Anglo American's Shipping Division is the Group's exclusive 'in-house' ocean freight service provider, offering a comprehensive range of shipping services to our business units around the world. Using global scale and strength, we aim to optimise our marine activities and provide safe, reliable, compliant and competitive freight to our commodity businesses and their customers in today's dynamic marketplace.
Our 30‑month Graduate Programme is designed to develop the next generation of technical shipping professionals, with a strong foundation in safety leadership, technical operations and risk management
The programme focuses primarily on the Safety & Technical function, complemented by structured cross‑functional rotations that provide broader exposure to commercial, operational, trading and business development activities. This approach ensures graduates develop a holistic understanding of Anglo American’s shipping business while building deep technical expertise.
The programme prepares graduates for long‑term careers within Anglo American Shipping, with the opportunity to be considered for a permanent role during or at the end of the programme.
This role is designed to develop technically capable professionals who demonstrate Anglo American’s values of Safety, Care & Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, Accountability and Innovation., with the opportunity to be considered for a permanent role at the end of the program., or earlier if a permanent role becomes available within the Shipping team.
The program also endeavors to prepare the next generation of leaders in shipping, preparing them for managerial and senior leadership positions.
Rotation
Safety & Technical Rotation (Primary Focus)
The graduate must be analytical, organized, responsible and have good interpersonal skills. This position is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and ambitious individual seeking to experience the real world of Dry Bulk Global Shipping and learn about the intricate details of the business.
The incumbent will spend the majority of the program within the Safety & Technical function, developing technical competence, safety leadership mindset and operational risk awareness.
Key responsibilities include:
This rotation will develop strong technical judgement, risk awareness and safety leadership capabilities aligned with Anglo American’s commitment to making injuries impossible
Cross-Functional Rotations (Supporting Exposure)
To complement the Safety & Technical focus, the graduate will undertake shorter rotations across key shipping functions to develop an end to end understanding of the shipping value chain.
These rotations will provide exposure to:
Commercial:
Operations:
Business Development:
Financial Trading:
Graduate Development
Opportunities to be involved in leadership training and Networking opportunities with graduates from other area of the Group
Program Outcomes
By the end of the program, the Graduate – Technical Shipping is expected to:
Who We Are
We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. Our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.
What We Offer
When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company – and we’re still growing all the time.
How We Are Committed To Your Safety
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies that are helping to make mining safer.
Inclusion and Diversity
We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are. We provide equality of opportunity to enable everyone to fulfil their potential.
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Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive operations, with a broad range of future development options, provides many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing every day demands of billions of consumers. With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and to mine, process, move and market our products to our customers – safely and sustainably.
As a responsible producer of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, premium quality iron ore and steelmaking coal, and nickel – with crop nutrients in development – we are committed to being carbon neutral across our operations by 2040. More broadly, our Sustainable Mining Plan commits us to a series of stretching goals to ensure we work towards a healthy environment, creating thriving communities and building trust as a corporate leader. We work together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock enduring value from precious natural resources for the benefit of the communities and countries in which we operate, for society as a whole, and for our shareholders. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.
