Student Placement Fixed Term

Student Placement

Are you a University Student in your 2nd or 3rd year studying Chemical Engineering? Are you now looking for a one-year intern placement?

Here at British Gypsum, we're offering a Process Engineering placement at our site in East Leake Nottinghamshire.

British Gypsum is a Saint Gobain brand and a leading supplier of high-performance industrial plaster and gypsum products. We aim to be the worldwide leader in the specialist gypsum and plasters industry, with leading product brands in all markets.

About Us

Saint Gobain was established in the year 1665 and have grown to employ 179,000 people, with over 100 different nationalities working with us in 76 countries. This really helps us in our corporate and social responsibilities in helping us with our purpose which is to "make the world a better home" and specifically contribute to our target of zero carbon by 2050.

As a business, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and solutions that have a positive impact on each of us and provide wellbeing, quality of life and performance, all while caring for the planet. Our materials and solutions can be found everywhere in our living places and in daily life; in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in many industrial applications. They provide comfort, performance and safety while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and climate change.

What will I be doing?

• An active member of Process team investigating reactive issues.
• Analysing breakdowns and assisting with root cause analysis activities
• Liaising with Operators and Control Engineers on project works and reactive works.
• Update daily, weekly and monthly KPIs on team improvement boards (Including project boards, Pillar boards and central systems)
• Running environmental and cost saving projects
• Assist team on developing systems on data collection and process data collection.
• Working in an active manufacturing site

What's on offer?

• The exciting opportunity to gain invaluable experience with our engineering function.
• A competitive salary

What will I need to be considered?

• Must be in an active university course studying Chemical Engineering or a related Science degree (2nd or 3rd year)

• Knowledge of Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics &, Heat and Mass Balance)
• Ability to working cross-functionally and communicate effectively.
• Understand and identify process bottlenecks from upstream to downstream, throughput capacity, limitations and opportunities for improvement.
• Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle.

Are Saint-Gobain Inclusive employer?

We're working hard to be, and we're keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you, you!

We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.

And what about flexibility?

The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role. We can't guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting, but we promise to listen.