ADVERT 1: Finance Trainee/Intern — Cape Town
Company: Forvia (Faurecia)
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Position Type: Internship/Traineeship
Forvia, the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, is offering an exciting Finance Trainee/Intern opportunity at its Cape Town facility. If you are a driven, detail-oriented finance graduate looking to launch your career within a world-class multinational organisation, this is the opportunity for you.
About Forvia
Forvia is a global automotive technology leader bringing together expertise in electronics, clean mobility, lighting, interiors, seating, and lifecycle solutions. With more than 157,000 employees across 43 countries, Forvia’s technology is found in approximately one out of every two vehicles produced worldwide. In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the SBTI Net-Zero Standard, with a firm commitment to reach CO2 Net Zero by no later than 2045.
Role Overview
As a Finance Trainee/Intern, you will be embedded within a dynamic finance team and gain practical, hands-on experience in core financial operations. You will work closely with experienced finance professionals, building a solid foundation for a long-term career in financial accounting.
Key Responsibilities
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include indexing and processing of supplier invoices in the SAP system, responding to supplier enquiries relating to invoice payment and general queries, reconciliation of all creditors statements, and any other operational tasks as may be required from time to time.
Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, candidates must hold a minimum BCom degree in Financial Accounting, maintain an academic record of 70% or above, possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and demonstrate a strong customer satisfaction orientation.
Why Forvia?
Forvia offers far more than just a job. As a trainee within this global organisation, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute meaningfully from day one. The company cultivates a learning culture, with employees enjoying an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training annually through FORVIA University, which operates five campuses around the world.
Forvia welcomes energetic, agile individuals who thrive in fast-changing environments. The company values diversity and international collaboration, believing firmly that diverse teams build stronger businesses. Gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans are actively in place across the organisation.
As a pioneer of sustainable automotive technology, Forvia’s three guiding principles — use less, use better, and use longer — reflect a deep commitment to recyclability and the circular economy. This is a rare opportunity to gain structured, professional experience within one of the world’s most respected automotive suppliers, with genuine prospects for career development across a global footprint spanning more than 40 countries.
If you are ambitious, academically strong, and ready to bring your financial skills into a real-world, high-performance environment, Forvia wants to hear from you.
How to Apply
APPLY NOW — Finance Trainee/Intern, Cape Town
EXCERPT
Forvia (Faurecia) is hiring a Finance Trainee/Intern in Cape Town. A BCom in Financial Accounting with a 70% average is required. Duties include SAP invoice processing and creditor reconciliations. Apply now.
ADVERT 2: Production Graduate — Cape Town
Company: Forvia (Faurecia)
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Position Type: Graduate Programme
Forvia, a global leader in sustainable mobility technology, is inviting applications from suitably qualified graduates for a Production Graduate position based in Cape Town. This is a structured opportunity to develop your career within one of the world’s top automotive suppliers while gaining meaningful hands-on experience on the production floor.
About Forvia
Forvia is the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in 43 countries. The company’s technology features in approximately one in every two vehicles produced globally. Forvia leads the industry in sustainability, having become the first global automotive group to be certified with the SBTI Net-Zero Standard in June 2022, with a commitment to achieving CO2 Net Zero by 2045 at the latest.
Role Overview
The Production Graduate will coordinate and supervise all activities within the department to meet shift targets. This is a full-function operational role offering exposure to production planning, quality management, health and safety, human resources, and financial reporting — all within a globally benchmarked manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities
The role involves assisting with production planning and coordinating departmental activities across shifts, ordering raw materials and ensuring conformance to process requirements, ensuring efficient machine utilisation to meet production targets, checking quality and recording deviations in line with ISO TS 16949 standards, maintaining all health, safety, and environmental standards, planning machine maintenance downtime in consultation with the Maintenance department, conducting employee training and appraisals, ensuring departmental budgets are met, controlling material utilisation and minimising waste, providing excellent customer service and communication, promoting positive employee relations, completing daily reports accurately and on time, handling daily industrial relations matters, carrying out monthly stock takes, and applying and enforcing FES principles.
Minimum Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree or National Diploma in Operations Management or an Engineering-related field. Previous experience in a manufacturing environment would be advantageous. The ideal candidate will have working knowledge of Quality systems and HSE practices, coaching and influencing skills, strong computer literacy, a continuous improvement mindset, good technical product and process knowledge, fluent written and spoken English, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. The successful candidate must be honest, punctual, and reliable.
Why Forvia?
Forvia provides an engaging, dynamic workplace where graduates are empowered to contribute and grow from day one. Through FORVIA University’s five global campuses, employees receive an average of more than 22 hours of training per year. The company champions diversity, inclusion, and international collaboration, with gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans firmly embedded in its culture. With operations spanning more than 40 countries, career development opportunities within Forvia are genuinely global in scope.
How to Apply
APPLY NOW — Production Graduate, Cape Town
EXCERPT
Forvia (Faurecia) is recruiting a Production Graduate in Cape Town. A degree or diploma in Operations Management or Engineering is required. The role covers production planning, quality, HSE, and shift supervision. Apply now.
ADVERT 3: Industrial Program Engineer (IPL Engineer) — Port Elizabeth
Company: Forvia (Faurecia)
Location: Port Elizabeth (FCM), Eastern Cape, South Africa
Closing Date: 16 March 2026
Position Type: Permanent
Forvia, a global sustainable mobility technology leader, is seeking an experienced and technically capable Industrial Program Engineer (IPL Engineer) to join its FCM Port Elizabeth plant. This is a pivotal role at the heart of Forvia’s manufacturing programme delivery in South Africa, requiring both engineering depth and strong programme leadership.
About Forvia
With more than a century of history, Forvia is the seventh-largest automotive supplier in the world, employing over 157,000 people across 43 countries. The company’s components and systems are found in approximately one in every two vehicles produced globally. In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the SBTI Net-Zero Standard, reaffirming its commitment to CO2 Net Zero by 2045.
Role Overview
Reporting to the Industrial Program Manager, the IPL Engineer is responsible for all manufacturing aspects of assigned programmes at plant level, from programme award through to SOP plus six months. The role demands both strong technical skill and programme management capability across team leadership, product interface, production system development, and launch execution.
Key Responsibilities
In the area of team management, the IPL Engineer will coordinate work package tasks, serve as technical interface with customers and suppliers, define and coordinate plant launch team resources, and lead the Run at Rate process for assigned programmes. On product interface, the role involves verifying plant know-how availability during prototype build, analysing industrial and technical tasks as part of the Manufacturing Validation Plan, and implementing all Engineering Change Management-related changes. In production system development, the engineer will study, develop, validate, release, and set up the complete Production System using lean Capex methodologies including process flow charts, Work Combination Tables, Process Functional Analysis, layout planning, equipment and tooling definition, and material and information flow diagrams in accordance with Group standards. The role also requires participation in Process, Equipment, and Facility FMEA, and coordination of all production equipment and tooling installation and launch. At production launch level, the IPL Engineer will manage the Production Part Approval Process including Run at Rate trials, oversee the production launch, and support the production ramp-up.
Minimum Requirements
Candidates must hold a National Diploma or B-Tech in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering. Proven technical skills on product and process are essential, as is the ability to manage a functional plant programme team. Familiarity with programme finance issues including costing, P&L, and capital investment is required.
Interested applicants must submit a comprehensive CV together with copies of academic results, qualifications, and ID via the online portal by 16 March 2026. Incomplete and late applications will not be considered. Only applicants who meet the minimum requirements will be shortlisted for interview. Should you not meet the minimum requirements or have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. Faurecia supports the principles of the Employment Equity Act and preference will be given to candidates who add to the diversity of the organisation.
How to Apply
APPLY NOW — Industrial Program Engineer, Port Elizabeth
EXCERPT
Forvia (Faurecia) is hiring an Industrial Program Engineer in Port Elizabeth. A National Diploma or B-Tech in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering is required. The role covers full programme manufacturing from award to SOP. Closing date: 16 March 2026. Apply now.
ADVERT 4: HSE Trainee/Intern (YES Programme) — Pretoria
Company: Forvia (Faurecia)
Location: Pretoria (Rosslyn), Gauteng, South Africa
Contract: 12 Months
Closing Date: 17 March 2026
Position Type: YES Programme Graduate
Forvia, a global leader in sustainable mobility technology, is inviting applications for a YES HSE Graduate position based at its Pretoria (Rosslyn) plant. This 12-month contract opportunity is offered under the Youth Employment Service (YES) Programme and is designed to provide meaningful workplace experience to young South Africans seeking to build a career in Health, Safety, and Environment.
About Forvia
Forvia is the seventh-largest global automotive supplier in the world, employing more than 157,000 people across 43 countries. Its technology features in approximately one in every two vehicles produced globally. In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the SBTI Net-Zero Standard, with a commitment to achieving CO2 Net Zero by no later than 2045.
Role Overview
Reporting to the Plant HSE Manager (Pretoria) and the Country HSE Manager, the YES HSE Graduate will support the management team in ensuring legal compliance with applicable legislation and the application of Forvia’s Group HSE policy, procedures, and systems. The role offers broad, practical exposure across all areas of plant HSE management.
Key Responsibilities
The graduate will assist in collecting and reporting incident data (FR1T, FR2T) on a monthly basis, monitor and manage the distribution and sign-off of Transversal memos throughout the plant, encourage and enforce the reporting of all incidents through the near miss and incident report process, conduct daily audits and Gemba tours, assist in facilitating HSE training sessions, facilitate HSE committee meetings and take minutes, monitor HSE and Security PDCAs, assist in conducting ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 audits, monitor and manage PPE usage across all plant areas, ensure document control processes are maintained, handle IOD enquiries from the Department of Labour, issue permits as required, manage contractor permits under the SSW system, manage and improve the HSE Training Centre, coordinate clinic activities, maintain FES requirements, and report all HSE and Security inconsistencies to the relevant manager daily.
Minimum Requirements and YES Programme Eligibility
Candidates must hold a National Diploma in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent qualification in HSE Management, Environmental Health, or Environmental Management. Knowledge of HSE tools and methods including 5-Why methodology, work instructions, auditing, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 is required. Strong written and oral communication skills, teamwork orientation, and business ethics are essential. Candidates must have zero to one year of experience in an HSE capacity, be between the ages of 18 and 35, have never previously been registered with the YES Youth Programme, and be able to read, write, and speak English fluently.
Why Forvia?
Forvia offers an engaging and dynamic environment where graduates are empowered to develop real skills within a globally respected organisation. Through FORVIA University, employees enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of annual training across five campuses worldwide. The company actively promotes diversity and inclusion, with targeted action plans in place to ensure all employees can thrive and contribute. This YES Programme placement represents a genuine launchpad for a meaningful career in HSE within the automotive manufacturing sector.
How to Apply
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