Trainee Process Engineering Refinery (all genders)

Join our Fresh Graduate Program starting in September 2024!

Establish broad understanding of OMV's Fuels & Feedstock business through target-oriented on-the-job experience and participation in sustainable energy projects. OMV's Fuels & Feedstock business unit produces and sells fuels and feedstock for the chemical's industry and operates refineries and filling stations. Support us to realize our ambitious goals of becoming a net-zero-business by 2050 and proactively expedite the transition from a linear to a circular economy.

Enjoy the chance to learn from our experts and complete your practical knowledge of our operations, technologies, processes, and projects in numerous trainings and on the job experience.

Get to know OMV even better and build your network throuh job rotation and discussions with senior team members.

As one of Austria's largest listed industrial companies and a global energy and chemicals group, OMV is working on answers to address the challenges of climate change. The agenda is to become a leading supplier of sustainable fuels, chemicals and materials with a focus on circular economy solutions by 2030, and to be climate neutral by 2050 at the latest. This is the mission of our approximately 22,300 employees.

Sustainability: Our approach

In Chemicals & Materials, OMV through its subsidiary Borealis, is one of the world's leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions and a European market leader in base chemicals and plastics recycling. Together with its two major joint ventures - Borouge (with ADNOC, in the UAE and Singapore) and Baystar (with TotalEnergies, in the USA) - Borealis supplies products and services to customers across the globe. OMV's Fuels & Feedstock business produces and markets fuels as well as feedstock for the chemical industry, operates three refineries in Europe, and holds a 15% stake in a refining joint venture in the UAE. OMV operates around 1,700 filling stations in eight European countries. In the Energy segment, OMV explores and produces oil and gas in the four core regions of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, North Sea, and Asia-Pacific. Average daily production in 2022 amounted to 392 kboe/d. Its activities also include the Low Carbon Business as well as the entire gas business.

Our business

Your tasks

• Ensuring compliance with legal, OMV, and internal HSSE regulations through regular checks and implementation of corrective measures, following instructions, rules, and applicable operating procedures.
• Conducting safety audits and documenting them in the corresponding IT system, as well as performing random checks to ensure compliance with safety requirements.
• Participating in HAZOP, SWIFT, RBI, and other analyses, incident investigations in the assigned production area, and deriving necessary actions within the team.
• Continuously optimizing and contributing to production planning, considering safety, environment, cost-effectiveness, and reliability. Regularly monitoring and providing instructions for plant operations while ensuring process safety.
• Providing guidance on the efficient use of resources, chemicals, and catalysts, and collaborating with relevant departments to initiate, develop, and implement improvement measures.
• Creating reports on plant performance, assessing them, and proposing improvement actions.
• Collaborating on projects related to new and replacement investments, participating in projects to ensure operational requirements, and preparing investment submissions (change requests) for the responsible area.
• Handling special tasks as directed by the Department Manager or Head of Department Operations in the assigned production area.

Your profile

• University degree (master/diploma) in process engineering, mechanical engineering, technical physik and/or technical chemistry.
• Passion for Process Design and Optimization and an organizational talent.
• Building and sustaining partnerships and networks.
• Flexibility: The capacity to adapt to different situations, people, or groups effectively.
• Basic Conflict Management Skills and an entrepreneurial thinking.
• Fluent in English and German.

What to expect from OMV

We believe that we can only evolve and thrive as a company with a highly diverse mix of employees and by ensuring a healthy work-life balance. We have a strong culture of collaboration and our group values "we care, we're curious, we progress" are guiding us along the way on our path into a sustainable future.

We will encourage you to take on new responsibilities, work across different functions, become involved in new projects, as well as completing international assignments. In return, we have excellent development programs that will help you achieve your career goals and reach your potential.

What OMV can offer you

The opportunity to join an internationally renowned company in a fast-moving business sector, providing excellent development opportunities. We offer an attractive compensation package that matches your qualifications and professional experience. The minimum gross annual salary according to the collective agreement amounts to EUR 67.139,84 including 5 hours overtime lump sum (finished technical Master´s degree) or 64.944,80 including 5 hours over time lump sum (finished non-technical Master).

OMV offers relocation packages for international moves and here are some of our attractive benefits:

• Work-Life Balance: Flexible Working Time & Homeoffice.
• Health-Center.
• Canteen with healthy meal options.
• Public Transport Refund.
• Contribution Based Pension Fund Scheme.
• Diverse trainings as well as educational leave.
• Sabbaticals.
• Company Kindergarten & Summer Kids Camp.
• A big variety in culture, health and fitness offers.

Your contact

Please contact Dominik Leithner for further Information.