2025 Italy Graduate Chemical Engineering Career Path
**Country**:Italy**Position Location**:Genova, Italy**Contract Type**:Permanent**Work Pattern**:Full Time**Sector**:Energy**Discipline**:Energy**Job Ref**:5276The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, thermal, waste, renewable generation, and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle - from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we're helping to deliver the energy transition globally.- In this position you will have the opportunity to work on basic and detailed engineering of thermal power plants and responsible for design and assessment of process systems both within Spain and internationally. Our process and chemical engineering expertise provides a core discipline across new build and decommissioning projects, allowing our experts to develop appropriate, safe, and cost-effective designs and long-term sustainable solutions.
Your typical work will include:
- Involvement in the project lifecycle on single projects, or portfolio of projects; from conception through to detailed design and decommissioning.
- Preparing documents, reports, calculations and drawings.
- Interpret and report on commercial and/or contractual aspects of projects with fellow professionals.
- Maintain a comprehensive knowledge and appreciation of current technologies, technical engineering codes and practises, and take an advisory role in technical matters.- To be eligible for this opportunity, you will have **less than 12 months relevant experience** (excluding placements) and have a **master's degree** (obtained **no earlier than 2023**) or are expected to achieve one in **chemical engineering.**- We are looking for graduates with the following characteristics:
- Methodical approach to problem solving.
- Ability to use your initiative to undertake tasks efficiently and independently.
- Excellent verbal communication skills, which allow you to confidently liaise with clients and team members.
- Excellent written communication and attention to detail.
- Fluent in Italian and English.
- Willingness to travel short and long term.
- As we want the best people for the role, we support flexible working. Please ask us at interview stage about any flexibility you may need.**About your development**
A graduate position should be more than just a job. We know this and so do you. That's why with our graduate roles, we aim to give you the experience and technical knowledge you need to progress your career.- From the moment you join us, you'll receive the training you need. You will be assigned a chartered mentor, who will guide you to meet the objectives of your professional training agreement. We'll support you on your journey to gaining chartered status with your chosen institution.**What else is involved?**
You'll be enrolled onto Accelerate Your Future, a structured three-year soft-skills development programme which develops the strengths that we know graduates need to be successful at Mott MacDonald. It also gives you the opportunity to network and meet other graduates in your cohort. The programme is a mix of residential events, classroom-based learning, virtual webinars, and sustainability and social impact challenges.- In addition to developing your soft skills, we recognise that each persons career goals vary, so when rolling off the programme we provide you with the tools and support to develop your ongoing career the way you wish to. Alongside our vast library of e-learning courses available to you, you can choose which direction you want your career to go in.- You will have the opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our Social Outcomes and the difference we can make!- You're probably wondering what else is on offer. Join us, and you'll get:
- Biannual salary reviews: we believe that hard work should be rewarded and recognised. Therefore, for the first three years of your career with us, you'll have biannual salary reviews.
- A competitive salary: in addition to biannual reviews, we will ensure that you're given a salary that matches the current industry standard
**Our social side**
Being part of Mott MacDonald means more than just work, there's a huge range of fun and exciting things that you can get involved in.- From the moment you join us, you'll have the opportunity to expand your social and professional network, whether it's meeting other graduates or joining forces with other members of staff from around the company at our annual sports day. Each of our offices have a sports and social committee which will give you the chance to be part of a variety of sports, social and charity events. We're committed to promoting a strong culture of social responsibility and encourage our staf