6 Engineering jobs in Gillitts
Chemical Engineering Internship
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The Unilever YES Programme
Location: La Lucia Head Office, Durban
ABOUT UNILEVER
With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.
At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don't believe in the 'one size fits all' approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.
The Youth Employment Service (YES) Programme is a national collaborative initiative aimed at empowering South African youth by providing them with valuable work experience. The YES Programme at Unilever is more than just work experience — it's a launchpad for future careers. As part of this initiative, you'll be immersed in a 12-month journey designed to ignite your potential, equip you with practical skills, and expose you to real-world business challenges. Whether you're supporting teams in our offices or on the factory floor, you'll gain meaningful, hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment where learning, growth, and purpose come together. This is your chance to be part of a company that's reimagining the future of work — and investing in yours
JOB PURPOSE
- The Unilever YES Programme is meant to provide participants with a meaningful work experience, skills development opportunities, and exposure to a professional environment as stepping stone into the world of work.
WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE
Participants will take on support responsibilities across the Research and Development business function. These responsibilities play a crucial role in ensuring the effective operation of the function and offer accelerated and practical work experience.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- South African citizen, aged 18 – 34 years
- Currently unemployed and not studying full-time
- Completed Bachelor of Science in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
- Should not have more than 2 years' work experience
- Commitment to the 12-month programme
- Must not have completed a YES Programme previously
- Willingness to learn and grow in a professional environment
- A strong academic record
- Strong computer literacy
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Good time management
- Ability to work in a collaborative team environment
- A positive attitude
Unilever Behaviors
Assess whether the candidates' responses and examples resonate with Unilever's expected behaviours.
Care Deeply: We care deeply about how consumers experience our brands every day, everywhere; about our people's growth and development, and our impact on the planet. We care about our performance, to a point where it hurts when we don't win.
Focus on What Counts: We ruthlessly prioritise what truly matters, and so do fewer things brilliantly. We set clear goals & direction and recognise others for maximum impact.
Stay Three Steps Ahead: We think boldly and creatively to make breakthroughs in performance. We are always curious and confident - anticipating and staying ahead of consumer needs and external trends, to beat the competition.
Deliver with Excellence: We deliver excellence in what we do at pace. We take personal ownership and hold each other to account – always finding a way to do what we said we will do.
Please kindly attach the following documents as part of the selection:
- updated CV
- copy of highest qualification (eg. Grade 12 and Degree)
(We value equity, diversity and inclusion. This initiative forms part of our transformation objectives and our commitment to Employment Equity, consideration will therefore be given to suitably qualified individuals from designated groups in line with the Employment Equity Act)
Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their 'Whole Self' to work and this includes you Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.
Engineering Stores Supervisor
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GROW A GREAT CAREER WITH THE COMPANY THAT GROWS GREAT BRANDS
Join
National Brands Limited (NBL)
and be part of a legacy that has shaped South Africa's biscuit tradition for over 170 years. With two iconic factories in
Isando
and
Westmead
, we produce beloved brands like
Bakers Tennis, Blue Label Marie, and Choice Assorted
; creating moments of joy for generations of South Africans. At NBL, you'll work in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment where innovation, quality, and teamwork thrive.
Why Join National Brands Limited (NBL)?
- Make an Impact: Contribute to producing South Africa's favourite biscuit brands, influencing daily life.
- Innovative Growth: Be part of a forward-thinking environment that encourages product and process improvement.
- Career Development: Access a range of roles and growth opportunities at one of NBL's 5 world-class facilities.
- Collaborative Culture: Work in a supportive, team-driven environment where your contributions matter.
Step Into a Role That Makes an Impact
We're seeking an
Engineering Stores Supervisor
to drive success at
NBL Westmead Biscuits
in
Westmead, Durban
. This role supports the engineering team in sourcing and purchasing engineering equipment and services to ensure production continuity. It is accountable for managing engineering stock requirements, ensuring spend transparency, and maintaining accurate engineering material master data.
Reporting Structure
- Reports to: Maintenance Planner
Key Areas Of Impact
- Health and Safety: Ensure compliance with safety standards and best practices (Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), chemicals, lifting equipment, and lock-out/tag-out procedures).
- Food Safety: Maintain good housekeeping, manage consumable supplies, and ensure compliance with GMP and 5S standards.
- Stock Management: Oversee stock requests, monitor stock levels, manage spare parts and inventory accuracy, and optimize storage space.
- Systems and SAP Management: Use SAP for purchasing, stock management, and inventory control. Review Material Requirements Planning (MRP) - generated Purchase Requisitions (PR's), ensure accurate material data, and manage stock counts.
- People Management: Manage Storeman team, set KPIs, and identify training needs.
What It Takes To Succeed
Experience that set you up for success:
- At least 3 – 5 years' Store Controller / Store Supervisor experience gained in an Engineering Stores environment, ideally within the FMCG / Manufacturing sector
Qualifications And Certifications That Will Contribute To Your Success
- Matric
- Relevant completed tertiary qualification in Inventory Management, Warehousing or related completed 2-year tertiary qualification
Take the Next Step with NBL
Join our team, make a real impact, and contribute to the success of South Africa's favourite biscuit brands. Apply now and become part of a team that's dedicated to quality ingredients, and a touch of
Bakers
magic
Engineering Stores Supervisor
Posted today
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Job Description
GROW A GREAT CAREER WITH THE COMPANY THAT GROWS GREAT BRANDS
Join National Brands Limited (NBL) and be part of a legacy that has shaped South Africa's biscuit tradition for over 170 years. With two iconic factories in Isando and Westmead, we produce beloved brands like Bakers Tennis, Blue Label Marie, and Choice Assorted ; creating moments of joy for generations of South Africans. At NBL, you'll work in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment where innovation, quality, and teamwork thrive.
Why Join National Brands Limited (NBL)?
- Make an Impact: Contribute to producing South Africa's favourite biscuit brands, influencing daily life.
- Innovative Growth: Be part of a forward-thinking environment that encourages product and process improvement.
- Career Development: Access a range of roles and growth opportunities at one of NBL's 5 world-class facilities.
- Collaborative Culture: Work in a supportive, team-driven environment where your contributions matter.
Step Into a Role That Makes an Impact We're seeking an Engineering Stores Supervisor to drive success at NBL Westmead Biscuits in Westmead, Durban. This role supports the engineering team in sourcing and purchasing engineering equipment and services to ensure production continuity. It is accountable for managing engineering stock requirements, ensuring spend transparency, and maintaining accurate engineering material master data.
Reporting Structure:
- Reports to: Maintenance Planner
Key Areas of Impact:
- Health and Safety: Ensure compliance with safety standards and best practices (Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), chemicals, lifting equipment, and lock-out/tag-out procedures).
- Food Safety: Maintain good housekeeping, manage consumable supplies, and ensure compliance with GMP and 5S standards.
- Stock Management: Oversee stock requests, monitor stock levels, manage spare parts and inventory accuracy, and optimize storage space.
- Systems and SAP Management: Use SAP for purchasing, stock management, and inventory control. Review Material Requirements Planning (MRP) - generated Purchase Requisitions (PR's), ensure accurate material data, and manage stock counts.
- People Management: Manage Storeman team, set KPIs, and identify training needs.
What It Takes to Succeed:
Experience that set you up for success:
- At least 3 – 5 years' Store Controller / Store Supervisor experience gained in an Engineering Stores environment, ideally within the FMCG / Manufacturing sector
Qualifications and Certifications that will contribute to your success:
- Matric
- Relevant completed tertiary qualification in Inventory Management, Warehousing or related completed 2-year tertiary qualification
Take the Next Step with NBL
Join our team, make a real impact, and contribute to the success of South Africa's favourite biscuit brands. Apply now and become part of a team that's dedicated to quality ingredients, and a touch of Bakers magic
Software Engineering Lead
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We are strengthening our software engineering team to modernize our existing application stack, powering one of LexisNexis Intellectual Property's flagship AI products, LexisNexis® Classification. The team enhances the application with new features and functions to enrich the users experience as well as optimizing existing functionalities. This is an opportunity to lead a team that works on modern, cloud native infrastructure and become an essential part of building and maintaining the product architecture.
We expect this team to work across multiple technologies around a core including:
+ React
+ Go
+ Python
+ JavaScript
+ Java
+ C#/.Net
+ Postgres
+ SQL
+ AWS
About the Role:
We are hiring a Software Engineering Lead to take the responsibility for the work on maintaining, modernizing and enhancing a key product, LexisNexis® Classification. This product uses AI to read millions of patents globally and pull the relevant patents into custom categories that are relevant to the specific technology areas users define.
You'll be the go-to person for a small highly skilled agile team, with ownership over the mission and your development practices and process. Your engineering team will be based mainly in South Africa but also across Europe. You will also work closely with existing application teams, as well as with a broader range of stakeholders distributed across the UK, Germany, Netherlands and the USA.
As a Software Engineering Lead, you will play a crucial role in overseeing software development mainly within LexisNexis® Classification. You will contribute directly to solving technical problems as well as guiding your team to success.
Responsibilities
+ Owning and executing backlog of product optimization and enhancements.
+ Being responsible for backend and frontend maintenance of the product and ensuring bug fixes are prioritized in a timely manner.
+ Assisting in requirements gathering, decomposition and implementation of new features, such as additional features for product integration into existing LexisNexis® Intellectual Property products.
+ Integrating performance and cost-optimization considerations into development work, throughout the entire development lifecycle.
+ Able to communicate and take ownership within the team and across team boundaries.
+ Helping to maintain AWS platform infrastructure with CDK, such as NodeJS/Python Lambdas.
+ Assisting in refactoring the existing application.
+ Writing and reviewing detailed specifications for the development of complex system components.
+ Leading in development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews.
+ Managing a team of software engineers in a Scrum based development environment while collaborating with stakeholders.
Requirements
+ Understand Software Engineering techniques and processes, particularly adapting Scrum and agile frameworks to meet business needs.
+ Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers, including knowledge on running cost effective serverless architecture.
+ Experience working with React.
+ Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills applicable to a wide audience.
+ Experience with Python, JavaScript, Go, Azure Pipelines, GraphQL (or similar API schemas) or willingness to rapidly learn.
+ Experience in leading software engineering efforts for AI-enabled SaaS products is desirable, but not essential.
Work in a way that works for you We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
+ Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive
Working for you We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
+ Medical Aid
+ Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
+ Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
+ Study Leave
About the Business LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.
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RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.
Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.
Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.
Industrial Engineering Internship (12 months)
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Location: Maydon Wharf Factory, Durban
ABOUT UNILEVER
With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people - we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.
At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don't believe in the 'one size fits all' approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.
The Youth Employment Service (YES) Programme is a national collaborative initiative aimed at empowering South African youth by providing them with valuable work experience. The YES Programme at Unilever is more than just work experience - it's a launchpad for future careers. As part of this initiative, you'll be immersed in a 12-month journey designed to ignite your potential, equip you with practical skills, and expose you to real-world business challenges. Whether you're supporting teams in our offices or on the factory floor, you'll gain meaningful, hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment where learning, growth, and purpose come together. This is your chance to be part of a company that's reimagining the future of work - and investing in yours
JOB PURPOSE
+ The Unilever YES Programme is meant to provide participants with a meaningful work experience, skills development opportunities, and exposure to a professional environment as stepping stone into the world of work.
WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE
Participants will take on support responsibilities across the factory. These responsibilities play a crucial role in ensuring the effective operation of the function and offer accelerated and practical work experience.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
+ South African citizen, aged 18 - 34 years
+ Currently unemployed and not studying full-time
+ Completed Bachelor of Science or BTECH in Industrial Engineering
+ Should not have more than 2 years' work experience
+ Commitment to the 12-month programme
+ Must not have completed a YES Programme previously
+ Willingness to learn and grow in a professional environment
+ A strong academic record
+ Strong computer literacy
+ Strong written and verbal communication skills
+ Good time management
+ Ability to work in a collaborative team environment
+ A positive attitude
Unilever Behaviors
Assess whether the candidates' responses and examples resonate with Unilever's expected behaviours.
Care Deeply: We care deeply about how consumers experience our brands every day, everywhere; about our people's growth and development, and our impact on the planet. We care about our performance, to a point where it hurts when we don't win.
Focus on What Counts: We ruthlessly prioritise what truly matters, and so do fewer things brilliantly. We set clear goals & direction and recognise others for maximum impact.
Stay Three Steps Ahead: We think boldly and creatively to make breakthroughs in performance. We are always curious and confident - anticipating and staying ahead of consumer needs and external trends, to beat the competition.
Deliver with Excellence: We deliver excellence in what we do at pace. We take personal ownership and hold each other to account - always finding a way to do what we said we will do.
Please kindly attach the following documents as part of the selection:
+ updated CV
+ copy of highest qualification in Industrial Engineering
(We value equity, diversity and inclusion. This initiative forms part of our transformation objectives and our commitment to Employment Equity, consideration will therefore be given to suitably qualified individuals from designated groups in line with the Employment Equity Act)
Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bring ing their 'Whole Self' to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.
Job Category: Research & Development
Job Type: Full time
Industry:
Technical Sales Consultant - Engineering | Pinetown
Posted 350 days ago
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The Technical Sales Consultant will play a critical role in increasing revenue and growing the client base by implementing effective sales strategies and managing client relationships. The incumbent will be responsible for presenting and selling company products to both existing and potential clients, identifying and contacting new clients, and resolving client concerns to provide exceptional customer service.
We are looking for a candidate that has a technical background, can read drawings and knows their way around an engineering works. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail, be accustomed to working with CRM and have an outgoing and engaging personality.
Roles and ResponsibilitiesSales:
Present and sell company products to current and new potential clients.Identify and contact new clients to expand the client base.Achieve budget and sales targets set by the company.Provide excellent customer service by promptly resolving client concerns.Increase market share and wallet share through proactive engagement with clients.Prepare quotations for existing and new products when required.Present new products to clients, keeping them up to date on the latest offerings.Attend weekly sales meetings to provide updates and align with the sales team.Feedback on opposition activity.Stock:
Check internal inventory to ensure products ordered are in stock.Collaborate with the admin team on stock pricing for quotes.If products are not available in the branch, check other branches for stock.Follow up with the internal buying department to ensure timely delivery of products.Participate in the monthly stock take in the branch.Monitor customer stock levels, ordering frequency, and product types using Power BI CRM.Admin:
Capture orders via telephone or email and update the sales sheet.Respond to customer queries and resolve any issues.Prepare, issue, and follow up on quotes.Prepare invoices with Adim and ensure the process for placing orders is followed, from storeroom to despatch and logistics.Communicate with the finance team to ensure all client accounts are up-to-date and follow up with clients.Update clients on any price increases or other relevant information.Prepare a weekly/monthly report and submit it to the manager every Friday.Key Performance Areas:
Meet monthly budget and sales forecast as agreed.Increase product lines within the customer base and increase wallet share.Expand the client base through cold calling and other initiatives.Achieve a high enquiry-to-order conversion rate.Provide daily reporting.Continuous development through training and personal growth.RequirementsCore Competencies:
Professional conduct and excellent communication skills.Goal-oriented approach and attention to detail.Ability to manage time efficiently and work well under pressure.Strong interpersonal skills to build and nurture relationships with stakeholders.Self-driven and able to perform as part of a team.Commercially aware and up to date on industry trends.Personal Characteristics:
Effective time management and strong organizational skills.Excellent people skills and the ability to work well in a team environment.Enthusiasm and a positive attitude towards work.Adherence to procedures and processes.BenefitsBasic Salary - R13 500Monthly Incentive of R8500 should targets get metCompany car and fuelCompany cell phoneMedical Aid ContributionProvident Fund ContributionBe The First To Know
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