What we can offer

With Holcim you join a global leader

Join us and you join a global leader in the cement industry. According to the Financial Times Global 500 Ranking for 2008 Holcim is in the Top-5 in the sector Construction and Materials. You can expect a high level of exposure and a commitment to developing your abilities: at Holcim, we take personal development seriously and we offer a multitude of challenges.

Maybe you want to explore a variety of functions or perhaps you would like to work in a foreign country. At any rate, if you want to succeed and value a competitive learning environment, you should consider a career with Holcim.

With Holcim you join a dynamic environment

At Holcim, we believe that the true power of a global network is its ability to convey the knowledge, values and principles of a company. By creating a dynamic, collaborative global network that encourages teamwork and the exchange of best practices, we can be faster and more effective with our customers and the communities we serve.
Expect a truly multi-cultural working environment with an open and collaborative corporate culture that offers fertile growth, innovation, networking, and communication.

At the end of 2007, 59 nationalities (39% from Europe) had been employed on the senior management level. Globally, we have nearly doubled the number of employees during the last three years and today about 26% of our employees are working in Europe.

With Holcim you join personal advancement

At Holcim, advancement is based on performance. Employees are encouraged to take an active role in directing their careers.
We provide the training and development tools to support your individual initiative. You shape your own professional growth, supported by local and corporate entities.

We believe that good ideas can and should come from anywhere; we encourage innovation and provide the necessary environment. Through top management exposure and regular career development discussion you can take self responsibility and shape your individual career.

With Holcim you join challenges

We need bright, capable people to think and plan with vision, to respond and execute with efficiency, and to develop and use their skills in flexible, globally-oriented teams.
If you share our passion for performance, Holcim is your employer of choice - you will find success and satisfaction.

We offer global opportunities to develop your career in a growing and diverse organization, where you find an entrepreneurial environment with performance based remuneration and top management exposure from the first day. You can participate in addressing the challenges of climate change and sustainability.

With Holcim you join continuous learning

Holcim is constantly adapting to excel in a rapidly changing environment. Your pro-active contribution makes the difference and keeps us ahead of change.
This means continuous learning at all levels and promotion of teamwork in each business unit. It also involves rapid world-wide exchange of best practices and know-how throughout the entire Holcim Group.
Holcim runs more than 100 customized training modules, tailored to the specific technical knowledge of employees and their different levels of training. From the beginning of your career we will design together with you a customized Individual Development Plan which contains programs focusing on technical, management and leadership skills, according with your own development needs and professional objectives. In average, every employee in the middle management has 7.7 training days per year.

With Holcim you join a great place to work

In Holcim, you find an organization that will support your career development needs. New hires for example, who are non-German speaker, are provided with up to two years of German language tuition for themselves and a partner.

We understand the high performance is not 9 to 5, so we provide flexible working hours and the possibility for occasional work from home.