Area Manager Mechanical at Sasol

Closing date:                         26 March 2020

Operating entity:                   SA Ops: Secunda Synfuels Operations

Department:                           Gas Production Mechanical

Secunda Synfuels Operations (SSO) operates the world’s largest coal-to-liquids (CTL) facility and produces synthesis gas (syngas) through coal gasification and natural gas reforming, using Sasol’s unique and proprietary Fischer-Tropsch technology to manufacture synthetic fuel components, pipeline gas and chemical feedstock.

ABOUT THE ROLE / PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• To cost effectively ensure the availability of safe and reliable assets to production.
• Effective maintenance of the plant to ensure availability and reliability of the plant equipment and facilities by focusing on the safety, integrity, schedule and cost drivers.
• Maintenance responsibilities will be coordinated through preventative and corrective maintenance scheduling.
• Responsible to comply with statutory compliance.
• Ensure compliance and safe production according to legal standards
• Create and maintain an operating unit by building and sustaining teams
• As required, to ensure effective and efficient services and contractor management
• Effective maintenance shutdown scoping, tactical execution and management.
• Execute the Gas Production renewals and improvement plan.
• This will require alignment and integration between Gas Production areas, Technical, Mechanical Engineering and Group Technology.

  
FUNCTIONAL OUTPUTS
Core elements of the role

• Ensure that sustainable business processes and practices are in place to manage Gas Production shutdowns, renewals and small projects.
• Sustain and improve a complex Gas Production shutdown and asset renewal management process by integrating functional contributions in Operations.
• Outputs must be an overall higher availability of critical units to support Gas Production.
• Drive, co-ordinate and monitor shutdown front end loading in Gas Production.
• Ensure front-end loading and full shutdown readiness.
• Execute Gas Production shutdowns as part of an integrated team for each area.
• Attain benchmark adherence to plans.

Manage cost of availability

• Shutdown and renewals achieved within budget.
• Develop and implement appropriate shutdown and small project benchmarks and monitoring tools.

 
Leadership and Strategic Direction

• Translation and execution of the business strategy; objectives and plan into action for shutdowns, renewals and small projects.
• Co-ordination between Operations, functions and Group Technology.
• Achievement of improved Clean Fuels mission critical plants.
• Co-ordination and support for asset owners.
• Compliance to the long term life cycle management plans.
• Demonstrate One Sasol behaviour. Ensure area under control is managed to the benefit to the larger Sasol value chain.
• Manage multi-level interfaces and integrates effectively. Interact with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage operations knowledge by transforming, packaging, transferring and maintaining operations knowledge.
• Lead in establishing and continuously improving shutdown best practices, systems, aligning the right skilled resources to work with the right issues.
• Lead in continuous performance improvements within his/hers areas of responsibilities, including Health Safety and Environment.
• Report to Senior Manager on performance, such as systems availabilities, planned maintenance shutdowns, planning of maintenance need including budget needs.
• Asset availability.
• OEE trend over time.
• Adherence to improvement plan.
• Provide a succession plan for direct reports and strategic positions.
• Direct report competence against desired competence.
• People engagement.
• Absenteeism.
• Vacancies.
• People Turnover.
• FTE productivity.

 
SHE Performance

• Manage shutdown and small project risks by making sure that all risks are identified, analysed and mitigated to.
• Acceptable levels.
• Managing and auditing of critical controls.
• Statutory compliance per plant.

 
Asset Management:

• Manage asset life cycle and plan execution.
• Input into 5 year rolling capital plan.
• Manage Shutdown spares and materials.
• Oversee the management of Shutdown and small project planning.
• Adherence to shutdown schedule.

 
Technology management at functional unit level, that includes: 

• Liaison with technology license holder
• Benchmarking optimal solutions and practices.
• Managing implementation.
• Shutdown management.
• Original Equipment Manufacturers adhere to requirements.
• Adherence to licensor agreement.
• Shutdown performance measures.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
In addition to a pre-employment medical examination, some positions may require a physical fitness assessment as part of the normal selection criteria.

• Valid driver’s license

Qualifications

• B.Eng. / B.Sc. Eng. / B. Tech (Eng.) (All Mechanical)

Experience

• A Government Certificate of Competency will be highly valued but is not a requirement
• Minimum of 5 years Maintenance Management Experience
• At least 8 years total relevant Petrochemical experience

KEY COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

Leadership

Self-mastery

• Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting.

Partnership Leadership

• Influential:  Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes.

• Collaborative:  Builds Teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries.

People leadership

• Inspirational:  Authentically and inclusively engages people to follow; leads culture transformation.
• Builds Talent:  Builds capability and leverages diversity for competitive advantage. 

Business Leadership

• Business-focused:  Demonstrates commercial acumen, a global mind-set and exercises sound judgement.
• Results-focused:  Achieves results through others and holds them accountable.

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