Job Description
Engineer In Training - Physical Metallurgist
Posting Start Date:  7/8/25
Job Location (Short):  Wadeville, Germiston, Gauteng, ZAF,
Requisition ID:  33468
Onsite or Remote:  Onsite Position

Komatsu is an indispensable partner to the construction, mining, forestry, forklift, and industrial machinery markets, maximizing value for customers through innovative solutions. With a diverse line of products supported by our advanced IoT technologies, regional distribution channels, and a global service network, we tap into the power of data and technology to enhance safety and productivity while optimizing performance. Komatsu supports a myriad of markets, including housing, infrastructure, water, pipeline, minerals, automobile, aerospace, electronics and medical, through its many brands and subsidiaries, including TimberPro, Joy, P&H, Montabert, Modular Mining Systems, Hensley Industries, NTC, and Gigaphoton.

Job Overview

Kickstart your career with an internship programme. The KMC programme is over 12 months, where you will be given challenging hands on role working in a diverse environment.  If you meet the following competencies: problem solving, time management, team work, analysis and reasoning, energetic and self motivated- This may be your opportunity to create your career with Komatsu Mining Corporation (KMC).

 

An opportunity for a University student to obtain the required workplace exposure has become available. We require student that has completed all theoretical modules of his / her qualification in physical metallurgical engineering, to be employed on a one-year fixed term contract at Wadeville.

Qualifications/Requirements

Btech, or B Eng,or Bsc Engineering Metallurgical

Key Job Responsibilities

  • Sample preparation
  • Microstructural analysis
  • Hardness testing        
  • Chemical Analysis      
  • Metallurgical failure analysis    
  • Exposure to foundry metallurgy

Additional Information

Key Performance Behaviors

Leadership
Continuous Learning
Critical Thinking
Collaboration
Service Orientation
Drive for Results