TRAFFIC Gauteng

Manufacturing Intern

Reckitt Benckiser LLC

Job Description

Manufacturing Intern

City: Johannesburg

About the role

Reckitt South Africa is looking for a Manufacturing Intern to support production operations, process improvement, and quality control within a manufacturing environment. This role is designed to provide hands on exposure to industrial processes, engineering principles, and operational efficiency.

The internship program is 12 months and we are looking for 5 interns to join Reckitt. Application deadline: 30 May 2026.

Your responsibilities
  • Developing innovative solutions geared towards improving processes
  • Identifies, prioritizes and eliminates process losses
  • Building the process capability and control
  • Defining equipment standards, leading process benchmarking and reapplication
  • Building capability to do technical troubleshooting and process improvement
The experience we're looking for
  • Recent graduate with a Bachelor's Degree / Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related), starting 2024 onwards
  • Strong level of English, both written and spoken
  • Hands on experience in a mechanical or electrical process role
  • Leadership mentality & ability to prioritize autonomously
  • Ambitious, driven, agile and creative with a can do attitude
  • Commitment to a minimum duration of 13 months
The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Relationship Management, Business Acumen, Productivity management, Improve business processes, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Planning, Logistics Management.

What we offer

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We offer a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition, colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin, religion, faith, pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity, protected veteran status, size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

About This Role

Career insights for Manufacturing Engineers positions

Salary Benchmark
R44,155/month
R31,833 to R60,688/month
Source: WageIndicator ZAR data
Job Outlook
This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.
Key Skills for This Role
Complex Problem Solving Mathematics Reading Comprehension Active Listening Judgment and Decision Making
Common Technologies
AutoCAD 2024 CATIA V6 SOLIDWORKS 2024 Eko HCL Notes Microsoft Exchange Online Microsoft Outlook 365 C17/C18