Cummins Inc IT Internship


This internship is based in Johannesburg.

Company Overview:

Cummins Inc. is a $18 billion, Fortune 200 company and the world's largest independent producer and distributor of diesel engines and related components. Our continued success globally is predicated on the capability and extent of our product range, our commitment to new technology and the quality of our people.

Cummins Inc., a global power leader, is a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana (USA), Cummins serves customers in approximately 190 countries and territories through a network of more than 500 Company-owned and independent distributor locations and approximately 5,200 dealer locations.

Regionally, Cummins Africa operates across eleven countries, employs in excess 1500 people and is a recognized segment leader in the Mining and Power Generation market segments.

Purpose of the position: As the intern for the Africa IT team, you will participate in a fast paced IT environment supporting both regional and global projects to introduce common business processes and systems.

Rewards of this role include:
- Impact - You will be working with regional and global teams from multiple business units, the IT Global Support organization and external partners to implement process and system improvements.
- Pride & Stability - You'll join the Cummins Africa organization supporting business entities across Africa
- Career Growth - We recognize and reward highly motivated individuals who develop their skills and use them to perform well on the job. Your success in this role could set you up for a number of advancement opportunities, depending on your interests and strengths

Key Responsibilities:

Working under the guidance of Africa IT Leader and IT team the IT Intern will:
- Learn and develop business analysis, application support and project management skills on small projects or phases of a larger project.
- Document and communicate progress, potential problems and risk mitigation on on-going projects.
- Provide support to applications and infrastructure projects.
- Training of end users, cross skilling with other IT team members, as well as understanding the role and function of each team member to effectively coordinate the activities of the team.
- Engage with key stakeholders across Cummins business.
- Attend to business modelling requirements.
- Perform ad hoc duties as requested.

TRAINING PROVIDED:

Cummins standard training for new employees. Working with full time team members the successful candidate will gain significant insight and exposure into to business analysis, application support and project management methodology by being involved in IT infrastructure and application deployment projects. In addition The IT Intern will gain invaluable exposure to delivering IT solutions that meet business needs

Required skills and experience
- Ability to learn, analyze and understand business and technical processes
- Ability to communicate effectively (verbal, written, presentation) to all levels of the organization.
- Ability to develop strong relationships with key customers in the business and approach every challenge with a customer-centric view.
- Strong Problem solving and analytical skills
- Effective team work and multi-tasking skills a must
- Exposure SDLC, business analysis, application support or project management a plus

Qualifications: Degree complete or in process preferably in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Certificate in Business Analysis or equivalent.

The closing date is unconfirmed at this stage but we suggest you apply as soon as possible.

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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:

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In-service training:

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