Engineering Graduate

Graduate engineering role at ExxonMobil’s Fawley petrochemical complex, with rotations across asset support, process safety/environment, supply chain, and project engineering.

About us

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living while reducing emissions. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.

The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies. 

We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can work together.

ExxonMobil has operated in the U.K. for more than 135 years. We are best known today for the marketing of our Esso fuels and Mobil 1 lubricants and for our petrochemicals. We have refining and chemical operations in the UK and we operate the UK’s biggest private pipeline network. More recently, we are developing our involvement in lower emission projects in the UK, hydrogen production and biofuels.

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.  

What you will do

ExxonMobil’s graduate pathway is designed to build a career platform of technical, industry and specialist knowledge. It will give you the tools and opportunities to establish your own career path into senior engineering and/or management positions and support you in gaining further professional registration such as chartership, via our accredited mentoring programmes.

During your first years in the company, you will move through a range of different roles which will give you exposure to a variety of challenges and work styles.

Some examples of typical early career rotations are:

• Asset Support Engineer – Providing daily technical support as part of a team ensuring that our production units run safely and reliably to manufacture on-grade products

• Process Safety Engineer or Environmental Engineer – Protecting our people, local communities and the environment by identifying and mitigating potential risks

• Supply Chain Coordinator – Maximising the profitability of the site through managing the movement and storage of feed, raw materials and products to meet market demand

• Project Engineer – Providing project management and engineering design for capital investments that make our facilities safer, more efficient and more profitable

Where you will work

Located on the South Coast of England, Fawley is the UK’s largest integrated petrochemical complex, producing a range of energy products, lubricants and chemicals that are vital to our everyday lives. Opened by Prime Minister Clement Atlee in September 1951, the complex covers 3,250 acres and provides employment for 2,500 valued staff and contractors.

 In addition to being a manufacturing hub, Fawley is also home to ExxonMobil UK’s commercial headquarters with product sales, marketing and business development teams based on site.

What's in it for you?

We start as we mean to go on. From an early stage, graduates are given meaningful responsibilities and are expected to contribute to real business outcomes, develop practical solutions and take ownership for delivery. There will be structured training programmes, designed to give you strong technical, managerial and behavioural foundations.

You will also receive:

• Competitive starting salary

• Resettlement allowance (subject to eligibility)

• Defined benefit pension scheme

• Share incentive plan

• Private healthcare for employees and their families 

• Free gym on site

What we’re looking for

We're looking for engineers who combine strong technical fundamentals with a practical, delivery-focused mindset.  Successful candidates will be curious, resilient and action-oriented problem solvers who enjoy working in a manufacturing environment and taking ownership of real-world challenges.  We value individuals who can adapt quickly, challenge constructively, simplify complex problems and drive outcomes through collaboration with operations and engineering teams.

Academic ability is important, but it is not the sole differentiator for success.  We are looking for engineers who are motivated to take ownership, continuously improve the way work is done and deliver measurable results through others as well as through their own technical capability. 

To be eligible for this role, you must:

• Be graduating in 2027 or have graduated in the last 2 years (2025-2026 inclusive)

• Be seeking to start employment in September 2027

• Be expecting at least a 2:1 BEng degree in Chemical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering*

• Be able to demonstrate strong personal effectiveness, leadership potential and the ability to influence outcomes through collaboration

• Be motivated to continue your professional development as an engineer and work with Company mentors towards professional Chartership