"During my placement, I have gained a wide range of experience that has not only improved my familiarity of the oil and gas industry but also enhanced my skillset as a process engineer."
Opportunities for Students
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Engineering Bursary Scheme
To meet the growing demand for engineers, Valero provides scholarships to exceptional Pembrokeshire students intending to study Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering at a UK accredited University.
Engineering bursary students receive:
- £3,000 per academic year
- Paid employment during summer holidays
- Confirmed "Year in Industry" placement
- Dedicated mentoring contact at Valero
Students will get the opportunity to work on a variety of technical projects at the refinery that will give knowledge and experience to support academic studies.
After graduation, students will be entered into the graduate recruitment selection process where performance feedback is reviewed for potential new hires.
Applications open in May 2025 for students starting University in September 2025.
By registering your interest, your personal data will be processed in accordance with our privacy policy, available at the bottom of this page.
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Year-Long Paid Industrial Placements in Engineering
To meet the growing demand for engineers, Valero offers year-long paid industrial placements to Chemical, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering undergraduates studying at a UK accredited University.
Students get the opportunity to work on a variety of technical projects that improve technical ability and contribute toward achieving professional registration. Each student is assigned a dedicated mentor who will be on hand to help with technical development and provide support through the adjustment to living and working in Pembrokeshire. Along with attending workshops on topics such as time management, navigating change and presentations skills, the day-to-day experiences of life as an engineer will support your personal development.
Working alongside our experienced engineers will put academic skills into practice in a dynamic, challenging and rewarding environment.
Applications open in October 2024 for 2025/2026 placements.
By registering your interest, your personal data will be processed in accordance with our privacy policy, available at the bottom of this page.
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Apprenticeships in Operations and Maintenance
Participants specialize in either operations or one of our maintenance disciplines (mechanical, electrical or instrumentation). Successful apprentices are keen to learn and demonstrate a drive to develop. Apprentices are continuously assessed throughout the program via observations, assignments, on-the-job reports and examinations.
During the first year:
Apprentices will be full-time at Pembrokeshire College, learning a broad range of topics relevant to the refinery as well as spending time in the workshop to develop hands-on skills.
After the first year:
Academic learning continues on a day-release basis, with the remainder of time being based on-site. Throughout the apprenticeship, students complete a range of relevant industry-recognized qualifications and learn on-the-job alongside some of the industry’s best operators and maintenance technicians in a dynamic, challenging and rewarding environment.
Applications open in January 2025.
By registering your interest, your personal data will be processed in accordance with our privacy policy, available at the bottom of this page.
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IT Apprenticeships
IT (Information Technology) apprentices spend time with our Customer Support team, who provide both global and local front-line technical support. Apprentices rotate around the business, gaining an insight into the many specialist roles carried out by our dedicated IS (Information Services) team.
During the first year:
Apprentices will be full-time at Pembrokeshire College, learning a broad range of IT topics relevant to the refinery.
After the first year:
Academic learning then continues on a day-release basis where IT apprentices complete a range of relevant qualifications. The remainder of time is based on-site, where apprentices are assigned a dedicated expert mentor to support the learning journey on-the-job.
Expect to be continuously assessed throughout the apprenticeship program via observations, assignments, on the job reports and examinations.
Applications open in January 2025.
By registering your interest, your personal data will be processed in accordance with our privacy policy, available at the bottom of this page.
Who We Are
Team Valero volunteers time in the Pembrokeshire community and helps with tasks including tree planting, beach clean-ups, painting and redecorating schools and community centers. Annually, the refinery’s community engagement program supports local and national charities with over £1 million in donations over the past five years.
For more information about Valero, take a look at our ESG Report.
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"The apprenticeship at Pembroke Refinery has enabled me to gain a range of both theoretical and practical experience within the energy industry, which I can utilise throughout my career."
Our Commitments
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Privacy Policy
This website is operated by Valero Energy Ltd (a company incorporated in England & Wales (company number 8566216), whose registered office is at 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AA), an affiliate of Valero Energy Corporation (a U.S. company). Company and its affiliates (collectively “Company,” “we” or “our”) are committed to protecting your privacy and take the security of your information very seriously. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes the categories of personal data we collect on our websites, the purposes for which we use those data, your choices regarding the use of your data, our security measures, and how you can review and correct your data. We have strict security measures to protect your personal data. This includes robust security procedures. Valero are a data controller and process limited personal data in accordance with this policy.
If you have any concerns or would like to contact us about any aspect of this policy, please get in touch through the contact details at the bottom of this statement.
Your consent:
By registering, you consent to the processing of personal data, including special category data, that we collect from you in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Personal data collected
In connection with an application or inquiry submitted to us online we may collect the following types of personal data, which include special category data, from you:
• Name
• Gender
• Address
• E-mail address
• Phone and fax number
• Education and skills
• Resume or curriculum vitae
• Employment history
• Financial information
• Race or ethnic origin (where required or permitted by law)
• Health and medical data
• Criminal background check, where necessary and legally permitted.
Use of your personal data:
In connection with an application or inquiry submitted to us online we will use your information to (a) process your interest in a placement and administer our work experience, bursary and year in industry programmes. We may also use or share this information throughout Company, including within our subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide, for the purpose of the apprenticeship scheme consideration. We will only disclose such information to third parties who assist us in making employment decisions or verifying your application information, or to other third parties where you have given your consent. For example, we may disclose this information to recruitment consultants, or to employment screening companies that help us verify the information you have provided to us. These parties are subject to confidentiality obligations.
We must have a legal basis to process your personal information. In most cases the legal basis will be one of the following:
1. Your consent which you may withdraw at any time. Please note a withdrawal of consent may result in the end of your apprenticeship application with us.
2. To comply with our legal obligations for example, obligations relating to taxation, financial reporting and court orders.
3. To meet our legitimate interests, for example to understand how you use our services and to enable us to derive knowledge from that to enable us to develop new services. When we process your information to meet our legitimate interests, we put in place robust safeguards to ensure that your privacy is protected and to ensure that our legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. For more information about the balancing test that we carry out to process your personal information to meet our legitimate interests, please contact us at the details below.
Disclosure of your Personal Data:
Except as described below, personal data that you provide to Company via our websites will not be shared outside of Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and its joint ventures, without your consent.
Recruitment partners. We may disclose personal and special category data to our partners during the recruitment process, e.g. for employment, medical, financial and/or criminal checks.
Pre employment vetting companies. We may disclose personal and special category data to these companies (under the agreements we have with them) for the purposes of pre-employment vetting and screening.
Disclosure to service providers. Company contracts with other companies to provide services on our behalf, such as hosting websites, sending out information, processing transactions, and analysing our websites. We provide these companies with only those elements of your personal data they need to provide those services. These companies and their employees are prohibited from using those personal data for any other purposes.
Legal Process. We may disclose personal data where we believe such disclosure if necessary to comply with the law, a judicial proceeding, court order, subpoena or other legal process.
To Protect Us and Others. We also may disclose personal data where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety, rights or property of any person or party, or violations of our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy.
Data Integrity, Security and Retention:
Company is committed to protecting the security of your personal data. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal data from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure. We also use reasonable efforts to maintain the accuracy and integrity of Personal Data and to update it as appropriate. You can help us to keep your data accurate by notifying us of any change to your mailing address, phone number, or e-mail address.
We will keep your application information for future consideration for up to 6 months unless you direct us not to do so. Where you are successful and become our employee, your recruitment file will form part of your employment record with us.
Access to your Personal Data:
You have the right to know what personal data we hold about you and to be provided with a copy and to have any inaccurate information corrected. You may also have rights to restrict some of the processing we have described above or withdraw any consent you may have given us. You may also exercise the right to data portability and erasure of personal data.
If you have any questions about this or would like to exercise your rights, please contact us at the through the details below.
International Transfers of Personal Data:
Company is headquartered in the United States and has affiliates and subsidiaries worldwide, including in Europe, Canada, the U.S. and Aruba.
Personal data we process may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Valero Energy Ltd or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or joint ventures maintain facilities (some of which do not have the same laws in place to protect data). In these cases, we will take steps to protect your data, which include technical, physical and organisational security controls where international transfers are involved.
Children:
We do not knowingly collect personal data from any children under the age of 16. If one of our websites is directed at children, we will include an additional privacy statement notice for children on that website.
Questions or Complaints:
If you have questions regarding this Policy or our handling of your personal data or if you wish to complain, please contact us at: privacylead@valero.com.
You are also able to complain to the Supervisory Authority whose details can be found here www.ico.org.uk
Changes to this Privacy Policy:
Company may occasionally update this Policy. When we do, we will revise the “updated” date at the top of this Policy. We will obtain consent for any updates that materially expand the sharing or use of your personal data, in ways not disclosed to you at the time of collection.
