Summer Placement – Fawley – Chemical Engineer

What role you will play in our team

We are now recruiting for our 2026 UK Summer Placement Programme and we are seeking exceptional people who want to spend 8 weeks at our Fawley Refinery and Petrochemical Manufacturing site, undertaking a project delivering both business value and personal development.

While on placement with Exxon Mobil you will have support and guidance from managers, supervisors and more recent graduates to enable you to apply your degree knowledge and work on a real life business challenge, gaining confidence and experience as an individual, and learning how to be effective in a real operational environment.

Placement students work in pairs or small teams to address a real-life plant challenge. You could find yourself designing, coordinating, and analysing a plant optimisation trial or scoping a small capital project.

There will be opportunities to think independently, take initiative and be innovative. You will receive training, supervision and coaching support, and have opportunities to interact with our highly skilled Manufacturing team and experience world scale Chemical Engineering operations.

To be eligible for this role, you must:

• Be starting your final year in Autumn 2026
• Be expecting a minimum of a 2:1 Bachelors in Chemical Engineering
• Be seeking to gain work experience on 8 weeks paid Summer Placement commencing in July 2026

Successful candidates should possess a broad range of personal effectiveness and leadership skills, with the ability to facilitate and influence business decisions in a team environment.

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.

Exxon Mobil and its United Kingdom subsidiary companies, Esso Petroleum Company, Limited, and Exxon Mobil 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.

The closing date for this opportunity is Sunday 2nd November 2025.