Manufacturing Intern, Johannesburg

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.

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