Meet SABIC ’ s ‘ year in industry ’ students
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Learners – SABIC ’ s students , from left , Anas Al-Hindawi , Zach Purdy , Erin Donnelly , George Fleming and Frankie Roberts .
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Meet SABIC ’ s ‘ year in industry ’ students
SABIC has recently employed five students with “ year in industry ” placements at their Wilton site in Redcar and North Tees Logistics site . The undergraduate students are currently studying at Teesside and Leeds universities .
Their degrees include mechanical engineering , chemical engineering and instrumentation and electrical engineering .
The students are matched with a mentor who is an experienced member of the SABIC team and is also experienced in the engineering discipline the student is studying .
Students are then placed across various SABIC assets , including Olefins 6 , a large-scale ethylene “ Cracker ” and System 18 , one of the world ’ s largest low-density polyethylene plants .
The North Tees site provides logistical facilities , including storage tanks , underground salt cavities , liquefaction plants and jetties .
Each student is given tasks they can take ownership of and are supported to see the tasks through to completion by their mentor and the wider SABIC team .
In addition , the students are also supported by SABIC ’ s HR team .
The objective for SABIC having a “ year in industry ” initiative is to invest in future workforce skills , working with local universities , but the benefits of having the students working at site with an experienced team is far reaching for the mentors and students alike .
SABIC also has five apprentices joining the business in September and , in addition , is actively recruiting for various engineering roles across its sites .
SABIC Teesside site director Jos Visser said : “ I am delighted that we can support the students with their education via their placements with SABIC .
“ As a business , we rely on many skilled people to be successful . If we don ’ t have skilled engineering professionals available to us in the future , this would be extremely challenging for us .
“ As well as the students gaining valuable experience , this is also a positive experience for the rest of our workforce .
“ The students bring with them great energy , inquisitive minds and great attitudes about their opportunity with SABIC .
“ I am also very thankful to the experienced mentors who are generous in their support and knowledge-sharing with the students .”
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