Student Placement Fixed Term - Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom - Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland

Description

Are you in an active university course, studying Materials Science/Materials Engineering or Chemistry or related degree subject and looking for a student placement?
Scientist Placement- one-year fixed term contract
Here at Saint Gobain Interior Solutions, we're offering a Scientist placement at our site in East Leake, Loughborough.

This is based onsite 5 days a week Mon-Friday 8.This placement sits within our Acoustic and Structures team in the Building Test Centre.

Saint Gobain Interior Solutions is one of more than 30 exciting Saint-Gobain brands in the UK.

The Saint-Gobain Interior Solutions portfolio of brands brings our full range of solutions and knowledge together all under one roof, this includes British Gypsum and Isover.

Saint Gobain was established in the year 1665 and have grown to employ 179,000 people, with over 100 different nationalities working with us in 76 countries.

This really helps us in our corporate and social responsibilities in helping us with our purpose which is to "make the world a better home" and specifically contribute to our target of zero carbon by 2050.

As a business, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and solutions that have a positive impact on each of us and provide wellbeing, quality of life and performance, all while caring for the planet.

in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in many industrial applications. They provide comfort, performance and safety while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and climate change.
Hands-on laboratory work, getting involved in Acoustic and Structural testing in a UKAS accredited laboratory.
Help deliver a high standard of testing for internal and external customers.
Producing testing reports.
Getting involved with continuous improvement activities, local process improvements and 5S projects.

Supporting the department on key tasks and projects, working both independently and within teams with constant support, guidance, and mentorship from our specialised colleagues.

The exciting opportunity to gain invaluable experience with our building test centre
A competitive salary
Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle.
Ideally you will have used Microsoft suite software.
The ability to interpret, analyse and understand data.

Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role.