2025 Glencore Industrial Placement – Sustainability (Low Carbon Fuels)

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that support decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today.

We provide people the opportunity to develop their expertise and the confidence to grow their careers.

The Glencore 2025 Industrial Placement Programme

Designed to accelerate your career in the commodities trading, technology, engineering, or environmental science spheres, this 12-month programme gives talented undergraduates exposure to the world-class people and careers on offer at Glencore.

This is a fast-paced placement in our London office. You will be given your own areas of responsibility and have the opportunity to contribute to the work of the business from day one.

By the end of the programme, you will have developed strong skills in your chosen function. You will also be equipped with the highest level of professionalism, personal ownership and commercial aptitude – skills that are essential to future careers at Glencore.

The Sustainability (Low Carbon Fuels) Placement

Glencore’s carbon solutions teams are actively trading carbon, power, and biofuels/low-carbon fuels as part of our broader Climate Action Transition plan. This placement within the Sustainability team will give you day-to-day exposure to the process of certifying and trading low carbon fuels. Your day-to-day responsibilities could include (among other related topics):

• Timely management of biofuels mass balance data flow (inputs/outputs) related to sustainability documentation and mass balance (Both ISCC & Italian National Scheme).
• Working closely with counterparties’ sustainability teams, including issuing sustainability certificates (PoS) and checking received sustainability certificates.
• Calculating of Greenhouse gas emissions involved in biofuels production.
• Supporting the management of supply chain sustainability related information for the biofuels team.
  

Essential Requirements:

• IT literate; a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.
• Strong numerical skills – experience working with large amounts of data ideal.
• Strong research skills – an inherent curiosity and the ability to learn and retain new information quickly.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills

Who we look for

We are looking for driven, talented undergraduate students who are interested in an exciting, challenging career in the commodities sector.

Working at Glencore requires commercial awareness, adaptability and resilience – and you will need to thrive in team environments as well as take initiative independently.

We look for disciplined people who can demonstrate entrepreneurial ability, thrive on logistical challenges and can provide practical solutions to complex problems using their numerical capabilities.

You must be studying a degree with a year in industry, and successful candidates need to be available to start their placements in July 2025.

Application requirements

You are required to submit a CV and covering letter. Through the use of evidence and examples, your application must demonstrate:

• where you have generated additional value by utilising your entrepreneurial flair, commercial innovation or initiative
• your resilience and determination to succeed in a commercial/competitive environment
• your proficiency in solving and communicating complex problems
• your ability to build relationships, work in and influence a team
  

Applications close on 26/02/2025 and the successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK by the start of the placement.