About This Role
This is a structured entry-point into one of Africa's largest industrial groups, based at Dangote's Mugher plant in Oromia. Rather than a single fixed job, the programme rotates you across departments — finance, operations, and related functions — so you build a picture of how a heavy-manufacturing business actually runs. It suits fresh graduates who want a foot in the door of a multinational cement producer and are willing to earn their place through an 18-month proving period before being considered for permanent staff.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The profile being sought is less about specialist depth and more about adaptability and willingness to learn across functions. Because the scheme rotates trainees through different units, the company is screening for people who can absorb new systems quickly and work with different teams rather than those locked into one discipline. The engineering, automotive, and business backgrounds listed suggest they want a mixed cohort that mirrors the plant's real operational mix — technical and commercial side by side.
How to Approach This Application
Treat this as a long audition, not a standard job application. Emphasize evidence that you can learn fast, take direction, and contribute to team projects — coursework projects, internships, or volunteer coordination all count here. Show familiarity with Dangote as an industrial employer and a genuine reason for wanting plant-based work in Mugher specifically, since willingness to be based outside Addis is a practical filter many applicants fail. Keep your CV clean and results-focused; they are likely prioritizing attitude, academic record, and coachability over polished experience.
Who This Role Suits
Best suited to recent graduates in finance, business, engineering, or automotive fields who are early in their careers and open to rotational, hands-on industrial work. Expect solid competition, as multinational graduate schemes in Ethiopia attract strong applicant volumes, but the 18-month contractual structure means the bar is about potential rather than proven track record.
Objective: To deliver a Corporate social responsibilities and Bridge the gap between academic theory and practical business operations to prepare for core technical and/or leadership roles for future business leadership.
New Graduates shall be offered an opportunity of contractual employement for the first eighteen months with Dangote cement Ethiopia. After a successfull completion of GT period, there will be assessment and for those who successfully pass our company will offer full time employment.
Key Responsibilities
- Departmental Rotations: Rotate through various business units (e.g., finance, operations, marketing, or IT) to understand company-wide workflows.
- Project Support: Assist team leads with daily tasks, research, data analysis, and cross-functional projects.
- Shadowing & Mentorship: Work closely with assigned mentors or senior staff to learn company policies, culture, and systems.
- Training Participation: Complete assigned training, workshops, and performance assessments.
- Reporting: Document learning milestones, present project findings, and seek regular feedback from supervisors.
- Program: the programm is intended to run for eighteen months at different level after whith the GT can be confirmed for full time employment based on successful completion of the program.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (such as Management, Mechanical/Electrical/Auto/Chemical Engineering, Finance, Mining, geology, Computer Science) graduated in 2025/26 with CGPA Male 3.0 & above Female 2.5 and above.
- Experience: no prior full-time work experience required; prior internships or extracurricular involvement are a strong plus.
- Skills:
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Adaptability and learning agility
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Basic proficiency in productivity tools (such as Microsoft Office or data analysis software
How To Apply
Interested applicant who fullfill the requirment can send their updated CVs in pdf formate to Mekdes.Ayenachew@dangote.com or Tamirat.tesfaye@dangote.com within fifteen days of this announcement.
Please mention your feild of study on the subject of your application
Only shortlisted candiadated shall be communicated through provided phone number/email for next step processing for candidacy.
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