General Graduate Opportunities

British Sugar is the leading supplier to the UK and Ireland food and beverage markets.

The sole processor of the UK sugar beet crop it produces more than 1 million tonnes of sugar in its 4 factories from 7 million tonnes of sugar beet. The company was the first to manufacture bioethanol in the UK at its Wissington site in Norfolk and seeks to turn all of its inputs into sustainable products.
 
Located in the East of England and East Midlands, our four state-of-the-art processing plants can match anything in the oil, chemical and power industries for complexity. Together our sites produce over 2.3 million tonnes of sustainable products every year, from sugar to animal feed and electricity to tomatoes.

Around 4,000 farmers contract with British Sugar every year and between September and March each year, seven and a half million tonnes of sugar beet are delivered to our sites. The sugar beet travels an average distance of 28 miles from farms to our factories.

We employ over 900 permanent staff and play an important role in the economic life of the communities in which we operate.

The factories operate around the clock, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s day included.
 
If you are keen to learn and to apply your knowledge to make a real difference to our factory operations; gaining expertise from day one and using it in a fast paced environment. That means you’ll need great interpersonal skills and have a talent for influencing those around you. A positive approach will be essential, whilst an ability to problem solve in innovative and lateral ways will be desirable. Of course, in such a challenging environment you’ll need the energy, tenacity and drive to stand out from the crowd.
 
Talent, drive and a real hunger for rapid advancement won’t actually be enough. You will also need at least a 2:1 in an appropriate degree, a proven track record of taking significant responsibility and clear evidence that you can handle hard work.
 
You will build a unique portfolio of skills by rotating around our teams to gain an understanding of our business, our customers and the way in which we operate.

You will be expected to undertake business roles and responsibilities from the outset gaining significant on-the-job experience. All of this activity will be supported by appropriate training and your progress formally reviewed every 6 months.

As well as having the ability and desire to progress there are key attributes that we look to exploit and develop throughout the schemes as they form the building blocks of success for our future leaders.

• A propensity for leadership 
• Proven cognitive and analytical ability 
• Strong interpersonal skills 
• Influencing skills 
• Confidence 
• Tenacity and drive 
• Desire to challenge 
• High energy levels

Our business, science, finance and agriculture graduate programmes begin with a comprehensive induction to the business, the structure, the market and the business issues we face.  This induction is followed by a series of core training modules to give graduates from all disciplines an insight into general business topics and general management skills.  Throughout the scheme each graduate will be supported by their own personally assigned mentor.  A wide variety of training courses are offered throughout the duration of the programme.
 
At British Sugar you are encouraged to take ownership of your own career progression to help you develop the expertise and personal qualities you will need to achieve your career goals.  A highly advanced programme of functional training and cross-functional project work will allow you to build wider credibility and competence.
 
Challenging work, early responsibility and exciting career opportunities are the hallmark of the British Sugar Graduate schemes.  Our flexible programmes provide the optimal combination of practical experience and structured training to prepare you for a career in senior management.
 
Application Deadline:
31 January 2012
 
Starting salary:
£25 - £28k dependent upon scheme
 
No of graduate positions:
6-8
 
First year based in:
East Anglia and the East Midlands
 
Head office location:
Peterborough, United Kingdom.
 
Disciplines accepted:
Dependent upon scheme : Business, Finance, Agriculture related.  Chemistry, Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry
 
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