Work Experience
Every year we like to offer a number of work experience placements for young people who live locally to our sites. We aim to offer meaningful experiences of working life to help inform young people, (like yourself!) about the options and pathways that are available.
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We have a vast range of departments across Victrex, and each have their own peak and off-peak periods during the year, this means that each work experience request is dealt with on a case-by-case basis and cannot be guaranteed.
Departments that typically help with work experience requests include Mechanical, Instrumental and Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Research and Development (R&D), Sustainability, Admin, Human Resources, Marketing Communications, Finance, Procurement, Health & Safety, IT, Cyber Security, and more!
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Our maximum placement period is 2 weeks, but we recommend 1 week as a suitable period of time, it’s plenty of time to get a taste of the working world, without it becoming overwhelming!
We ask that you make all requests at least 3 months prior to the placement to allow for enough time to plan with the relevant departments.
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It is important to us to directly support the children and young adults who live and attend schools close to our sites and so their requests will receive first priority. Where there is additional capacity, we may consider other students located further away who may want to travel to do their work experience with us.
Students must be able to get to and from site by themselves as well as provide their own lunch.
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Throughout any work experience, please be reassured that we want to ensure the safety of both you and our employees.
You will be supervised at all times during your work experience placement, and you may be required to wear certain Personal Protective Equipment, including clothing, we will provide these for you and there will be no cost to you, but please return all items to us!
It’s important that you follow all reasonable instructions from your Victrex buddy/supervisor throughout the work experience, they are responsible for keeping you safe, so please help them, help you.
Many of our employees are DBS checked due to the STEM outreach that we conduct, but you will have the contact details of our Corporate Social Responsibility Lead, who will organise the work experience person who you can speak to about safeguarding issues, as well as your own teachers, and of course your parents and guardians. -
We welcome all students to apply for work experience, if you are a person with a disability or are neurodivergent, please let us know in the form so we can work with you to still plan a meaningful work experience placement.
Victrex Enabling Support
Our aim is to provide the support of accessibility and community within Victrex for everyone.
So, if you need any help, advice or just want a confidential chat regarding any Diversity, Equity or Inclusion matters even before you apply to Victrex, then here is what you need to know:
The enabling support that Victrex prides itself on giving, starts from when anyone applies or wants to apply to join our team.
We are always here to help provide any ‘reasonable adjustments’ you may need during your application process. So please contact us to discuss your specific requirements in more depth …
We even have a dedicated email that anyone can use to reach out for help, advice, and a confidential chat … whatever you need to know … and to help ensure an equitable solution … that’s right for you … right from the start!
That email is: enablerecruitment@victrex.com