Graduate Chemical Engineer: Fast-Track Career & Mentorship

About us

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for. The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.

We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. ExxonMobil has operated in the U.K. for more than 135 years. We are best known today for the marketing of our Esso fuels and Mobil 1 lubricants and for our petrochemicals. We have refining and chemical operations in the UK, we operate the UK’s biggest private pipeline network and we retain a non-operated share in a number of fields in the North Sea. More recently, we are developing our involvement in lower emission projects in the UK, hydrogen production and biofuels.

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

What’s in it for you?

We start as we mean to go on. There will be structured training programmes, designed to give you solid foundations in both technical, management and behavioural skills, with ongoing support and development throughout your career. You will also receive:

• Competitive starting salary
• Resettlement allowance (subject to eligibility)
• Defined Benefit Pension scheme
• Share incentive plan
• Private healthcare for employees and their families
• Free Gym at most UK sites

What you will do

The programme is designed to build a career platform of technical, industry and specialist knowledge. It will give you the tools and opportunity to establish your own career path in various senior engineering positions and allow you to explore gaining further professional registration such as chartership, with support via our accredited IChemE mentoring programme.

There are a range of different roles available to graduate chemical engineers at ExxonMobil, including the below:

• Contact Engineer – You could be providing daily technical support as part of a team on a unit ensuring on-grade production that meets global market demand
• Process Safety Engineer or Environmental Engineer – Protecting our people, local communities and the environment by identifying and mitigating potential risks
• Supply Chain coordination – Optimising the profitability of the site through managing the movement and storage of feed, raw materials and products to meet market demand
• Project Development Engineer – Responsible for project management and detailed engineering design of capital projects to make our facilities safer, more efficient and more profitable.

About you

To be eligible for this role, you must:

• Be expecting at least a 2:1 degree in Chemical Engineering, or similar degree course
• Be graduating in 2026 or have graduated in the last 3 years (2023-2025 inclusive).
• Be seeking to start employment in September 2026.
• Be able to demonstrate a broad range of personal effectiveness and leadership skills, with the ability to facilitate and influence business decisions in a team environment.
• Be motivated to continue your professional development as an engineer and work with Company mentors towards IChemE Chartership.
• Relevant work experience would be advantageous but is not essential.

What are the next steps?

If you are interested, you can apply now. The closing date for this opportunity is Sunday 19th October 2025, at which point we will commence our assessment process. If your application is not successful at any stage we will let you know as soon as we can. If your application meets or exceeds our minimum criteria following the closing date, you will be invited to part in a behavioural assessment. Successful candidates will subsequently be invited to participate in a Zoom interview including a technical competency assessment. For candidates who successfully navigate the steps above, our final round is a site visit in early December.

ExxonMobil recognises that recruiting and developing the right people is key to our success and so we look for applicants who demonstrate the right skills, attitudes, capability and potential. Our processes are designed to be robust, engaging and consistent.

Conditions of Employment

Successful candidates will be made a conditional offer of employment. The conditions include, but are not limited to: a satisfactory criminal records disclosure; satisfactory employment references over five years (where applicable); verification of qualifications, including any professional accreditation stated in the application; completion of a pre-employment medical, including a test for illicit or unprescribed drugs in accordance with the Company’s safety policies; and the legal right to work on the agreed commencement date.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

ExxonMobil and its United Kingdom subsidiary companies, Esso Petroleum Company, Limited, and ExxonMobil Chemical Limited, are equal opportunity employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. All applicants are offered equal opportunity to demonstrate their abilities during our recruitment processes, therefore, please contact the Recruitment Team if you wish to discuss any particular requirements to enable you to complete our recruitment process.