MAXAM
“Your talent is a competitive advantage for MAXAM”
2017.02.23
Press room - News - “Your talent is a competitive advantage for MAXAM”
Recruitment conference with students from the Higher Technical School of Mining and Energy Engineers (ETSIME) at the Madrid Polytechnic University
MAXAM offered more than 50 students from the ETSIME an overview of the different employment opportunities available for new graduates. These opportunities are open to young engineers who, in addition to their technical knowledge, have the necessary teamwork skills, flexibility and an ability to adapt to changes, in addition to availability to travel and a willingness to work on international projects.José Ángel Sanchidrián, Professor of the ETSIME, introduced the conference with a short presentation in which he thanked the students for coming and stressed that “MAXAM is an excellent company to start a professional career and develop within a global business which is committed to continuous growth”.
MAXAM's Human Resources team explained that “the Company is looking for graduate engineers with a good understanding of their subject, and with the necessary potential and competencies to develop a successful career in MAXAM”. They also detailed the different areas of engineering the company demands (mining, industry, chemicals, etc.), and encouraged the attendees to visit the “MAXAM Careers” section at maxam.net and apply for the jobs on offer, saying “your talent is a competitive advantage for MAXAM”.
Students were informed of employment opportunities currently available thanks to the globalisation of the Company and to it being awarded large international contracts. Finally, the basics of the YESS programme were detailed. This programme focuses on “training new engineering graduates in the field, helping them to gain work experience in international projects, carrying out both technical field tasks and also management and sales; in short, multidisciplinary training to develop and discover each engineer's niche talent”.
The company's presentation also involved the collaboration of two engineers, both with a solid professional background, who started their careers at MAXAM. They both explained their beginnings in the YESS programme and their experience later on in the company. "Thanks to this programme, I had the opportunity to work on different projects in places such as Papua New Guinea, Australia, UK and Cameroon. Although each project involved different tasks, they were all carried out in multicultural teams within a context of innovation," said one of them.
MAXAM – www.maxam.net
MAXAM is an industrial and services group which carries out its activity on a global level, developing, manufacturing and marketing blasting solutions for mining, quarries and infrastructure; cartridges and powder for recreational hunting and products and services for the defence sector. It also provides critical raw materials for nitro-chemical activities, such as energetic nitrocellulose and ammonium nitrate, both for internal use by MAXAM and for sale to external third parties.
MAXAM, founded by Alfred Nobel in 1872, ended financial year 2015 with turnover amounting to 1.115 billion euros. Its activity covers leading mining areas all around the world, with manufacture facilities in more than 45 countries and sales in over 100 countries on all five continents, and over 6500 employees.
For further details:
Lucas Ferreira
MAXAM
Communication Director
91 722 01 00
lferreira@maxam.net
Louis Trollope
MAXAM
Communications Technician
91 722 01 00
ltrollope@maxam.net
