2027 Industrial Placement - Digital (Digital & Data) - Bristol

Location: Bristol, gb Department: Early careers Employment Type: {'id': 'intern', 'label': 'Intern'}

Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

Why considering joining us?

Joining us as an intern is a big step. Whether you’re coming from a specialist background or from an unrelated subject, we want you to be bold, stay curious and dive into the opportunities we have to offer.

Digital isn’t just about fast-changing technology opening new possibilities, and the door to new competitors, it’s about the consideration of people, process and technology as one. It’s essential to compete and keep performance high today while adapting to stay relevant tomorrow. Cracking the challenge means harnessing digital to bring ingenuity to life.

Working within our Digital & Data function will get you stuck into delivering some of the most advance solutions for clients.

We will provide you with a variety of skills and experiences which will form the foundations of your consulting career. You will be enrolled onto our Industrial Placement Scheme. including access to mentoring.

What you can expect

When you join our team as an intern, you’ll work on big things from day one. You’ll gain the knowledge and experience you need to build a successful career in technical consulting and contribute meaningfully to vital projects, working within an ambitious team that promotes career growth.

Digital and data has changed businesses forever. Organisations that have embraced digital are leading their industry and influencing others – and those that haven’t are falling behind. Joining us as a Digital and Data intern, you will work on an assortment of exciting projects providing innovative analytical solutions to our clients' most critical business issues.

Take our look at our recent tech blog from Michael who talks about his time as a placement student - Building a digital and data career: My placement year… | PA Consulting

Our Digital and Data stream is a wide team that offers a broad range of specialisms:

AI

Data science and advanced analytics

Data Engineering

Digital strategy & design

Architecture

DevOps

As well as being part of PA’s global Digital and Data community, you’ll also be part of our growing Bristol based team, playing an active role in developing our business and connecting with partners and clients in the region.

Assessment process

First Stage Assessments

Application form

Online Assessments

Shortlisting and/or Technical Assessments

Final Stage Assessments

Assessment Centre with Technical Assessments

Final Stage Interviews

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [email protected]

Qualifications

Essential requirements

This role is open to undergraduates with an industrial placement within their course structure and therefore graduating in 2029.

Qualification: Undergraduate degree -  in any discipline that involves computer science, data science or numeracy skills, or an equivalent

Growth-oriented and curious — open to change, driven to succeed, hungry for new challenges, and eager to broaden your understanding of the world.

Collaborative and relationship-focused — thrive in dynamic teams, build strong relationships with clients and peers, and support others to succeed.

Credible and communicative — comfortable in high-performance environments, with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Analytical and adaptable — demonstrate strong problem-solving abilities, innovative thinking, and the flexibility to adapt your style and approach.

Professional and reliable — show strong workplace etiquette by being punctual, dependable, and respectful of business expectations and office conduct.

Coding experience – some experience or understanding of coding is welcome. Experience programming in Python and knowledge of SQL is a plus

Understanding data and numeracy - experience processing and gaining insights from data would be beneficial for the role as well as strong numeracy skills

The Offer

We’ll look to you to provide creative ideas and solutions, working with data to tackle complex client problems in collaboration with diverse teams

Opportunity to work across all areas of the development lifecycle, from strategy to implementation, and to take on assignments in different sectors

We will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career

A wide range of internal and external training programmes

We work flexibly at PA, but your work base will be our Bristol office

This role will start in July 2027 and be for 12 months. We will confirm exact date at offer stage.

Salary - £26,230 per annum

Additional Information

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on buildi