Durban Industrial Engineer Graduate - Logistics & Warehouse

Maersk; Durban; Vor Ort; ZAR 201.000 - 268.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Maersk invites graduates to join the Contract Logistics Industrial Engineer Graduate Programme in Durban for 12 months of hands-on rotations across warehousing and distribution. You will gain practical experience implementing IE methods in inbound, storage, picking, packing, and dispatch, while learning KPI definitions, data quality, and WMS reporting.

You will complete an integrated capstone project with a justified business benefit and a handover plan, mentored with structured feedback and

Qualifikationen

• Industrial Engineering degree (or final year of study).
• Strong academic record and analytical ability.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process-thinking abilities.
• Passion for logistics, supply chain, and operational excellence.
• Adaptability to work in diverse and fast-paced environments.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• South African citizenship.
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Outlook, MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Good personal time management and a positive attitude.

Aufgaben

• Support end-to-end analysis and improvement of inbound, storage, picking, packing, dispatch, cross-dock and inventory processes.
• Collect, validate and analyse operational data to identify constraints, waste, variation and improvement opportunities.
• Conduct time studies, work measurement, process mapping, capacity analysis, root-cause analysis and productivity assessments.
• Support inventory accuracy through cycle-count analysis, reconciliation, stock-integrity reviews and inventory variance investigations.
• Work with TCO on KPI definitions, data quality, WMS reporting, dashboards, process standardisation and digital improvement opportunities.
• Support Solution Design activities, including requirements analysis, conceptual layouts, material flow, capacity calculations, labour and equipment sizing, option evaluation and design documentation.
• Support Implementation workstreams through project planning, RAID management, SOP development, training material, operational-readiness checks, hypercare and benefits tracking.
• Participate in Lean, 5S, Kaizen and continuous-improvement activities and ensure agreed improvements are documented and sustained.
• Prepare clear technical reports, presentations and recommendations for operational and functional stakeholders.
• Complete an integrated capstone project with a validated benefit or an evidenced feasibility case, together with a control and handover plan.

Kenntnisse

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Process thinking

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Ausbildung

Industrial Engineering degree (or final year)

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Jobbeschreibung

Maersk invites graduates to join the Contract Logistics Industrial Engineer Graduate Programme in Durban for 12 months of hands-on rotations across warehousing and distribution. You will gain practical experience implementing IE methods in inbound, storage, picking, packing, and dispatch, while learning KPI definitions, data quality, and WMS reporting.

You will complete an integrated capstone project with a justified business benefit and a handover plan, mentored with structured feedback and