Job description

Graduate Geologist

Are you ready to take the first step in your Geology career and looking for an exciting opportunity; British Gypsum can help you make it. We are recruiting for a Graduate Geologist to join us in our Operations, Geological and Mining Team based out of East Leake, Leicestershire.

We are part of a world-leading organisation Saint-Gobain who feature in the top 100 companies. We can offer you opportunities to deliver business results and make our world a better home, by creating spaces where people and community’s flourish.

Our business is all about our people and making a difference to our customers by taking initiative and driving continuous improvement. We want you to focus on the work you enjoy most.

Unsurprisingly, we’re constantly on the lookout for talented graduates who can help take our company into the future. People who will grow and develop their careers with us.

And that’s where you come in!

Join our Graduate Community where you’ll undertake a combination of on-the-job training, practical skills development, coaching and mentoring and get to share your thinking and ideas.

From the moment you start with us, you will be given real responsibility and you’ll be working on real projects making a real impact from day one. This role will see you develop your technical skills in a wide variety of support activities, including exploration drilling, reserve calculation, computer modelling, surveying, mine planning, chemical analysis, hydrogeology, planning applications and estates management. You will be learning new skills, applying your geological knowledge and contributing to the success of the mining and quarrying operations from day one

You will also be part of the Graduate Network / Early Careers Group that offers continuing professional development opportunities, activities include:

• Networking opportunities
• Participation in charity events
• Responding to business commitments by supporting cross functional projects
• Participation in STEM events
• Developing University and Institutional links

What you will do:

As a Graduate Geologist, you will:

• Contribute to strengthen our safety culture putting safety at the forefront of everything you do.
• To provide geological support to the companies operational and disused mines/quarries.
• To assist with management of the company’s mineral resources: exploration, development, and subsequent restoration
• To assist with the management of legacy issues arising from old gypsum sites.
• To assist with the management the land & mineral estate.
• Work on projects across our UK sites

What you’ll need:

• You will hold or be expecting to graduate in 2023 with one of the following Degree qualifications or equivalent:
• Geology
• Geochemistry
• Engineering Geology
• Can demonstrate good levels of attention to detail when collecting and analysing geological / quality data
• Have strong communication skills and is confident presenting complex results
• Technical minded and can solve problems effectively using clear, logical processes and looks for solutions to problems
• Strong relationship building skills with internal and external stakeholders / customers
• Experience and /or an interest in the extractive industry
• Full UK Driving Licence and has the flexibility to work at different locations in the UK

What you will get:

• Our salaries are generous, and our benefits are excellent
• Access to 100s of high street leisure discounts, as well as state of the art rewards system
• A defined contribution pension scheme
• Automatic life assurance cover through the Saint-Gobain scheme
• Plus, plenty more…

We are an inclusive employer and keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, what football team you support, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you.

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

Now we’ve got you interested, apply today through our Carers site –

https://www.saint-gobain.com/en/careers

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Graduate

Salary: £30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Canteen
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Flexitime
• Free fitness classes
• Free parking
• Gym membership
• Life insurance
• On-site gym
• On-site parking
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Profit sharing
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Performance bonus
• Safety bonus
• Yearly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Loughborough, Leicestershire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (required)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: 11197