Title:  Temp Technical Trainee

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Immediate Superior: Plant Packaging Manager 
Job Grade: 09 
Location: Gauteng, Wester Cape & Eastern Cape
Function: Supply Chain
Sub Function: Manufacturing
Type of Contract: Fixed Term
Reference Number: 146917 
Closing Date: 07/11/2025

The secret of success is to be ready when the opportunity comes…. Are you ready to start your career?  Then look no further, the prospects are exciting and opportunities endless.

The Heineken Beverages Packaging Technical Trainee Programme offers exceptional development opportunities to self-motivated, talented individuals that enables them to achieve their career ambitions! Through a fast-paced, accelerated learning environment, Packaging Technical Trainees are empowered with the development, experience and mentorship needed to take them to senior levels within Heineken Beverages.

The programme aims to build competent, well-equipped leaders of the future who will be able to lead the business and progress it to the next level. 

After completing the traineeship, you should have acquired the relevant technical skills, leadership skills and knowledge base to fit into a leadership position within the Packaging or functions within Heineken Beverages

Duration of Programme:  A 12-month period comprising of -

• Exposure to Supply Chain support functions with the emphasis on Packaging
• Improvement projects and workplace exposure
• Stand in periods for specific job roles
• The business value-chain and core business fundamentals

Structure

• An intensive overview of the leading packaging gaining exposure in a dynamic manufacturing environment and participation in challenging and exciting projects.
• Graduates are developed and coached by technical experts in their respective fields.
• A learning journey linked to an Action Learning Project with specific business deliverables.

We require Graduates in the following locations:

• Gauteng: Springs
• Gauteng: Wadeville
• Western Cape: Stellenbosch
• Eastern Cape: Gqeberha 

Minimum Requirements

• Recently completed graduated students (no work experience) with a Tertiary qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• South African citizen
• Good tertiary academic results
• Computer Literate
• Have the potential to make a positive impact in a challenging environment.
• Highly motivated and a self-manager
• The person should have a strong performance record that can be verified from past tasks and assignments
• Be able to effectively interact with persons of diverse backgrounds and education levels
• Have good analytical and problem resolving capabilities

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply. Heineken Beverages (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd) is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values inclusion and diversity. You must be fully eligible to live and work in South Africa to apply.