Spatial Solutions Undergraduate Placement

9 months ago


Coventry, United Kingdom Sainsbury's Full time

Property - Planning, Design & Development - **Spatial Solutions - Undergraduate Placement**

**In a nutshell**

**Why join us**

Joining our Location Planning team presents a unique opportunity to be part of the future of retail. As an integral part of our Property team, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of tools, systems, and data that drive our location planning processes. You will have the chance to work on diverse projects, using your skills in spatial data analysis, GIS, data visualisation, and problem-solving. With access to a wealth of resources and training, you will have ample opportunities to learn and grow while making a tangible impact on our business. If you are passionate about the future of retail and have a strong desire to learn and develop, this internship offers an exciting and varied role where you can develop your skills and be part of the Sainsbury's family.

**What you'll do**
- Support the Spatial Data Science Engineer, maintaining and helping to build tools and related data, always looking for more creative and efficient ways of doing things.
- Gather requirements from within the Property function, particularly Location Planning, and develop data or tools to help answer the important questions or improve efficiency.
- Data visualisation - learn about our property data and, using our data visualisation tools, share relevant information across the division.
- Contribute to and curate useful documentation of our team’s tools, systems, and data.
- Monitor & respond to technical issues and requests for data from teams and colleagues across Sainsbury’s.
- Work and engage with multiple teams including Sainsbury’s Tech
- Contribute your skills and knowledge to the team and bring something new to the table.

**Who you are**

You are an ambitious and highly motivated individual in your first or second year studying towards a degree in Geography, Maths, Geographical Information Systems, or Economics. With your knowledge in spatial data and processes, including experience using GIS, you possess a strong foundation in handling and analysing spatial data. Your logical thinking and problem-solving abilities, combined with your curiosity and drive to learn, enable you to contribute to the development of analytical solutions and data visualisations. As a self-starter with excellent time management skills, you thrive in a varied and dynamic role, meeting deadlines while actively seeking opportunities to contribute to the team's success. With your strong communication and documentation skills, you can effectively collaborate with multiple teams and bring new ideas to the table.
- Working towards a Batchelors Degree (or equivalent) in Geography, Economics, Mathematics or Geographical Information Systems
- General knowledge of
- Office (Excel, Word),
- GIS systems such as ArcGIS or MapInfo
- Visualisation techniques
- A logical, mathematical mind-set
- A natural problem solver with a keen drive to help.
- Ability to document quickly, efficiently, and creatively.
- Self-starter with high degree of self-motivation and drive.
- Structured approach and clear deadline focus.
- Good time management
- Useful, but not necessary as all required technical skills will be taught:

- Alteryx
- Spatial data handling.
- SQL

**Support we will provide**
- Opportunity to develop projects that can directly or indirectly support dissertation.
- Ability to develop the internship itself along lines of interest within Location Planning
- Active encouragement to learn and complete Alteryx Core qualification
- Mentoring throughout the internship to develop both technical and soft skills
- Access to personal development tools such as Bitesize talks, online self-development tools



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