Synkron International is one of Africa's leading experts in Plant Audits, Mechanical Support, Electrical Support, Industrial Automation, and Remote Telesupport for companies in the Beverage Industry, Processing Industry, and Packaging Industry. Our team comprises specialist Engineers with a background in mechatronics, mechanical, and electrical engineering, possessing expert knowledge in packaging and processing machinery.
This Graduate Engineering Program 2026 is designed to engage aspiring engineers in coordinating and supporting various project elements within the company's operations.
Job Description / Responsibilities
Successful candidates will be involved in coordinating and supporting project elements from engineering design through to commissioning. Key duties include:
- Help to coordinate all project elements including engineering design, quality planning, product sourcing, installation, and assist in commissioning of client projects.
- React promptly and effectively to changing client and product needs.
- Support with anticipating any potential project risks, identifying and establishing corrective actions.
- Produce deliverables on time to customer requirements, clarifying these requirements where necessary.
- Assist in understanding the customer requirements and defining the customer specifications.
- Support with costing any changes in specifications.
- Support with analyzing customer and internal changes, including feasibility study.
- Assist in producing clear, focused, and understandable explanations for change requests.
- Track customer changes.
- Attending and participating in customer meetings when required.
- Raise timely and correct purchase requisitions on the company’s ERP as required.
- Help manage suppliers to ensure parts are delivered on time to the required quality standard.
- Track tasks against the project timing plan.
- Assist with design verification and sign off reporting.
- Be willing and available to work at company and customer premises as required.
- Keep up with the current and developing manufacturing and engineering trends.
- Undertake special projects as required.
- Contribute to continuous improvement activities.
- Quality control of work by appropriate reviews.
- Support and participate in the process improvement activities.
- Write simple reports and provide information to management.
- Achieve goals within budget.
- Conduct bench-marking studies to determine best practices/designs and future trends.
- Plan projects or subtasks so they may be tracked and presented.
- Be aware and work to achieve the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Attend various meetings and action/communicate instructions.
- Undertake continuous training and development.
- Participate in root cause analysis and resolving problems.
- Agree the approach to be taken to assigned tasks.
- Comply with the Health, Safety, and Environmental Policies.
Requirements
Qualifications and Experience Levels:
- Relevant Mechatronic Engineering degree (BA/BSc/HND qualification).
- Computer literate, especially possessing strong Excel skills and the ability to analyze data.
- Membership of an industry-related professional body would be advantageous.
Skills and Attributes:
- Demonstrates initiative on moderate problem solving within assigned tasks.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Good organizational skills.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Good team player.
- Enthusiastic and keen to learn.
