Industrial Engineering Graduate: Warehousing & Distribution (Durban)

Maersk; Durban; Presencial; ZAR 220.000 - 320.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Maersk invites graduates to join a 12-month Industrial Engineering Graduate Programme in Durban, focused on warehousing and distribution. You'll rotate through cross-dock, ambient warehousing and cold chain settings, learning to analyse data, map processes and implement improvements.

You will be mentored, gain hands-on experience across operational environments, and contribute to KPI definitions, digital enablement and inventory accuracy projects.

Formación

• Industrial Engineering degree (or final year of study).
• Strong academic record.
• 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.
• A positive attitude.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conocimientos

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Process thinking

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Adaptability

Educación

Industrial Engineering degree

Herramientas

MS Outlook

MS Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Descripción del empleo

Maersk invites graduates to join a 12-month Industrial Engineering Graduate Programme in Durban, focused on warehousing and distribution. You'll rotate through cross-dock, ambient warehousing and cold chain settings, learning to analyse data, map processes and implement improvements.

You will be mentored, gain hands-on experience across operational environments, and contribute to KPI definitions, digital enablement and inventory accuracy projects.