Technical Graduate

  • Stocksbridge
  • Liberty Steel Group
The Vacancy Our Technical function ensures that our products meet and exceed our customers’ exacting needs, both now and in the future. The roles are varied but the challenge is always the same: to develop and improve every grade of steel, so that it’s ready to meet the demands of every possible application, from green energy to aerospace and beyond. Technical excellence is at the heart of everything we do, underpinning areas including quality assurance, laboratory management, non-destructive testing, metallurgical investigations, and process optimisation of steelmaking, rolling and heat treatment. Whilst there’s plenty of scope for independent working, you could just as easily find yourself in a customer-facing role, working alongside Commercial and Supply Chain colleagues, liaising with Research & Development, or collaborating with our Operational teams.Benefits35 days holiday annual holidays including Bank holidays.Private Medical InsuranceGenerous Pension schemeFree Life Assurance and Income Protection SchemesEmployee Assistance ProgramRetail Discount SchemeCareer ProgressionThe RoleOur Technical teams are central to everything we do, project managing and problem-solving in support of our overarching business objectives.Highly skilled, imaginative, and constantly learning, they help us to develop and improve the steelmaking process and enhance our capability to produce high value, high quality steels.From interpreting customer and end-user requirements to chemical and metallurgical analysis and new product development, the variety of experiences here is unlike any other company. Whatever your interest, there will be the scope to develop here.The RequirementsYou must have a minimum of a 2:2 which will probably have been gained in one of these areas: Materials Engineering; Chemistry; Chemical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Physics; Environmental Science (not speciality); Aerospace Engineering; Aeronautical Engineering; Geology (not speciality).As your career progresses, you will also need good leadership skills, with the analytical thinking and judgement required for effective decision-making.As part of a global organisation, it’s also vital that you understand and engage with our culture.We’re passionate about achievement, excellence and breakthrough thinking, and people at every level here have a thirst for developing their knowledge.You’ll embrace change with enthusiasm, take ownership of issues and inspire others towards a culture of innovation.Wherever your interest or specialism lies there is a position within the industry that will enable you develop throughout your career with a diversity you will not find anywhere else.