🎓 Graduate Internship (12-Month Contract) – PEP | Northern Suburbs, Cape Town
Company: PEP
Position: Graduate Intern – Energy & Utility Management
Location: Northern Suburbs, Cape Town
Job Type: 12-Month Fixed-Term Internship
Salary: Market Related
Reference Number: PEP-2809
Closing Date: 17 July 2026
About the Internship
PEP, South Africa’s largest single-brand retailer with over 2,600 stores across Southern Africa, is offering an exciting 12-month Graduate Internship for graduates with a technical background in Electrical Engineering.
This programme provides valuable hands-on corporate experience in Energy and Utility Management, giving graduates the opportunity to develop technical, analytical, and infrastructure support skills in a fast-paced retail environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage store beverage fridge call-outs and replacements.
- Identify fridge replacement requirements and prepare approval documentation.
- Analyse electricity usage data.
- Monitor and report electricity consumption anomalies.
- Assist with backup power proposals for stores and shopping centres.
- Support generator replacement projects.
- Handle calls relating to store amplifiers and speaker systems.
- Assist the technical management team with infrastructure support.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives.
Minimum Requirements
Applicants must have:
- A Diploma or Degree with a technical background, specialising in Electrical Engineering.
- Knowledge of refrigeration (advantageous).
- South African citizenship.
- Be between 18 and 32 years of age.
- Computer literacy (Microsoft Office and Google Suite).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work well in a team.
- Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
What You Will Gain
- Practical corporate experience in Energy and Utility Management.
- Exposure to infrastructure and facilities management.
- Experience in electricity data analysis and reporting.
- Opportunity to support real business projects.
- Professional development within one of South Africa’s leading retailers.
Employment Equity
PEP is committed to Employment Equity and encourages applications from suitably qualified candidates in line with its Employment Equity guidelines.
📅 Closing Date: Friday, 17 July 2026
📩 Apply now if you meet the requirements and want to kick-start your engineering career with PEP.