Technical Graduate Hartlepool, England
Job description
Job Title: Technical Graduate
Location: Hartlepool, TS25 2EG
Band: £28,500 plus £1,500 welcome bonus
Closing Date: 7th May 2023
At Tata Steel we believe that our strength is not just in our steel, but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference.
Your Tata Steel graduate programme is just the beginning, where you go next is up to you.
Apply today and let’s make the difference together.
We pride ourselves on our world-class products, processes and people. We value individuality and believe that exposing people to genuine challenges on live projects fosters creativity and allows potential to be fulfilled.
The Role
The scale of the work we do means that Tata is an immense arena for learning and development.
Our Technical function ensures that our products and processes meet and exceed our customers’ exacting needs, both now and in the future.
The roles are varied but the challenge is always the same: to develop and improve every grade of steel, so that it’s ready to meet the challenges of every possible application, from electrical use to aerospace and beyond.
Technical excellence is at the heart of everything we do, underpinning areas including product development, asset development, quality assurance, metallurgical investigations and customer support.
The Candidate
You must have at least a 2:1 in an Engineering or Science based Bachelor’s Degree.
It would be advantageous, but not essential, for the candidate to have knowledge / experience of the following:
- Steel casting and rolling processes
- Welding processes
- Heat treatment
- Mechanical testing
- Data analytics
- Some working experience as part of an industrial placement
Driven, passionate and tenacious, your strong sense of personal accountability is bolstered by your eye for the bigger picture. Outstanding problem-solving skills and the ability to inspire trust and build engagement are also essential.
As part of a global organisation, it’s vital that you understand and engage with our culture.
The Graduate Programme
There are few organisations who can offer the scale, complexity and diversity of career opportunities that you will find at Tata Steel. Throughout the programme you will gain experience of a wealth of systems, operations, methods and tools.
You will be supported by experienced professionals with excellent on the job training. You will be in charge of your graduate training programme whilst having access to different training opportunities both to develop your soft skills and your technical skills Tata Steel will give you real projects to deliver to help you develop programme skills, influence people and manage effectively.
You will have opportunities to work collaboratively with various departments to discover the best solutions whilst ensuring solutions proposed align with business strategic goals.
Experience gained will include the following:
- Planning and coordinating plant trials
- Cross functional working with upstream operations and support functions such as R&D
- Project management
- HFI pipe manufacture
You can expect to be challenged every day, but you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside professional experts who can help you achieve and exceed your own ambitions. Be part of our team and make the difference together.
The Offering
As well as your starting salary of £28,500 you will also be eligible for a wide variety of benefits including:
- One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes
- Welcome bonus
- 35 days’ holiday
- Private medical insurance
- Graduate loan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- CSR / volunteering opportunities
- Discounted shopping with various local and national retailers and services including Vodafone, Nandos, Virgin Holidays, Jaguar Land Rover, ASOS.
- A business and social networking platform for young professionals to develop in fun and energetic activities in and outside of work
The Business
Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.
But it’s not just our size that sets us apart. What makes us different is our approach to business. We believe our strength is how we build collaborative relationships that create new success for our customers.
Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.
