HSE Trainee/Intern

Faurecia; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Part time

Job summary

Faurecia in Port Elizabeth invites applications for a Health Safety & Environment Graduate. The role focuses on guiding management on HSE processes, ensuring legal compliance, and applying Faurecia's HSE policy.

It offers development across audits, risk assessments, and training within a 12-month graduate program. The successful candidate will gain hands-on experience, participate in the HSE network, and support ergonomic and machine safety initiatives while learning regulatory requirements and

Qualifications

• NDiploma/B- Tech / BEng in Industrial Engineering or Health, Safety & Environment.
• Knowledge and experience in automotive environment.
• Knowledge of HSE tools and methods: 5 why, job instruction, audits, ISO 14001, ISO 45001.
• Knowledge of legal requirements.
• Competency in MS Office: (Excel & Word).
• Eligible for Y.E.S Youth Program.

Responsibilities

• Guide management regarding HSE processes and legal compliance.
• Conduct internal HSE measurements, inspections, and audits to analyse risks and improve safety and environment.
• Propose and implement an annual HSE action plan with Site Management.
• Coach and support plant management in HSE practices and requirements.
• Participate in Faurecia’s HSE network and deploy HSE Standards.
• Monitor legal compliance and manage relations with local government and regulators.
• Monitor reporting of HSE indicators and environmental data.
• Organise and drive HSE audits and trainings.
• Perform accident/incident investigations.
• Contribute to ergonomics programs through workstation assessments and risk evaluations.
• Support machine safety initiatives including risk assessments and LOTO deployment.

Skills

Coaching

Audits

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

NDiploma/B-Tech/BEng in Industrial Engineering or Health, Safety & Environment

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Your Mission, Roles And Responsibilities

Job title: Health Safety & Environment Graduate

Location: Port Elizabeth

Reports to: FCM HSE & Security Manager

Contract: 12 months contract as part of our Graduate program

Closing date for applications: 15 October 2026

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The HSE Graduate is responsible for guiding management regarding HSE processes and requirements to ensure legal compliance per legislation and the application of the Group’s HSE policy and procedures.

The main missions will be to gain development and learning on the following:

• Conduct internal HSE measurements, inspections, and audits to analyse the site’s risks and bring solutions to improve the working conditions; the level of industrial safety; and respect for the environment.
• Propose and annual HSE action plan to the Site Management.
• Coach and support the plant management and deploy in HSE practices and requirements.
• Participate in Faurecia’s HSE network and deploy all HSE Standards within the organization.
• Monitor and ensure implementation of legal compliance and manage the site’s relations with local government and regulatory organizations.
• Monitor the reporting of HSE indicators (e.g. FR0t (Lost Time Injuries), environmental data).
• Organise and drive HSE audits and trainings.
• Perform accident/incident investigations.
• Contribute to ergonomics improvement programmes by participating in workstation assessments, ergonomic risk evaluations, and the implementation of actions aimed at reducing musculoskeletal injury risks and improving employee wellbeing.
• Support machine safety initiatives through participation in machine risk assessments, safeguarding reviews, lockout/tagout (LOTO) programme deployment, and verification of compliance with machine safety standards and requirements.

Your profile and competencies to succeed

Qualifications & Experience

The ideal graduate will have/be:

• NDiploma/B- Tech / BEng in Industrial Engineering or Health, Safety & Environment.
• Knowledge and experience in auomotive environment.
• Knowledge of HSE tools and methods: 5 why methodology, job instruction, audits, ISO 14001, ISO 45001.
• Knowledge of legal requirements.
• Competency in MS Office: (Excel & Word).
• Eligible for Y.E.S Youth Program.

Faurecia supports the principles embodied in the Employment Equity Act and as such, preference will be given to candidates who will add to the diversity of our organization.