Location

Cape Town, Western Cape

Full job description

• Practical hands-on experience
• Mentorship & Professional guidance
• Learn from a multi-disciplinary, innovative & talented team in a fast-growing fast paced company

With offices in Southern Africa, Australia, Canada, USA, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Lycopodium Africa is offering a 12-month internship programme aimed at developing talented Quantity Surveying graduates; by providing practical, hands-on experience within a professional EPCM environment. The programme is designed to build technical skills, workplace readiness, and exposure to real engineering projects in the minerals processing environment.

Reporting to the Manager: Project Controls, the successful candidates will receive:

• Exposure to EPCM project delivery in the mining industry
• Mentorship from experienced engineers and professionals
• Development of technical, analytical, and professional skills
• Practical workplace experience aligned with academic qualifications

The tasks you’ll perform

Work under the supervision of experienced professionals and be involved in (not exclusively):

• Assisting with engineering, project, or technical support activities related to mining and mineral processing projects
• Supporting project documentation, reports, drawings, and data analysis
• Participating in project planning, scheduling, and coordination activities
• Assisting with health, safety, and environmental (HSE) compliance tasks
• Attending project meetings, site visits, and technical reviews (where applicable)
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams including engineering, procurement, construction, and project controls
• Performing administrative and operational support duties as required

Minimum requirements

• Recently completed Recognised Tertiary qualification in Quantity Surveying
• South African citizen
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Willingness to learn and adapt in a professional environment
• Computer literacy (MS Office; industry software is an advantage)

The benefits we’ll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :

• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Provide employees with a variety of additional benefits such as coverage for professional memberships, discount and rewards programs, and much more.

Lycopodium is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity and maintaining a discrimination free workplace, guided by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Diligence. Preference will be given to HDIs.

As part of our commitment to providing the best possible care and service to you the candidate, we commit to respond to every applicant.

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