perform routine checks including backup, anti-virus, and NCentral monitoring to ensure system integrity.
3. Issue Monitoring: Identify and log proactive tickets for any failures or abnormalities based on established procedures.
4. Remediation Tasks: Execute permitted remediation tasks, such as rerunning backups, to maintain IT operations.
5. Equipment Management: Prepare and distribute laptops and peripherals for new starters and replacements for existing staff.
6. Backup Review: Analyze backup failures, understand their causes, and implement resolutions.
7. Disk Space Alerts: Review alerts and provide suggestions or resolutions to optimize workspace.
8. User Management: Create new user accounts in Active Directory, M365, and other platforms.
9. Ad Hoc Tasks: Support various projects with additional tasks as needed.
What We Offer:
• Hands-On Experience: Gain practical experience in IT infrastructure and security.
• Professional Development: Enhance your technical and soft skills through real-world projects.
• Collaborative Environment: Work with a supportive team and interact with professionals across the business.
• Growth Opportunities: Potential for future career advancement within the company.
• Life outside of work: Yearly company conference, team social events.
What we are looking for:
• Minimum Qualifications; Subject and/ or minimum grades: GCSE min A-C in maths, English, Science. An A-C in Information Technology is desirable.
• Currently considering a degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Interest in computer hardware, operating systems, security and supporting infrastructure.
• An interest in how businesses apply technology is preferred.
• Basic understanding of IT infrastructure and security principles.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Driving license, preferrable but not essential
Note: Candidate must be willing for a background check to be completed.
A practical “hands on” placement for a student who is planning on studying for an engineering degree and who wants a “get stuck in” placement which will give them the valuable experience that comes from working within a small company. They would like a student who can combine planning with practical tasks. They are looking for a student who has a passion for real “hands on” engineering. The successful student will be working in the manufacturing area, testing, assembling, and getting their overalls dirty! Opportunities will arise to work within other areas. As this is a small company, you will gain lots of experience in a variety of different ways, however, you do need to be prepared to have a flexible attitude towards the work you may do and the hours may occasionally exceed those stated. You will be IT literate, be mathematically inclined and have good verbal and written skills. You will be expected to use your own initiative, enjoy problem solving, offering solutions and be analytical. You will be inquisitive in nature and not be afraid to ask ‘why’ regarding current processes. You will be looking to study Engineering at university. You will have common sense, be logical and reasonably practicable i.e. a ‘hands on’ approach, with a keen attention to detail, and must be able to work on your own and within a team.