The Shell Graduate Program

Within the technical area of the Shell Graduate Program, you’ll embark on a 5-year training program that offers talented individuals a comprehensive introduction to various areas of Shell’s business and operations. The program is designed to help you make the most of your professional potential.

From day one, you’ll have a supervisor and mentor to help you establish and execute an Individual Development Plan outlining your career goals and how you’ll achieve them. Throughout this time, you’ll be placed in a wide range of hands-on roles with competence-based tasks, challenging and inspiring you to discover your strengths, develop your skills and broaden your experience in various real-world situations.

This program will also give you the opportunity to hone your expertise and leadership abilities and obtain industry-recognized qualifications through formal training courses, discipline-specific e-learning modules and world-class workshops. In addition, you’ll receive support from an international network of seasoned industry professionals. To monitor and track your performance in the program, your supervisor and mentor will conduct regular progress checks. Upon successful completion of your final review, you’ll be placed in the Shell Advanced Technical Program, which will prepare you for a more senior role at our company.

Civil, Structures and Offshore Engineering

As a Civil and Offshore Structures Engineer, you'll be part of a team of professionals working to maintain the structural integrity of our assets and deliver cost effective solutions. An engineering job at Shell is a chance to progress your career with a global energy leader, as well as an opportunity for you to make an impact on the future of the industry. As a Civil and Offshore Structures Engineer, you'll play a key role in the design of major projects, and work alongside fellow problem solvers to maintain key assets. 

Roles and responsibilities

Roles can include:

  • Design of major projects
  • Operations
  • Asset maintenance

Your responsibilities could include:

  • Delivering technical support in multi-disciplinary teams
  • Undertaking site visits
  • Overseeing delivery from contractors

Training and development opportunities

The Shell Graduate Program includes on-the-job training, exposure to a wide range of technical work and face-to-face training events. You can also expect senior staff coaching within Civil, Structures and Offshore Engineering; and across broader engineering disciplines. You'll follow a structured program leading to an external professional engineering qualification; e.g. Ceng, MICE, RINA. Upon completion of the program, there are opportunities to work in your chosen area of expertise on one of our major projects or assets.

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