On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, Arts et Métiers HeidelbergCement France signed a three-year sponsorship agreement at the Paris Campus to forge lasting ties between students and professionals in the building materials sector. This partnership strengthens the industrial and regional roots of the School, a leading French institution serving the industry of the future.
With this sponsorship, HeidelbergCement France and Arts et Métiers strengthen their close ties and organize specific initiatives on three campuses: Angers, Bordeaux-Talence, and Châlons-en-Champagne.
Arts et Métiers studentsArts et Métiers have rapid access to positions of responsibility at HeidelbergCement, which plans to recruit 25 to 30 engineers in 2022/2023 and successfully integrate young talent into its ranks.
According to Jérémie Pieri, Human Resources Director at HeidelbergCement France, "the partnership will be based on the 'Engineers in Training' program, which provides 18 months of on-the-job support, making it an excellent integration pathway. This program, which is open to all recent graduates, provides comprehensive training combining theory and practice in Francewithin our subsidiaries, Ciments Calcia, GSM & Unibéton and abroad. It promotes the assumption of positions of responsibility or expertise under the best conditions ."
For Aurore Friedlander, Director of Marketing, Communications, and FundraisingArts et Métiers, "Involving professionals and manufacturers in research and training programs helps students prepare for the realities they will encounter in the field. This sponsorship is part ofArts et Métiers commitmentArts et Métiers maintaining close ties between the school and industry professionals."
Recruitment events (internship forums, job dating, etc.) are planned. On January 14, the group had already invited students from the Châlons-en-Champagne campus to attend an initial internship forum.
Visits to various HeidelbergCement sites are also on the agenda. The company has nearly 300 production sites throughout France, enabling it to meet the material needs for housing and infrastructure construction in the country. Students from different campuses will thus be in direct contact with professionals and sectors that correspond to the industrial reality of their environment.
A partnership in line withArts et Métiers commitmentsArts et Métiers ecological transition
Arts et Métiers recentlyArts et Métiers its commitment to investing in ecological transition by signing the Grenoble Agreement. This agreement commits higher education institutions to taking measures to integrate socio-ecological transition issues into their programs and on their campuses.
HeidelbergCement France, meanwhile, wants to become a benchmark in decarbonization in the cement industry. To this end, the group is investing more than €400 million in France for the ecological transition.
Arts et Métiers HeidelbergCement France share common values and are committed to a more sustainable industry.
"This partnership with Arts et Métiers fully Arts et Métiers with the ongoing transformation of the company, illustrating our desire to be open with our stakeholders. Schools are essential because they train our future employees and thus play a part in the future of our company. In this context, Arts et Métiers an obvious choice, as the school embodies excellence in education. This excellence is based on the transmission of know-how and the essential culture of innovation, which alone can help us meet the climate challenge. This is a major challenge for the planet and a vital issue for our industry, which requires the emergence of innovative solutions to decarbonize our processes and develop recycling. But it is also an exciting adventure to build the world of tomorrow together." Bruno Pillon, President of HeidelbergCement's French Operations France.
