Trainee Program – Tranter South America
At Tranter, we are more than a heat exchanger company! We are a global organization driven by engineering excellence, innovation, and strong customer relationships.
Founded in the United States, Tranter operates across all continents, with expertise spanning manufacturing, engineering, sales, and services in industrial markets. We combine a global vision with local agility to deliver high-performance solutions to our customers.
What can you expect from Tranter?
We are a multinational company that operates under Lean Manufacturing principles, with a streamlined structure that enables direct access to leadership and fast decision-making.
Our work environment is collaborative, inclusive, and dynamic. We value diversity in all its forms — including different backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences — because we know that our strength lies in people. At Tranter, every individual plays a key role in ensuring operational excellence.
Trainee Program Structure
Our Trainee Program is designed to develop well-rounded professionals with a strong technical and business mindset.
You will go through a structured rotation across four key areas of the business:
Each rotation lasts 6 months, providing hands-on experience, exposure to real challenges, and a comprehensive understanding of our business processes.
Key Responsibilities
Throughout the program, responsibilities will vary according to each rotation, providing a comprehensive understanding of the business:
Across all areas, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, develop a strong business mindset, and contribute to process efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Main Challenge
The main challenge of this role is to continuously identify opportunities for improvement throughout each 6-month rotation and actively contribute to integrating these improvements across different areas of the business.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for candidates who combine a strong technical background and powerful mindset and a collaborative attitude.
You should be:
Mandatory Requirements
Benefits
Salary will be disclosed during the recruitment process.

Tranter is a global engineering and manufacturing group specializing in thermal management in the process industries, district heating and within the building envelope. Tranter is strongly committed to expansion and leadership in all aspects of the plate heat exchanger business. Tranter strives to attain market leadership by applying a three-part philosophy: investing in R&D to maintain a competitive edge, providing customized products with a solution-driven approach and supporting its customers’ life-cycle investments through quality parts & service. Backed by almost 90 years of exclusive focus on heat transfer, Tranter has earned its reputation as “The Heat Transfer People.”
Significant manufacturing, research, design engineering and product development activities are based in the USA, Brazil, Sweden, China, India and Korea. These activities comprise a rich resource for applications engineering solutions by our geographical divisions. In addition, their mutual collaborations on product development ensure that geographical needs are addressed and resulting solutions are shared globally as appropriate.
Tranter is represented globally by a network of our own sales companies, licensees and agents. Our Service Centers specialize exclusively in plate heat exchangers, including refurbishment and supply of parts for all known brands in the market.
For more detailed information, please visit www.tranter.com