Engineering Summer Placement: Hands-On Plant Experience

Exxonmobil; Southampton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

ExxonMobil in the United Kingdom offers a 8-week Summer Placement for engineering students, designed to apply degree knowledge in a real operational setting. You will work in pairs or small teams on plant challenges, with training, supervision and coaching, and interactions with a skilled manufacturing team.

Applicants should be on track to graduate with at least a 2:1 in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering in 2028 and be available from July 2027.

Qualifications

• Strong technical fundamentals essential for engineering challenges.
• Delivery-focused mindset with ability to drive outcomes.
• Demonstrated leadership potential and collaborative influence.
• Open to applying engineering knowledge to real-world plant environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, coordinate, and analyse a plant trial or scope a small capital project.
• Work in pairs or small teams to address real-life plant challenges.
• Receive training, supervision, and coaching; interact with manufacturing team.
• Think independently, take initiative and be innovative.

Skills

Technical fundamentals

Delivery-focused mindset

Leadership potential

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

ExxonMobil in the United Kingdom offers a 8-week Summer Placement for engineering students, designed to apply degree knowledge in a real operational setting. You will work in pairs or small teams on plant challenges, with training, supervision and coaching, and interactions with a skilled manufacturing team.

Applicants should be on track to graduate with at least a 2:1 in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering in 2028 and be available from July 2027.