Graduate Schemes

‘Tis the season to advertise graduate schemes, and Target Jobs seems to be the place to find them. Here’s a selection:

£33k + £3k settling allowance + relocation – BP (closes 28^th Dec)

£29-39k – Schlumberger

£29k – Unilever (23^rd Nov)

£28k + £2k joining bonus – Mars (1^st Nov)

£27.5k + £1.5k joining bonus – British Sugar (31^st Jan ’13)

£27k + £2k allowance – Nestle (3^rd Dec)

£27k + joining bonus – Kraft Foods (9^th Nov)

£25.5-27.5k + £2k joining bonus - Akzo Nobel (31^st Dec)

£25-27k – Civil Service Fast Stream (30^th Nov)

£24.3k – Tata Steel (7^th Jan ‘13)

£23.4-26.3k – Johnson Matthey (31^st Oct)

£23-29k – Tessella (open)

£22.4k – Atomic Weapons Establishment (open all year)

£22.4k + £3k relocation - Croda

With posting light here at the moment, take a look over at SeeArrOh’s website, JustLikeCooking for more inspiration of what can be done with a chemistry degree, or follow along using #ChemCoach on Twitter.

Focus on: Catapult – AFRC and MTC

Advanced Forming Research Centre

Location: nr Glasgow

Partners: University of Strathclyde

Jobs advertised on the University of Strathclyde job site

Twitter: @UniStrathclyde

The AFRC is a “world class research facility supporting fundamental and applied research in forming and forging.” Research topics include metal forming processes, primary and supporting technologies (eg, plastic deformation, flow and heat treatment) and lubricants. With a strong emphasis on engineering there may be very limited opportunities for chemists – but this may include, for example, materials and polymer scientists, computational chemists and analysts.

The AFRC has 23 research staff listed on its website.

Manufacturing Technology Centre

Location: Coventry

Partners: Universities of Birmingham, Loughborough and Nottingham, TWI LTd

Jobs advertised on their own job site

The MTC is a “globally competitive manufacturing research hub” focusing on 4 technologies: high intensity fabrication, net shape manufacture, advanced tooling and fixturing, and intelligent automation.

The MTC is actively recruiting a large number of engineering positions across their technology areas. They also have a graduate scheme, and are interested in engineering, materials science, physics, maths and computer science graduates with a 2.1 degree (achieved or expected).

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In summary, there has been significant investment across the seven High Value Manufacturing Catapult partners. Indeed, the HVM Catapult is the first of seven to be operational – which combined will receive over £200m of government investment.

The objective of the Catapults is to revitalise the economy, and with this comes opportunities for STEM employment. While there is a focus on engineering, the industry/academic collaborations do provide openings for chemists and scientists of related disciplines. In particular, the Centre for Process Innovation and the Advanced Materials Research Centre have specific opportunities in “smart chemistry” and composites. Keep an eye on those Twitter feeds and job sites for updates!

Focus on: Catapult - NCC and WMG

The fourth part of this series looks at two more “partners” within the Technology Strategy Board’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult – both of which could offer opportunities for #chemjobs now and in the future.

National Composites Centre

Location: Bristol & Bath Science Park

Partners: University of Bristol

Jobs listed on their own job site.

Twitter: @NCCUKinfo

The NCC aims to “develop new technologies for the design and rapid manufacture of high-quality composite products”. It has a new facility on the Bristol and Bath science park, and also works with other regional composite sites, including the University of Bristol’s Advanced Composite Centre for Innovation and Science (ACCIS).

Relevant areas of research for chemists may include: composites design and structural analysis, materials engineering and testing, and quality.

The NCC currently has few vacancies available, although there are PhD studentships and research associates available on the ACCIS job site.

Warwick Manufacturing Group

Location: Warwick

Partners: University of Warwick

Jobs listed on jobs.ac.uk and the University of Warwick job site

Twitter: @wmgwarwick

The WMG is a well-established R&D group, supporting a range of industries. Within the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, the WMG’s focus is on low carbon mobility. There are three research themes: lightweight product (advanced materials manufacture and performance), energy storage and management, and digital validation and verification.

The first theme builds on the WMG’s research experience in materials and manufacture – including ceramics, metals & alloys, polymers & composites, sustainable materials and materials characterization. For the second theme, there is a new facility planned for energy storage R&D which may provide further opportunities.

In total, the WMG has 450 people working on the Warwick campus, and they are currently recruiting research fellows.