How to Apply to Eramet

12 min read Last updated April 20, 2026 82 open positions
Blake Crosley
Blake Crosley Researched using publicly available information, hiring data, and ATS analysis.

Key Takeaways

  • Eramet hires through a single SAP SuccessFactors portal at jobs.eramet.com covering all entities — Paris HQ, COMILOG Gabon, SLN New Caledonia, Weda Bay Indonesia, Eramine Argentina, Eramet Norway, and Eramet Ideas R&D at Trappes.
  • The Group's three strategic metals are manganese (dominant, profitable, global number-one ex-China), nickel (volatile — SLN New Caledonia in political crisis, Weda Bay scaling hard in Indonesia), and lithium (Centenario Argentina delivered first production in 2024).
  • Aubert & Duval — the aerospace superalloys arm — was divested in 2023, so candidates targeting aerospace forgings should note that Eramet no longer owns it.
  • The French-style application — structured CV, lettre de motivation for junior roles, diplôme clearly stated — is the default standard for Paris HQ roles.
  • Interviews are technically rigorous and culturally formal; rigueur, intellectual honesty, and international mobility are weighted heavily.
  • Language reality: French is effectively mandatory for HQ, English for international, local languages a plus for site work. State CEFR levels honestly.
  • The SLN political situation in New Caledonia and the Centenario ramp-up in Argentina are live topics — candidates who follow the Group's real trajectory, not just its brand page, advance faster.
  • Early-career French candidates should target the stage, alternance, and VIE pipelines, which feed much of Eramet's long-term bench.
  • Mining cyclicality is real: expect questions about how you handle long-horizon, capital-intensive decision-making under commodity-price uncertainty.
  • Your SuccessFactors profile persists across the Group — invest in filling it fully, not just uploading a CV.

About Eramet

Eramet S.A. is one of the world's largest mining and metallurgy groups, headquartered at Tour Coupole in La Défense, Paris, and listed on Euronext Paris under the ticker ERA. The Group employs roughly 13,000 people across more than 20 countries and generated approximately €3.4 billion in revenue in recent reporting. Leadership sits with Chair and CEO Christel Bories, who has steered the Group through a substantial strategic transformation over the last several years. Ownership is concentrated: the Duval family — via the Sorame and SIMA holdings — controls roughly 65% of share capital, with the French State holding a meaningful minority stake through APE. That capital structure matters for candidates because it shapes Eramet's long-horizon, industrially patient culture; decisions are rarely driven by quarterly earnings theater. Operationally, Eramet is organized around three metals pillars. Manganese is the historical backbone and the profit engine: the Group is the world's number-one producer of high-grade manganese ore outside of China, anchored by COMILOG in Gabon, which mines the world-class Moanda deposit — one of the richest manganese reserves on Earth. Manganese ore is railed out via the Transgabonais line to the port of Owendo for global export, and Eramet also operates downstream manganese alloy plants in Norway (Eramet Norway at Sauda, Kvinesdal, and Porsgrunn) and Gabon. Nickel is the second pillar and the most turbulent: the Société Le Nickel (SLN) in New Caledonia is a historic operation hit hard by the 2024 political unrest that severely disrupted mining and export logistics, and the Weda Bay Nickel joint venture in Indonesia (with Tsingshan) is now one of the largest nickel mining complexes in the world, supplying the stainless steel and battery metals chains. Lithium is the new frontier: the Centenario-Ratones project in Salta, Argentina, a direct lithium extraction operation, reached first production in 2024 and positions Eramet inside the EV battery supply chain. Aubert & Duval, the legendary French aerospace and defense superalloys producer, was divested in 2023 to an Airbus / Safran / Tikehau Ace Capital consortium, though the sale process stretched over years. Mission and identity are less about slogans than about a specific posture: Eramet frames itself as a responsible producer of the metals that underpin the energy transition — steel, stainless steel, EV batteries, specialty alloys — with a visible push on biodiversity, Scope 1-2-3 decarbonization targets, and social license in host communities. That last part is not marketing filler. A company that mines in Gabon, New Caledonia, Indonesia, and Argentina cannot operate at scale without genuine community and government relationships, and the people Eramet hires — particularly in HSE, community relations, and site management — are expected to carry that seriously. For candidates, what this means is concrete. Eramet is not a tech company, not a consultancy, and not a trading house. It is a heavy-industrial, capital-intensive, cyclical business that moves on multi-year project horizons, where a single nickel or manganese price swing can reshape the P&L, and where a blocked road in New Caledonia can halt a mine for months. The people who do best here are engineers, geologists, metallurgists, HSE professionals, and corporate specialists who want long-term technical depth, international mobility, and a seat at the table on the metals that the energy transition actually needs.

Application Process

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    Start at eramet

    Start at eramet.com/en/talents to understand the Group structure, then go to jobs.eramet.com — the live portal — where every current vacancy across Paris HQ, Gabon (COMILOG), New Caledonia (SLN), Indonesia (Weda Bay), Argentina (Centenario), Norway (Eramet Norway), and the Trappes research center is aggregated.

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    Create a candidate account on jobs

    Create a candidate account on jobs.eramet.com. The platform runs on SAP SuccessFactors, so your profile travels across all Eramet entities — you apply once and the same CV can be surfaced for multiple roles, but you still need to submit a fresh application for each posting.

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    Filter by Job Family (Mining and geology, Metallurgy, Process, HSE, IT, Finance,

    Filter by Job Family (Mining and geology, Metallurgy, Process, HSE, IT, Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Commercial), Country/Region, Legal Entity (Eramet SA, COMILOG, SLN, Eramet Ideas, Eramet Norway, Eramet Grande Côte, Eramine), and Contract Type (CDI, CDD, stage, alternance, VIE, expatriation).

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    For French early-career candidates, the stage (internship) and alternance (work-

    For French early-career candidates, the stage (internship) and alternance (work-study) pipelines are the primary entry route into Paris HQ and Trappes R&D. These postings appear year-round with a heavy concentration between February and June for September starts.

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    For site roles in Gabon, New Caledonia, Indonesia, or Argentina, expect a local-

    For site roles in Gabon, New Caledonia, Indonesia, or Argentina, expect a local-hire track alongside the expatriate track. The expatriate track is typically reserved for senior technical or managerial roles and routes through Eramet SA or a dedicated mobility contract.

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    VIE (Volontariat International en Entreprise) postings appear periodically for F

    VIE (Volontariat International en Entreprise) postings appear periodically for French and EU nationals aged 18–28 and are a proven Eramet talent pipeline — COMILOG, SLN, and Weda Bay have historically received VIEs in engineering, finance, and supply chain.

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    Upload a CV tailored to the job family

    Upload a CV tailored to the job family. Recruiters expect a French-style CV (one to two pages, chronological, with clear diplôme lines) for Paris-based roles and a more international format for sites.

  8. 8
    Cover letters (lettre de motivation) are expected for French postings, especiall

    Cover letters (lettre de motivation) are expected for French postings, especially for stage, alternance, VIE, and junior engineer roles. For senior international roles a short motivation paragraph inside the application form usually suffices.

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    After submission, expect an initial HR screen within one to four weeks, though s

    After submission, expect an initial HR screen within one to four weeks, though specialized site and expatriate roles can run longer because of mobility, visa, and medical clearance workflows.

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    If selected, the sequence typically runs: HR call, hiring manager technical inte

    If selected, the sequence typically runs: HR call, hiring manager technical interview, one or two peer or cross-functional interviews, and a final interview with a senior stakeholder (BU director, site director, or functional VP depending on seniority).

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    For operational site roles, a medical aptitude examination and sometimes a site

    For operational site roles, a medical aptitude examination and sometimes a site visit are part of the offer process. For expatriate contracts, a dedicated mobility package discussion (housing, schooling, rotation, tax equalization) happens after the offer in principle.

Resume Tips for Eramet

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Lead with your diplôme and school if you are a French candidate — Eramet recruit

Lead with your diplôme and school if you are a French candidate — Eramet recruiters read the education block first, and grandes écoles (Mines Paris, Mines Nancy, Centrale, Polytechnique, Ponts, Chimie ParisTech, INSA, ENSIC, UTC) are immediately recognized shorthand for technical foundation.

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For geology, metallurgy, process, and mining engineer roles, explicitly name the

For geology, metallurgy, process, and mining engineer roles, explicitly name the commodities you have worked on — manganese, nickel, lithium, iron ore, copper, cobalt, rare earths — because a SuccessFactors keyword search is how your CV gets to a human.

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Cite specific unit operations and techniques by their real names: froth flotatio

Cite specific unit operations and techniques by their real names: froth flotation, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, leaching, solvent extraction (SX), electrowinning (EW), direct lithium extraction (DLE), HPAL, ferroalloy smelting, sintering, pelletizing, JORC/NI 43-101 resource reporting.

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Quantify production, recovery, uptime, CAPEX, or OPEX figures you have actually

Quantify production, recovery, uptime, CAPEX, or OPEX figures you have actually owned — recruiters in heavy industry are trained to discount vague claims and to respect specific numbers with units and timeframes.

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Name the software stack honestly: SAP (S/4HANA, PM, MM, QM), OSIsoft PI, Aveva,

Name the software stack honestly: SAP (S/4HANA, PM, MM, QM), OSIsoft PI, Aveva, Hexagon / Leapfrog / Surpac / Vulcan / Datamine / Deswik for mining, METSIM / HSC / Aspen for metallurgy, AutoCAD, MATLAB, Python, and Power BI. Eramet Ideas (the R&D center in Trappes) specifically values modeling and simulation skills.

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Language proficiency matters and should be graded on the CEFR scale (A2, B1, B2,

Language proficiency matters and should be graded on the CEFR scale (A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) rather than vague claims. French B2 or higher is effectively mandatory for Paris HQ; English B2+ is expected for any international role; Spanish matters for Argentina (Eramine), Bahasa Indonesia or at least demonstrated adaptability matters for Weda Bay.

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For HSE, environment, and sustainability roles, reference the actual frameworks

For HSE, environment, and sustainability roles, reference the actual frameworks you have used: ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ICMM principles, IFC Performance Standards, GRI, TCFD, CSRD, ICMM biodiversity, tailings management (GISTM), and any mine closure or rehabilitation work.

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Mention expatriation, remote-site rotation, or harsh-environment experience expl

Mention expatriation, remote-site rotation, or harsh-environment experience explicitly — operating in Moanda, Nouméa, Halmahera, or the Puna of Salta is a differentiator and recruiters know to look for it.

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For corporate roles (finance, legal, tax, treasury, investor relations, corporat

For corporate roles (finance, legal, tax, treasury, investor relations, corporate development, communications), anchor on listed-company or mining-sector exposure. Eramet is an SBF 120 listed mining issuer — people who understand how that ecosystem operates are preferred.

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Keep the CV to two pages maximum for under fifteen years of experience, three pa

Keep the CV to two pages maximum for under fifteen years of experience, three pages for senior executives. Avoid photos for international applications but keep the photo for France-based applications if it is professional — French convention still tolerates it.

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Do not upload a scanned PDF image — SuccessFactors cannot parse image-only PDFs

Do not upload a scanned PDF image — SuccessFactors cannot parse image-only PDFs and your CV will land in the system with empty text fields. Always upload a text-based PDF or a DOCX.

ATS System: SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting (Career Site Builder)

Eramet operates a single group-wide careers portal at jobs.eramet.com built on SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting, hosted on the EU SuccessFactors cluster (performancemanager5.successfactors.eu). The portal aggregates all vacancies across Eramet SA, COMILOG, SLN, Eramet Norway, Eramet Ideas, Eramine, Eramet Grande Côte, and Weda Bay-related Group postings under one account system. Candidate profiles persist across applications, internal mobility uses the same underlying system, and the portal supports French, English, and Spanish locales.

  • Create the account once with a stable personal email you will keep for years — alumni and former candidates often return to Eramet mid-career and the profile history becomes an asset.
  • Fill out every structured field, not just the CV upload. SuccessFactors recruiter search runs against the structured profile data (diplomas, languages, years of experience, job family tags) as much as against the free-text CV.
  • In the work experience section, write full sentences rather than bullet fragments — the parser extracts more reliable keyword signals from continuous text, and recruiters skim the profile view before opening the CV.
  • For language skills, select proficiency levels honestly; recruiters filter candidate pools by language level and a falsely claimed C1 French tends to collapse in the first phone screen.
  • Use the Job Alerts feature — Eramet does not post continuously, and vacancies in specialty areas (lithium hydrometallurgy, DLE, battery-grade materials, ESG reporting, mine planning) can be rare enough that subscribing to alerts beats manual checking.
  • Do not submit identical applications to ten different roles in the same week. SuccessFactors flags obvious shotgun behavior and recruiters in mining genuinely pay attention to fit — target two to four roles where your profile matches meaningfully.
  • If your application status sits on 'under review' for more than a month, a short, polite follow-up on LinkedIn to the named recruiter (Eramet recruiters generally list themselves) is acceptable, but do not badger.
  • Internal candidates and alumni often move first — if you have any Eramet, COMILOG, SLN, or Weda Bay connection, use the referral path explicitly rather than going through the anonymous queue.

Interview Culture

Eramet interviews carry an unmistakable French industrial formality, particularly for Paris HQ and Trappes-based roles.

Expect punctuality to be treated as a hard signal, not a soft one, and expect a more structured, chronological interview style than the behavioral-question-heavy format common in US tech companies. A typical Paris HQ interview sequence involves three to five rounds over three to six weeks: an initial HR screen (often a talent acquisition partner or a dedicated early-careers recruiter), a technical interview with the hiring manager, one or two cross-functional interviews with peers or adjacent teams, and a final interview with a senior decision maker — typically a department head, BU director, or Executive Committee member for strategic roles. The technical interview is taken seriously and it is genuinely technical. For engineering roles, candidates should be prepared to walk through specific projects on a whiteboard or shared screen, defend design choices, and handle pointed follow-up questions on unit operations, material balances, process economics, reserve estimation methodology, or HSE decision-making under ambiguity. For geology roles, expect ore body questions and sometimes a core-logging or map-reading exercise. For metallurgy roles, expect flowsheet critique and trade-off discussions between hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical routes. For lithium-specific roles tied to Centenario, expect pointed questions about DLE, brine chemistry, and water balance — the Argentine project sits in a water-sensitive environment and recruiters know it. Language dynamics vary by location. For Paris HQ, the interview is typically conducted in French, with occasional switches to English to test bilingual comfort. For site roles, the interview often mixes French and English, and for Weda Bay-related roles or Centenario roles, working competence in the local language is a bonus but not always a prerequisite at the expatriate tier. Be honest about your language level: a falsely claimed fluency is caught within the first five minutes and the interview is effectively over. Culturally, Eramet rewards candidates who demonstrate what French industry calls rigueur — rigor, precision, and a willingness to say 'I don't know' rather than bluff. Mining and metallurgy are unforgiving disciplines; a smelter mistake costs millions, a tailings misjudgment can cost lives, and recruiters actively test for intellectual honesty. Candidates who oversell, overgeneralize, or speak in consulting-deck abstractions tend to fare poorly. Candidates who can walk through a specific decision, name the trade-offs they considered, and explain what they would do differently tend to advance. Expect questions about international mobility and geographic flexibility for nearly any technical role. Eramet's workforce rotates between Paris, Gabon, New Caledonia, Indonesia, Argentina, Norway, Senegal, and occasionally Ukraine (Eramet Titanium & Iron), and a candidate who is locked to a single city will be screened out of roles where rotation is assumed. Expect, too, questions about ESG, biodiversity, water stewardship, community relations, and Scope 3 thinking — these are not decorative topics at Eramet, they are written into the strategic plan and the compensation scorecards of senior leaders. The candidate who treats them as box-checking will read as a poor cultural fit. Finally, be prepared for questions about the 2024 SLN situation in New Caledonia, the Centenario ramp-up in Argentina, and the divestiture of Aubert & Duval if those topics are relevant to the role. Candidates who have followed the Group's actual recent history — not just the mission page — signal seriousness, and that signal carries weight.

What Eramet Looks For

  • Genuine technical depth in geology, mining, metallurgy, process, or one of the specialized corporate disciplines — Eramet is a technical company and fakery is detected quickly.
  • Intellectual honesty: willingness to say 'I don't know, here is how I would find out' rather than bluffing.
  • International mobility and comfort with remote, sometimes harsh operating environments — Moanda, Nouméa, Weda Bay, and the Puna are not posh postings.
  • French language competence for Paris HQ roles (B2 minimum, C1 preferred); strong English for every international role; Spanish for Argentina; openness to learning Bahasa Indonesia for Weda Bay.
  • Real HSE reflexes — not compliance theater. Eramet runs operations where a single unsafe decision can injure or kill, and hiring managers test for safety mindset.
  • ESG and sustainability literacy that goes beyond buzzwords: water balance, biodiversity offsets, tailings standards (GISTM), CSRD, ICMM, and Scope 1-2-3 carbon.
  • Project delivery track record — capital projects, brownfield expansions, plant start-ups, debottlenecking — with quantified outcomes.
  • Cyclical-industry maturity: candidates who understand that commodity prices swing, that a mine can lose money for years waiting for the cycle, and that the discipline is long-term.
  • Cross-cultural operating ability: the capacity to work effectively with Gabonese, Kanak, Indonesian, Argentine, Norwegian, and French colleagues inside the same decision process.
  • Long-horizon commitment signals — Eramet prefers candidates who plan to stay and grow into broader roles, not candidates treating it as a two-year résumé line.
  • For early-career candidates: strong school record, a relevant stage or alternance, and evidence of curiosity about metals, energy transition, and industrial operations.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Eramet use an applicant tracking system, and which one?
Yes. Eramet runs SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting (Career Site Builder) on the EU SuccessFactors cluster. Every Group vacancy flows through jobs.eramet.com, and one candidate profile covers Eramet SA, COMILOG, SLN, Eramet Norway, Eramet Ideas, Eramine, Weda Bay-related Group postings, and other entities.
Do I need to speak French to work at Eramet?
For the Paris HQ at Tour Coupole, La Défense, and for the Trappes R&D center, French at CEFR B2 or higher is effectively mandatory for most roles. For international sites — COMILOG in Gabon, SLN in New Caledonia, Weda Bay in Indonesia, Centenario in Argentina, Eramet Norway — strong English is the baseline and French is valuable but not always required, particularly at senior technical or expatriate levels.
How many people does Eramet employ and where?
Approximately 13,000 employees across more than 20 countries. The largest concentrations are in Gabon (COMILOG mining and processing), New Caledonia (SLN), Indonesia (Weda Bay and related operations), France (Paris HQ, Trappes R&D), Norway (three alloy plants), Argentina (Centenario), and Senegal (Grande Côte mineral sands).
What is happening with SLN in New Caledonia and should I still apply for nickel roles?
SLN, the historic Société Le Nickel operation in New Caledonia, was severely disrupted by the political crisis that erupted in 2024 and continues to shape the local operating environment. Nickel hiring has not stopped — Weda Bay in Indonesia, the Group's nickel R&D, and the broader battery-metals strategy are all active — but candidates eyeing SLN specifically should go in with clear eyes on the local context and the restructuring implications.
Is Eramet still connected to Aubert & Duval and aerospace alloys?
No. Aubert & Duval was divested in 2023 to a consortium led by Airbus, Safran, and Tikehau Ace Capital. Candidates interested in aerospace superalloys should apply directly to Aubert & Duval, not Eramet.
What are the best entry routes for French early-career candidates?
Stage (internship), alternance (apprenticeship / work-study), and VIE (Volontariat International en Entreprise) are the proven pipelines. Stages and alternances concentrate around February to June for September starts, while VIE postings appear throughout the year for EU nationals aged 18–28. All three feed directly into full-time hiring at Paris HQ, Trappes, and the international sites.
What kinds of technical profiles does Eramet hire most?
Geologists (mining, exploration, resource estimation), mining engineers, metallurgists (pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy), process engineers, chemical engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers, maintenance engineers, HSE and environmental specialists, geotechnical and tailings engineers, and increasingly lithium-specific profiles (DLE, brine chemistry, battery-grade material specification). R&D at Trappes (Eramet Ideas) recruits PhD-level researchers in hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, modeling, and simulation.
Does Eramet sponsor international mobility and expatriate packages?
Yes, for senior technical and managerial roles. The expatriate track typically includes housing, schooling support, rotation schedules, home-leave, and tax equalization, and is contracted through Eramet SA or a dedicated mobility vehicle. Local-hire tracks at COMILOG, SLN, Weda Bay-related entities, and Eramine are separate and follow local employment law rather than an expatriate package.
How long does the hiring process usually take?
For Paris HQ professional roles, roughly three to eight weeks from application to offer in principle. For international site roles and expatriate contracts, longer — eight to twelve weeks is typical because of medical clearance, visa processing, and mobility package finalization. Executive roles can run longer still. Silence during this window does not mean rejection; SuccessFactors does not always push status updates promptly.
What is Eramet's culture like and who thrives there?
Rigorous, industrial, long-horizon, and genuinely international. Candidates who thrive are technically deep, intellectually honest, comfortable with geographic and cultural rotation, and patient with the multi-year rhythms of mining and metallurgy. Candidates who expect a tech-startup pace, expect to change roles every eighteen months, or treat HSE and ESG as decoration tend to leave within the first two years.
What should I know about compensation and benefits at Eramet?
Paris HQ compensation is competitive for French listed-industrial standards, with participation, intéressement, abondement on the PEE and PERCOL retirement plans, full health coverage, and strong paid leave (RTT included for engineers on forfait-jours). Site and expatriate packages layer in mobility premiums, hardship allowances where applicable, and sometimes rotation schedules. Compensation is rarely the headline attraction — mission, technical depth, and international experience are.
How should I handle my CV upload on jobs.eramet.com specifically?
Upload a text-based PDF or DOCX, never an image-only scan. Fill out every structured field on the profile — work experience, education, languages with CEFR levels, job-family tags — because SuccessFactors recruiter search runs against structured data, not just the CV. Create the account with a stable long-term email, not a throwaway address. Subscribe to Job Alerts for your target job families, especially in rare specialties like DLE, tailings management, or battery-grade lithium.

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