As part of your trainee program, you will be assigned to IT functions at Evonik Industries AG and get to know the spectrum from Demand IT, IT Products and Delivery IT to Data & Analytics
You will gain an insight into the operational business and also get to know the strategic side of our IT
You will accompany decision-making committees and play an active role in the preparation of management reports
After a short time, you will take on independent tasks in IT projects
By working at different locations, business areas and Group units, you will have the opportunity to get to know the Group intensively and build up a Group-wide, international network
You will support Evonik's digital transformation by participating in various initiatives
Your strengths will be further developed by customizing your area of responsibility
You will receive mentoring from experienced managers and work together with other trainees in the Group on an interdisciplinary basis
Trainee (m/f/div) IT
Evonik Industries AG • Essen, Hanau
Essen, Hanau
What we offer you
The time has finally come! Have you finished your studies or are you about to do so and are looking forward to contributing your acquired knowledge and creative ideas to our company? Then we have the ideal next step for you! Over a period of 18 months, you will gain a comprehensive insight into the IT of an international company at various locations and actively shape exciting IT projects and processes for Evonik as a fully-fledged team member.
You will be supported by experienced colleagues from the IT community, consisting of around 1000 IT specialists. In addition, managers will mentor you and you will develop your technical and methodological skills on the job and off the job in workshops and seminars. You will have the opportunity to get involved in a project on social and sustainable topics. These activities will take place together with other Evonik trainees. You can intensify your international skills during a three-month stay abroad. The trainee program offers you an entry into an IT career in the Evonik Group.
Are you curious and want to become part of our IT community? Then we look forward to receiving your application! Please apply online by April 05, 2024 with complete application documents. This will enable us to process your application quickly and protect the environment. For a complete application, please always submit a cover letter and CV as well as employer and degree certificates and, if applicable, current transcripts from your studies. You can expect feedback on your application by April 26, 2024. If we are impressed by your application, you will be given an online test as a first step. In the second step, we will get to know you via teams.
The final selection of applicants will take place on May 16, 2024 as part of a digital assessment center, which we will conduct mainly in German. You can start our trainee program in November 2024.
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Your duties
Your profile
You have completed a degree in economics or computer science (preferably a Master's degree) and would like to grow within an IT organization
You have gained initial practical experience in IT, for example through internships or working student activities
Ideally, you have already demonstrated your national and international mobility through initial experience abroad
In addition to fluency in German, you are fluent in English
You have excellent analytical skills and are able to develop creative solutions
Your strengths include entrepreneurial thinking and action as well as a strong sense of responsibility
A high degree of open-mindedness and strong communication skills round off your profile
Our offer
With us, it's not just performance-related pay and the promotion of your personal development and professional qualifications that are a matter of course. Discover your other benefits with us:
Permanent employment contract: After successful completion of the trainee program, you will be offered a permanent employment contract
Smart Work: Flexible working hours in the home office and office (up to 60% home office depending on the area of application) - find the right model with us
Working hours: Standard 37.5-hour week and flexitime
Vacation: 30 days vacation & additional vacation
Remuneration: Above-average remuneration, profit-sharing and employee tariffs & discount campaigns
Further development: Promotion & further development through mentoring programs and the assumption of responsible tasks that prepare you for your future specialist or management position
Future: company pension scheme & long-term account
Health: Health management with a wide range of offers. Promotion of the use of our in-house fitness studios as well as a wide range of sports and exercise programs
Food: Healthy & balanced meals in our staff restaurants
Corporate culture: We promote an open culture with equal career opportunities for all employees in over 100 countries and focus on diversity as a success factor for greater creativity, innovative strength and sustainability
Family & career: Support with childcare facilities, childcare allowance, children's holiday program and support services for caring for relatives (e.g. time off work)
Job-ID: R28833
Contact us
Your Application
To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal. Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at https://careers.evonik.com.
Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.
Your Talent Acquisition Manager:
Giovanni Campanelli, Tobias Müller
Company is
Evonik Industries AG
We at Evonik
When data transmission at one of the more than 200 sites in the Evonik network breaks down, Michael and his colleagues in WAN Incident Management are called upon to track down the cause and arrange for it to be remedied. Thanks to good technical equipment, the family man can also work flexibly from home. "Even if it's sometimes stressful, I have the right work-life balance," he says.
Michael, tell us something about yourself and your job
I trained as an IT specialist at Evonik in Marl and, at the same time, completed a degree in business informatics at the FOM. After my training in 2009, Evonik took me on, and since then I've always worked in the WAN area, the wide area network that connects all Evonik sites. For the past ten years or so, I've been working with six other colleagues on global WAN incident management – ensuring that incidents in the WAN are resolved as quickly as possible. I'm also technically responsible for Evonik TV, which can be used at all sites to display individual news and information on screens, for example in the cafeteria or plants.
What exactly does your job as WAN Incident Manager involve?
When an incident occurs, it has to happen quickly; after all, the goal is to keep the sites operational. I then evaluate log files from routers and the data from our WAN monitoring systems and communicate closely with the responsible colleagues on site, our telecommunications provider and our WAN and cyber security experts. Once the cause has been identified, I make sure that the incident is resolved quickly. I'm the link between the site, IT, and the provider, so to speak.
At Evonik, more than 200 sites worldwide are connected via WAN, but there are only seven WAN incident managers. How does that work?
On the one hand, we have sophisticated monitoring systems that sound an alarm when a defined threshold is exceeded. In many cases, this allows us to detect faults at a very early stage and respond quickly – ideally before users feel the effects. Here we benefit from the fact that we use software-defined SD-WAN worldwide; this makes it easy to monitor networks. And, of course, we maintain close contact with the sites and are always up to date if there are problems somewhere. In addition, our team is spread over three continents, so we cover all time zones 24/7. That works extremely well.
What do you like about your job?
That it is so communicative. Through my work, I have contact with a lot of colleagues in the Group, and I also feel very comfortable in my team – people know and trust each other. In addition, I am so well equipped technically that I can work from home at any time and access the various systems. I have three children, so I have a good work-life balance. Our twins have already caught on, too: they already enjoy
"It was incredibly varied"
Simon completed our 18-month IT trainee program and found the ideal job for himself: As a solution architect In the Market Engagement Product Line, he helps the business units to market services using digital models.
Simon, tell us something about yourself
I did an industrial management apprenticeship at RWE and, in parallel, a bachelor's degree in business administration; I'm also currently doing my master's dissertation in IT management. After my apprenticeship, I worked at RWE, Volkswagen Infotainment and HRS - always in an IT environment, but I was mainly concerned with the business management side.
Why did you want to become an IT trainee?
Evonik may not seem like a typical employer for an IT employee, but that makes all the difference. The focus may be on chemicals, but there is a huge requirement for IT-related processes and products, which is growing continuously. For me, the attraction of Evonik lies in the diverse range of IT tasks and responsibilities, their linkage with the Group's products, and ongoing digitalization.
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you look back on your time as an IT trainee?
The sincerity of the welcome that I received everywhere - I always felt immediately integrated right from the start. That made it easy for me to build up a good network in IT. And since I completed a total of nine very different placements - including three months in the U.S. - my time was incredibly varied.
Do you have a favorite among the placements you completed?
No, I found them all equally interesting and important. I started from scratch each time and then always learned a lot of new things. That's exciting per se. I wouldn't have wanted to forgo a single placement.
When it came to you finding a permanent position: do you derive any benefits from having been a trainee?
One advantage is certainly the network that you have built up. You simply know a lot of people and may be approached more often, when a position is available. Of course, the permanent employment guarantee means that you can be sure of a permanent position. The contacts you've made beforehand are probably an advantage in making sure that you really do get the job you want. In any case, I have found my dream job as a Solution Architect in the Market Engagement area.
You had a personal mentor the whole time. How important was he for you?
It was extremely important for me to have a dedicated contact person throughout the entire time. Claus, my mentor, gave me lots of valuable tips and helped me pin down a number of issues - that was a great help, especially in the early days. Ultimately, he was also the one who got my stay in the USA off the ground and took care of the organization side of things.
