You have just successfully completed your studies - or are about to do so? Are you now looking for a challenge that matches your skills and allows you to grow professionally?
Then you will find the best options to build a solid foundation for your career at Heidelberg Materials. Whether you are interested in one of our trainee programs or direct entry, we offer you attractive career options and long-term prospects in a DAX-40 company that is a leader in its industry.
Direct Entry
If you already have very specific ideas about what you want to do professionally after graduation, a direct entry could be the right path for you.
Admittedly, it is quite a challenge to take on responsibility immediately. However, even a direct entry at Heidelberg Materials is not a jump into cold water - experienced colleagues are there to support you and help make your onboarding a success.
A 12- to 18-month on-the-job training programme and extensive development measures are fixed components of our trainee programmes. In addition, there are specialist training courses in finance, corporate management and cement production, as well as seminars.
We attach great importance to exchanges with managers and sharing experiences with other trainees. During the entire trainee period, you will be supervised by experienced specialists from the respective departments and by employees from the HR department. You will also have a mentor at your side.
Reliable figures are the basis for business decisions. That's why the Finance trainee programme focuses on controlling, monitoring and evaluating all flows of money and goods.
Our 12-month trainee programme takes you through the various finance areas at national and international level. In addition to the training location at our headquarters in Heidelberg, you will also get to know our controlling in the operational units and our Heidelberg Materials Shared Service Center in Leimen intensively.
Afterwards, you can expect a challenging position with interesting tasks and good development opportunities in our Group.
Duration
12 months: orientation, specialization and project phase
Target group
Qualified university graduates in economics with a focus on finance or engineering
Main focus
Finance & controlling
Location
Main location is our headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany
What we offer
Personal onboarding at the training location
Operational training in a cement plant
Involvement in ongoing projects and support in day-to-day business right from the start
"Echt.Anders.Wochen" with further insights into other Heidelberg Materials business units
Further education & development: communication of technical topics during practical training with a plant controller, e.g. in a cement plant
Training in Health & Safety
Support through mentoring
Permanent employment contract right from the start as well as excellent opportunities for development through continuous training after the trainee programme
Did you gain your first experience in Human Resources during your studies and are you now looking for an entry-level position in a multinational company? Do you want to make a difference, develop yourself further and face challenges from which you can grow? As a trainee in Human Resources, you will work in a key department at Heidelberg Materials. The selection and development of our employees is particularly important to us, because it is our employees who ensure that we not only remain one of the largest building materials companies in the world, but are also pioneers on the way to climate neutrality in our industry.
Duration
12 months: orientation, specialization and project phase
Target group
Master's degree in human resources, psychology, economics or similar
Training "on the job" and also individual training opportunities
"Echt.Anders.Wochen" with further insights into other Heidelberg Materials business units
Introduction in other departments, like Purchasing, Engineering and Finance
Support the HR Business Partners with strategic and operational HR work
Support through mentoring
Permanent employment contract right from the start as well as excellent opportunities for development through continuous training after the trainee programme
Our efforts focus on innovative, state-of-the-art building materials and extremely efficient, resource-saving and environmentally friendly production processes. Following the technical trainee programme, you will take on a challenging position in the area of production, maintenance or process engineering in our group.
Qualified graduates in the fields of raw materials engineering, process engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics or chemical engineering
Main focus
Maintenance, production & processes, quality
Location
Mainly at one of our cement plant locations
What we offer
Personal onboarding at the training location
Operational training in a cement plant
Involvement in ongoing projects and support in day-to-day business right from the start
"Echt.Anders.Wochen" with further insights into other Heidelberg Materials business units
Further education & development: technical training units in cooperation with the HC Technology Center as well as additional intensive e-learning courses to learn about the technology in a cement plant, joining audit teams in Germany and abroad
Training in Health & Safety
Support through mentoring
Permanent employment contract right from the start as well as excellent opportunities for development through continuous training after the trainee programme
Would you like to broaden your horizons and gain further experience? Would you like to move something together as a team, rethink the old and combine it with the new? Are you passionate about taking responsibility? Is it important to you to break down silos and reduce blind spots?.
Then let us be part of your visions. Become part of Heidelberg Materials as an X.PLORE trainee and help us shape the future together! Because all of that is X.PLORE. And even more.
Duration
18 months with 4 project assignments of 4 months eachp>
Target group
Qualified graduates in business administration, industrial engineering or civil engineering
Main focus
Digitization or sales or building material technology
Location
Main location is our headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany
What we offer
Intensive onboarding in the "basecamp": kick-off events, project management, "Echt.Anders.Wochen" with insights into the operational work of Heidelberg Materials
Trainings & development: learning transfer week & training modules between project assignments (e.g. change management)
Networking with other X.PLORERs through different projects (e.g. social project, trainee day)
Personal and individual mentoring & buddying with former X.PLORE trainees
Further education & development: communication of technical topics during practical training with a plant controller, e.g. in a cement plant
Personal and individual mentoring & buddying with former X.PLORE trainees
Social project: organisation and participation in a social project
