Guardian is one of the largest glass producers and innovators in the world. All UK manufacturing is based at the plant in Goole, East Yorkshire. We have recently made significant investment in a new furnace that uses advanced technology and will secure glass manufacture at the site for the next 20 years. We are looking to recruit current or recent graduates to join our team to help drive our culture and transform our business.
Our team
Successful candidates will be part of the Graduate Development Programme. The programme is made up of placements where you will work as part of a team or lead specific projects tailored to develop operational knowledge.
There will also be opportunities to demonstrate and develop your leadership skills. The programme will be tailored to you to ensure you realise your potential building on your strengths, aspirations, and passions!
What you will do
- You will undertake a series of placements within different areas of the business and operation.
- You will be given accountability and responsibilities. Secondments will include but not limited to part of the day-to-day manufacturing shift teams, operational support, or improvement teams.
- You will be given the necessary training, support, and coaching.
Who you are
Basic qualifications
- A degree in Industrial Engineering, Business, Science or Manufacturing rated subject.
- Excellent and confident communication skills.
- Behaviours and beliefs aligned with our principled based management culture (PBM).
- A passion for learning, working with others and personal development
- The potential to develop into a supervisor and leader over time, ability to advance our culture and business through our people.
- Positive approach to transformative opportunities that will grow our business and our people.
- Proven entrepreneurship
- Evidence of strong data driven analytical, decision-making, and good critical thinking skills, can apply industry best practice tools & methodologies.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office 365 applications. Experience in digital data handling, visualisation, automated workflow is advantageous: Power BI, SQL, SEEQ, MS Power Automate.
Benefits
- On-site health and welfare support (e.g., physio and chiropody)
- Service related annual leave entitlement
- Contribution Pension Plan
- BUPA Private Medical Cover – with an option to upgrade to family cover
- Life Assurance
- Employee wellbeing interventions
- Support for charity and family events
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data.
The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Who we are
As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes, offices and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects.
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