Vacancy

Glasgow

AI, Data & Automation Intern

The organisation:

Part of Cefetra Group, Cefetra Limited is one of the major traders of grains and animal feed raw materials in the UK and Ireland.

With long-term arrangements at strategically selected import facilities with a specialised network of suppliers, objective market analysis and a trusted approach to quality and sustainability, it is ideally positioned to meet customer requirements whilst reducing risk and increasing efficiency.

With 700,000 tonnes of storage capacity supported by state-of-the-art processing technology, the business dispatches between 85,000 – 90,000 tonnes of raw materials to industry partners every week and delivers up to 600 lorry loads per day. Its products are used for animal feed and throughout the food and drink sector, supplying product to some of the largest food producers in sectors such as dairy, beef, lamb, poultry, pork, salmon, beer, bread, biscuits, breakfast cereals and pet food.

Parent organisation ‘Cefetra Group’ delivers more than 25 million tonnes of agri-feed per annum and is Europe’s largest agri-service and trading business, serving customers from its 29 offices in 19 different countries, with revenues of over €4 billion.

The Opportunity

We are looking for two part-time AI, Data & Automation Interns to support work across data, reporting, automation, AI-assisted solution delivery, and internal business systems.

This role is ideal for students, recent graduates, or early-career candidates who are curious, technically minded, organised, and comfortable using AI tools to solve practical business problems.  We are looking for a commitment of 20 hrs per week.

You will support a busy data and automation function that works across reporting, Power BI, SQL, Power Platform, business process improvement, system integrations, AI prototypes, documentation, and production support.

We do not expect candidates to be experts in every area. One successful candidate may be stronger in data, BI, reporting, and automation, while another may be stronger in AI-assisted prototyping, coding, testing, and solution delivery. Both roles require good judgement, clear communication, careful documentation, and a willingness to learn quickly.

A key part of the role will involve helping colleagues take ideas or AI-generated prototypes — for example, solutions built with Claude, Codex, ChatGPT, Copilot, or similar tools — and support their journey toward reliable, maintainable, production-ready solutions under appropriate supervision.

About the role:

Depending on your skills and the needs of the team, responsibilities may include:

• Supporting colleagues who are experimenting with AI-assisted tools, prototypes, automations, or scripts.
• Helping turn rough ideas, prompts, and prototypes into clearer requirements and practical next steps.
• Reviewing AI-generated or AI-assisted outputs critically, rather than accepting them at face value.
• Testing small apps, scripts, workflows, reports, or automations before they are used more widely.
• Identifying gaps, edge cases, assumptions, bugs, risks, or missing documentation in early-stage solutions.
• Supporting the movement of suitable prototypes toward production under supervision.
• Creating documentation, runbooks, support notes, test plans, and handover materials.
• Supporting SQL-based reporting, data checks, and simple analysis.
• Helping maintain, test, and improve Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Assisting with Power Automate, Power Apps, workflow, or integration improvements.
• Investigating data quality issues and summarising findings clearly.
• Mapping data sources, report ownership, refresh schedules, dependencies, and known issues.
• Helping organise backlog items, tickets, technical notes, and small delivery tasks.
• Reviewing manual processes and identifying opportunities for automation or AI-assisted improvement.