We’re recruiting across 3 main areas and you can find out more about each below.

Whichever stream you choose, the structure of your programme is designed to challenge and stretch you, developing a broad understanding of our business, technical expertise and the skills and knowledge needed by our future leaders.

Specific requirements for each stream are listed below, but whichever route you choose, you’ll demonstrate clear ambition, and aptitude for leadership and arrange of academic and personal attributes that will enable you to make an early impact and add value to JM.

Commercial Stream Location : Shanghai

You know that the world we operate in is changing - global competitors, increasingly complex buying processes and multiple internal and external stakeholders are just a few of the challenges we face. You’ll recognise that we must keep innovating to meet customer needs whilst continuing to sustain our competitive advantage. As a Commercial Graduate you’ll experience an early career that’s customer focussed and challenging. You’ll have the opportunity to learn what we do across different commercial areas and industry sectors, helping to drive innovation and growth. Developing highly transferable skills as you go, you could find yourself involved in:

Business development - a fundamental driver for our commercial teams and critical to our ambitious growth strategy; working with prestigious clients to maintain relationships and secure significant new contracts. Or you could be part of a team launching new products and services.

Market research - gaining valuable insights into potential new markets and advising on sales and marketing strategy.

Driving commercial excellence – becoming a commercial expert, making sure we share knowledge and best practice and develop world class processes and business models.

Your learning will be underpinned by training and expertise from our Commercial Academy and you’ll be mentored by a Senior Commercial Manager or Director. Combined with your leadership training, you can expect to be incredibly well placed for an exciting and successful career at JM.

Ideally you will have a relevant technical degree at Bachelors level or above (e.g. Chemical Engineering, Materials Science etc.) With a sound academic track record.

Importantly you’ll need to be able to demonstrate your interest in moving into a commercial role, and the broader abilities you can bring to help you succeed.

Alternatively, you may in a business/commercial/law based discipline. You’ll need to show a real passion for applying these skills in a science and technology environment and demonstrate your ability to readily understand our products and services.

Engineering /Operation Stream : Shanghai

Operational Excellence is at the heart of everything we do. Boosting efficiency, creating high performing teams and continuously improving our processes - whilst maintaining the highest standards of safety - all require great technical knowledge combined with outstanding leadership. As an Operations Graduate, you’ll develop the skills needed to make this happen.

You’ll experience a number of our facilities and manufacturing/process technologies across the UK, gaining fascinating insights, with each rotation building the level of responsibility you take on. Whether managing teams, processes or driving through improvement activity your placements could involve working in, for example:

Auto-catalyst manufacturingt – as the supplier of one third of the world’s auto-catalysts, our high-tech production facilities are continually evolving.

Industrial catalysts and absorbents – serving a number of industries, from pharmaceuticals to refineries, always ensuring the highest production standards

Precious Metal Products - manages, distributes, refines and recycles precious metals and fabricates products using precious metals and related materials.

Battery systems - design and manufacture of advanced lithium-ion battery systems tailored to the specific needs of our customers – from prototype to volume production.

The above provides just a flavour of the breadth of our organisation. You’ll help us share best practice across the group and benefit from our Manufacturing Excellence training programmes, with access to support from leading experts from across the globe.

A sound academic record in a relevant degree such as Manufacturing Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Materials Science.

Science Stream: Shanghai

Research & Development is at our core. We take it seriously, investing circa ￡200m per year. Our science sets us apart from the competition, drives sustainability and sets the pace for innovation across JM. Learning from the best, you’ll hone your technical skills and apply your knowledge across a diverse range of disciplines, whilst developing into a future leader who can successfully lead projects, teams and help us tackle our strategic R&D challenges.

You’ll also benefit from sector- based placements, where the links between lab, production and customer are even closer, broadening your skills set as you help our products reach their market.

An outstanding academic background, with a Masters or PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Materials Science.