Job Req ID: 54760
Type of work: On site
Type of contract: Internship
Job Schedule: Full time
Placement: Brits, ZA
About Us
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.
Job Purpose
You will be reporting directly to the Production Foreman. This is a local role based in Brits. As a Production Learner you will adhere to safety regulations and specification standards required to assemble a tyre within the targeted cycle time during the learnership programme.
Responsibilities:
- Risk assessment of the equipment
- Wear provided PPE
- Maintain 3S in your work area
- Check all controls at the building machine are in good working order
- Remove empty spools, trolleys, rolls, et cetera from the machine
- Returns empties to component section
- Push viewed raw covers in to storage bays
- Supply solutions to machine
- Work in a team order
- Produce within a team the required target under the programme scope
Qualifications & Experience Required
Education, Master, other certification:
- Minimum Grade 12 or N3 Certificate
- Mathematics (Pure Maths) and/ or Physical Science
What we offer
At Bridgestone, what really matter is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive payment; we will provide you:
- A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
- The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
- Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
- A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
- Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
- A diverse and inclusive team.
We are committed to create an even more inclusive culture that advances equity, embraces individuality, and helps our increasingly diverse teammates, customers, and communities thrive, by providing equal opportunities in employment. This means that all job applicants and members of staff will receive equal treatment and that we will not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnicity, color, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age.
Ever since its founding in 1931, guided by our unchanging Mission “Serving Society with Superior Quality,” the Bridgestone Group has been expanding and evolving its business to meet the changing needs of society and continue supporting the mobility and lifestyles of individuals.
Following its “second foundation” in 1988 with the merger of Bridgestone and the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, it positioned 2020 as the first year of the “third foundation” or Bridgestone 3.0. Placing sustainability at the core of management and business, the Group will continue evolving to achieve its vision “Toward 2050, Bridgestone continues to provide social value and customer value as a sustainable solutions company.” In March 2022, to accelerate its transformation to a sustainable solutions company, the Group announced its corporate commitment – the “Bridgestone E8 Commitment” as an axis to drive management while earning the trust of future generations.
For the sake of the Earth, which future generations of children have entrusted in our care, Bridgestone is committed to delivering 8 “Bridgestone-like” values starting with the letter “E” representing both purpose and process, alongside its employees, society, partners and customers to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
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