Umgeni Water: Graduate / Internship Proramme 2022
Location: Pietermaritzburg
If you do not receive a reply within four (4) weeks of the closing date, please consider your application
Umgeni Water is a state-owned enterprise (SOE) established in 1974 to provide bulk water and related services in the province. It is the second largest Water Board in South Africa and employs over 1200 committed, motivated and enthusiastic employees in diverse professions,
trades, and occupational levels. Umgeni Water’s current strategic theme of ‘enabled and innovative growth steers the organisation to ensure value creation for its customers through providing innovative, sustainable, effective and affordable water and sanitation services. We seek candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results, we need employees who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Umgeni Water invites applications from suitably qualified graduates to be expose to an experiential training that will result in the development of their technical knowledge leading to their registration as professional engineers and professional scientists with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) respectively. On completion of the training programme, trainees will be required to apply the knowledge and skills learned to Municipalities in KwaZulu Natal and OR Tambo District Municipalities as identified by Umgeni Water and National Treasury. Trainees will be trained by Umgeni Water for the duration of the 5-year contract and will be deploy to the identified Municipalities on completion of the training.
Requirements
Civil Engineers
GECIV2022 |
Chemical Engineers
GECHE2022 |
| Electrical Engineers
A National Diploma, or Advanced Diploma, B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering with an unendorsed and valid Driver’s license. GEELE2022 |
Scientists Chemistry
GSCC2022 |
Scientists Hydrobiology
GSCH2022 |
Scientists – Microbiology
GSCM2022 |
Scientists Hydrology
GSCHY2022 |
During the training, Graduates must successfully demonstrate all proficiencies as determined by ECSA & SACNASP for professional registration.
Key Skills and knowledge: We are looking for a results-driven person, a team player who is customer focused “has knowledge of engineering principles and has an ability to apply this knowledge an ability to communicate well at all levels an ability to plan and organize workloads effectively to enhance performance
First preference will be for the applicants who are permanent residents of the identified municipalities. The programme is restricted to South African citizens. Appointment will be in the context of Employment Equity.
Short-listed applicants will undergo the competency assessment/or security clearance and will be required to produce original certificates.
How to Apply
Interested persons are to email their applications, together with their CV’s and certified copies of qualifications and proof of residence to: graduaterecruitment@umgeni.co.za or fax to 086 2429680
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