UK & Ireland Graduate Programme 2026 in Manchester

This is a great opportunity for 10 Graduates to join an 18-month Engineering or commercial graduate programme designed to give you on the job learning and professional skills development where you will develop and learn across two exciting 8-month placements.

Your Placements:

• Your first placement will be within either an Engineering or a Commercial function. This will provide you with an insight of all of the diverse opportunities available in our business.
• Your second placement will put you at the heart of our business, as you experience life at one of our operational sites, giving you a real view of what we do.

Our placement journey has been mapped to enable you to get to know our business and how it operates, whilst also developing and building your own competencies, identifying what you enjoy doing and growing your professional career.

Business Innovation Challenge:

Following your business placements, you will spend one month working collaboratively with other graduates on a business innovation project and present back on your findings and solutions to our business leaders.

Graduate Community:

You will be welcomed onto a programme where you and your fellow graduate cohort will partake in initiatives, and socials. Alongside this, you will have access to mentorship from a senior team member, your own buddy on the programme and from our early professional community. This is designed to give you an opportunity to network, share learning and gain exposure to the wider business. You will get to solve problems together, live out our values of community and inclusion, and most importantly have fun while doing it!

With us, our aim is to effectively land you in roles aligned to business needs, your qualifications, experience, interests and learning path and to ensure you are ready to start your career with us.

What makes you great:

• Engineering, STEM or any Business/Commercial degrees are of interest; Master’s degree are also accepted.
• Communication: You have excellent communication skills with the ability to participate and engage effectively as part of a team.
• Pro-Active: You are a self-motivated and driven individual with big aspirations to make a difference using fresh perspective.
• Continuous Learning: You are inquisitive, embrace challenges and have a passion to learn, grow and develop.
• Leadership: You have the ambition to become a business leader with empathy and to develop your ability to motivate, inspire and connect with people.

Furthermore, you will need to be mobile and willing to relocate with either a UK driving license or sufficient means of travel, as your placements will give you the chance to experience our other offices and sites across UK and Ireland.

Why you will love working with us:

We are the largest provider of industrial, medical and special gases in the UK and Ireland. From cutting harmful emissions, to providing life-saving oxygen and keeping food fresh, our gases play an essential role in everyday life. Our values – Safety, Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion and Community – are at the heart of everything we do. They help us create an environment that puts safety first, where people do things the right way, new ideas are welcomed and everyone can be themselves. At BOC, we take pride in our people and work hard to provide an enriching, enjoyable place to work. We have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, stay and excel. We are always raising the bar, and because we are part of Linde, a global company, our people have limitless opportunities to grow and make a difference, all over the world.

What we offer you!

• Competitive starting salary – We’re proud to offer you a starting salary of £36,000.
• Join us on the path to Net Zero – We are already at the heart of decarbonisation, but you have the power to shape the future of clean energy.
• Kickstart a career – You’ll be learning new skills across our organisation and have the support of a mentor to help you drive a career path both nationally and internationally.
• Time off to do the things you enjoy – You’ll have 25 days paid annual leave to take every year.
• Learning and development – Grow to be your best as you’ll benefit from our wide variety of learning and development opportunities.
• Enjoy all our other perks and benefits – Your salary is just the start! You’ll get private medical insurance, free eye tests, a great pension scheme and access to discounts, offers and savings with our discount gateway.
• Make a difference – Participate in community days, championing STEM and finding our next future talent!
• Be part of a global team – You will get to collaborate with other early professionals but also teams in our other regions across 80 countries.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are more than happy to work with you to provide reasonable adjustments to enable you to present your best self. Not sure if you fulfil the full criteria for this role? Regardless, we'd still like to hear from you! We look forward to receiving your application via our online careers site, hearing your story and getting to know you better!