Maintenance Engineering Apprentice

Overview

Exxon Mobil recognises that recruiting and developing the right people is key to our success. We are currently recruiting for Maintenance Engineering Apprenticeship opportunities across three trades — mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation — to join our team at our integrated Fawley Refinery and Chemical Complex in Hampshire, where you'll discover an intricate mass of valves, towers, exchangers and pipes, offering opportunities to challenge and extend your skills every day.

You will join a team committed to producing the energy and chemical products that are essential to modern life, economic development, and improved standards of living, while protecting our people, the environment and the well-being of communities where we operate.

Exxon Mobil has operated in the U.K. for more than 135 years. We are best known today for the marketing of Esso fuels and Mobil 1 lubricants and for our petrochemicals. We have refining and chemical operations in the UK, operate the UK's biggest private pipeline network and retain a non-operated share in a number of fields in the North Sea.

We are developing involvement in lower emission projects in the UK, including carbon capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen production and biofuels. Benefits may change from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law. Exxon Mobil and its United Kingdom subsidiary companies are equal opportunity employers. All applicants are offered equal opportunity to demonstrate their abilities during our recruitment processes;

please contact the Recruitment Team if you wish to discuss any particular requirements to enable you to complete our recruitment process.

• Hold a minimum of 4 GCSEs, grades A-C/9-4 (achieved or predicted), including Maths, English Language and Science
• Be over the age of 18 on commencement of employment
• Have a demonstrable interest in Engineering — no experience necessary
• Have a willingness to work outside (potentially at height), in appropriate safety equipment (including breathing apparatus)
• Work in our workshops and out on site, installing pumps, compressors, turbines and machine components, with precise tolerances and strong reliability to ensure safe and productive operations
• Learn to analyse failure modes, identify root causes and help develop and implement solutions to prevent repeat failures

• A commitment to high standards & safety in the workplace
• Self-motivation and a desire to learn
• Effective communication & team-working skills
• Numeracy skills and computer literacy

• A 3-year apprenticeship
• Beginning in September 2026
• Full time with allocated days with our training provider, Cogent Skills and college providers
• Training as part of your apprenticeship, including potential industry-recognised qualifications and certificates

• If your application meets or exceeds our minimum criteria following the closing date, you will be invited to take part in an online assessment
• Successful candidates will subsequently be invited to participate in a video interview
• For candidates who successfully navigate the steps above, the final round encompasses a half day assessment, in the week commencing 8th June 2026