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FAQs
Hier finden Sie die wichtigsten Fragen und Antworten rund um das Thema Bewerbung bei Umicore.
After successful application via our online application portal, you will receive a confirmation of receipt by e-mail.
We regret that we are unable to process e-mail or paper applications due to data protection requirements. Please go to our job portal. You can upload the documents there.
This is possible. Please apply individually for the open positions with the relevant documents via our job portal.
Please apply only for those positions that you can currently find in our job portal.
This is not done automatically. We will only review your application for the location for which you have applied. However, the People & Organization department in Hanau will also review for which business unit your application might be of interest.
Please submit your application via our job portal. For more information on your application process go to this link.
Please send us the following documents:
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- Employer, training, internship references
- School-/University-leaving certificate
After carefully reviewing your documents and forwarding them to the relevant department, we will get back to you as soon as possible. In order to be able to guarantee a careful and fair assessment of all applications, processing and response times may vary. However, you will receive feedback in any case.
You can withdraw your application at any time in our online application system. To do this, first log into your candidate profile (umicore.com/careers -> click on the My Account button) with your access data. Then select the position(s) you have applied for under Job applications and click on "Withdraw application".
You will receive information on travel reimbursement with the invitation to an interview. Please submit the completed travel reimbursement form and all receipts to your contact person in the invitation e-mail after the interview.
As soon as you have successfully submitted your application, you will receive an automatic confirmation of receipt from us to the email address you have provided. Sometimes this can take a few minutes. Please also check the spam and advertising folders of your email inbox.
You can check the current status of your application via your profile. To do this, you must log in to our online application system with your access data. Via the "Job applications" tile, you can see an overview of your previous applications and also view the current status.
In addition, our application system always informs you by email about status updates of your application.
You have the option to activate regular job notifications in your applicant profile by creating a job alert.
This option is available, but it is coordinated exclusively through our headquarters in Brussels. For more information, please visit this website directly.
No, unfortunately that option is not available in Germany.
The weekly working hours are specified in the collective bargaining agreement of the Industrial Union of Mining, Chemical, and Energy Workers and amount to 37.5 hours per week.
We participate in various events and trade shows throughout the year. Please check our calendar of events—maybe we’ll have the chance to meet soon.
Yes. Please let us know the time frame that works for you so we can check whether your preferred time frame aligns with our needs.
Please send us the following documents:
- Cover letter specifying the period for the internship or thesis project
- Resume
- High school diploma
- Employment, training, and internship references
- Current transcript
- Study/Internship Regulations
- Certificate of enrollment
- Residence permit (for international interns)
All open apprenticeship positions are shown on our career page.
First, please upload your complete application documents (cover letter, resume, last two school certificates, internship attestations, certificates, etc.). We regret that we are unable to process e-mail or paper applications due to data protection requirements.
Once you have submitted your application, we will get back to you as soon as possible. If all goes well, you will be invited to take our online assessment test.
If the online test provides a positive result, we would like to get to know you better. This will happen in a personal interview, to which you will be invited. If this interview is positive, there is not much standing in the way of your apprenticeship contract.
Apprenticeships are usually advertised 14 months before their start date. You can apply for a position as long as it is open.
In principle, the sooner the better; because the competition doesn't sleep, and we both want to be able to have a reliable basis for planning, don't we?
We offer attractive remuneration in accordance with the chemicals industry pay scale, social benefits such as paid leave and Christmas bonuses, as well as profit-sharing.
In addition, there are other benefits such as an allowance if you have to relocate to take up the apprenticeship, a meal allowance for the cafeteria, a commute allowance, etc.
Further training courses, such as language and IT courses, are also offered free of charge.
The required school leaving certificate – Hauptschulabschluss (general school leaving certificate), Mittlere Reife (general certificate of secondary education), or Abitur (general university entrance qualification) – depends on the vocational profile you choose. We offer a large range of vocational training opportunities.
Click here to see what we offer: https://www.umicore.de/en/careers/.
Apprenticeships in the various fields can vary greatly, but all apprenticeships have one thing in common: the high quality of our training.
In most cases, you will first go through a basic training period in teaching laboratories and workshops. You will then be assigned to various departments, where you will have a personal point of contact who will instruct you in the essential tasks of your job. This means that you will not only learn everything that is required according to the general curriculum, but you will also get to know a lot of people and possible places of future employment. And, don’t forget: You will also go to technical school now and then. Depending on your job profile, this will either be in the form of block or phased classes. In addition, you will attend various training courses and, before your final exam, you will take an exam preparation course to help you get ready for the exam.
You will be assigned to various departments, where you will have your personal point of contact who will instruct you in the essential tasks of your job profile. This means that you will not only learn everything that is required according to the general curriculum, but you will also get to know a lot of people and possible places of employment. In addition, you will attend various training courses and, before your final exam, you will take an exam preparation course to help you get ready for the exam.
As mentioned above, we offer a wide range of benefits in addition to our good apprenticeship pay: In addition to financial support for your commute to work, a meal allowance, profit-sharing, retirement benefits and fitness programmes, we also offer a number of interesting workshops and training courses.
Depending on the job description, a stay abroad at one of our European locations may be an option. We will help you organise it and, of course, we will also support you financially.
Yes, there is a possibility to take the final exam early in case of excellent performance.
If your performance during your training is convincing – both in the operational departments and at school – your chances of being offered a job are very good. Of course, our plans and yours have to match, but if they do, there's nothing standing in the way of being offered a regular position.
From day one, our apprentices benefit from a wide range of further training opportunities. In addition to the job-specific workshops, there are other workshops that you can attend.
Go to our career page where we publish all open internship positions.
Upload your complete application documents (cover letter with correct date, CV and last school certificate). We regret that we are unable to process e-mail or paper applications due to data protection requirements. After reviewing your documents, we will forward them to our respective departments. They will verify whether you can be taken care of during a specific period. Once you have submitted your application, we will get back to you as soon as possible.
We offer work experience placements to pupils from the age of 14.
In principle, the sooner the better; because the competition doesn't sleep, and we both want to be able to have a reliable basis for planning, don't we?
You will be placed in a department where a personal contact person and the apprentices on site will instruct you in the main activities of your job profile and take care of you.
You will receive work clothes and a free lunch in our cafeterias for the duration of your internship.