As graduate at Equinor, you’ll be joining 20,000 colleagues delivering oil, gas, wind and solar power to 170 million people worldwide. By 2050, we aim to become a net-zero company and deliver the energy the world needs without contributing to global warming. It’s one of the defining challenges of our time and attracting and developing the brightest minds will be critical to our success.
Our Corporate Graduate Programme is aimed at master’s or PhD applicants from both technical and non-technical backgrounds. To be eligible you must have graduated or be able to graduate by the end of 2022.
You'll join us on a 2-year programme that includes rotations of 3-12 months across functions, business areas or locations. We can't guarantee where each rotation will be, but wherever you land, we'll provide you with the tools and the experience required to develop into a specialist in your chosen field. This includes access to a mentor and a buddy, learning sessions to get to know our business, and plenty of opportunities to network and share experiences with your peers.
The Strategy and Business Development (SBD) function aims to bring together corporate strategy, business development and M&A (mergers and acquisitions) to actively drive and shape the corporate development of Equinor.
We are looking for a candidate who will work with our centralised Business Development organization, which is reporting to the Equinor CFO, in Norway. The CFO BD organization consist of a team of c. 80 BD professionals, responsible for the origination and execution of BD and M&A projects across the Equinor organization. The graduate role will be placed in the BD Excellence group within the CFO BD team.
Typical tasks within BD Excellence may include:
Work task may vary according to your competence profile, assignment and business needs and cover additional projects under the SBD function
Interested to explore where else you could start your career in Equinor? You can read more about the various disciplines we recruit for here.
Some qualities are essential for Equinor. You identify with our values, open, collaborative, courageous and caring, which guide our decisions and help us succeed and grow. You make safety your priority and contribute to our zero-harm culture. For this position, we are also looking for:
Your personal qualities:
Equinor is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all candidates who meet the educational and experience requirements, including candidates with disabilities. If you have any specific requirements for any stage in our process, then please make this clear in your application and our team will be happy to support you.
Please make sure that when applying, you attach the following:
Applications submitted without these attachments will unfortunately not be evaluated.
To ensure an efficient recruitment process, please be informed that you may apply for a maximum of three Graduate roles per country.
Candidates are expected to openly offer all relevant information about themselves during the recruitment process. All permanent and temporary hires will be screened against relevant sanctions lists to ensure compliance with sanctions law.
To succeed together, we all need to feel able to perform at our best. That’s why we offer:
• Learning and development. Ensuring our people are always learning and developing will be essential if we want to deliver on our ambitious targets. As a graduate, this means on-the job-training and mandatory physical and virtual learning modules, work rotations, networking opportunities and access to courses offered by our Equinor university.
• Wellness and work-life balance. Ensuring that our people feel supported, valued, and healthy is important to us. That’s why our benefits packages are designed to help you balance work and life at all stages of your career, including health insurance for your physical and mental wellbeing, a flexible working policy and a global parental leave policy.
• An inclusive culture. An inclusive culture allows us to harness the unique experiences, knowledge and backgrounds of our 20,000 employees. Ultimately, we believe we’ll be more creative, innovative, and resilient if everyone in Equinor feels safe in bringing their whole self and their ideas to work.
• Financial rewards. Equinor’s compensation package includes a fair cash compensation and an opportunity to join our share savings plan. In most of our locations we offer pension arrangements aiming to safeguard our employees after retirement.
For more information visit Equinor’s website: https://www.equinor.com/
We're Equinor, an international energy company committed to long-term value creation in a low-carbon future. We’re the largest oil and gas operator in Norway, one of the world’s largest offshore operators, and a growing force in renewables.
Our programmes
Graduates -You've worked hard for your education, now you're ready to put your learning into action on the first step in your career. As a graduate at Equinor, that means contributing to one of the most important challenges of our time – the energy transition. Learn more about our graduate programme at equinor.com/careers/graduates
Summer interns -The need to meet an increasing demand for energy in a more sustainable way is one of the biggest challenges facing humankind today. Every business area, team and project in Equinor plays a role in delivering this mission, and our summer internship is no different. Learn more about our internship programme at equinor.com/careers/summer-interns
