Gibb Civil Engineer Graduate Opportunity


Advertiser: GIBB Engineering and Science
Location: Port Elizabeth
Type: Permanent position

Core purpose of the job
To assist the engineers with general transportation technical work and to undertake site visits.

Key Performance Areas
  • Spreadsheet analysis
  • SIDRA analysis
  • Technical skills
  • Site inspections
  • Writing short reports
  • CAD skills

Qualifications:
  • B Eng / BSc Eng or B Tech Transport/Civil Engineering (or studying it part-time)

Experience:
  • 0 to 2 years experience in transportation

Core Competencies
  • Good results at Tech / Varsity
  • Excellent MS Word & Excel Skills
  • Drivers Licence
  • Positive attitude and willingness to help
  • Strong verbal and communication skills
  • Analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills
  • Computer Literate
  • Attention to detail
  • Sound judgment and decision making skills
  • Customer focus
  • Team player
  • Integrity

Additional Competencies
  • Xhosa speaking
  • Knowledge of Eastern Cape

Closing date: 30 April 2013

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.