Assistant Planner Maint. Planning & Scheduling at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• To assist in planning and scheduling maintenance activities and monitoring adherence to plans to reduce asset downtime.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Carry out engineering planning activities for specific sections/ departments that optimise sweating of assets ensure maintenance schedules are adhered to and reduce total cost of ownership. 
• Ensure work management process schedule adherence. 
• Adherence to Predictive maintenance program plan vs. actual per department. 
• Ensures that engineering planning activities are achieved in the most cost effective manner possible. 
• Department operating within budget (Budget / Actual). 
• Trains and coaches fellow employees and learners. 
• Report on progress, corrective action, make information available in format as agreed by the planning department to the business units engineering personnel Monthly maintenance planning aviation reports. 
• Discuss progress, exception reports, follow up actions at agreed forums. 
• Reporting on work management process compliance. 
• Support departments to achieve set SHE targets by coordinating planning within appointed area of responsibility. 
• Rand per ton (R/t, Tons per CM per shift (t/cm/shift). 
• Volumes vs. monthly TQF (Including Quality). 
• Work management process schedule adherence. 
• Implements new methodologies and technology, within the planning environment aligned with the Sasol Mining strategy and reports back on effectiveness. 
• Implementation of new technology and methodologies as determined by Sasol Mining strategy. 
• Monitor the performance of new technology and methodologies and reports back. 
• Accountable for striving towards best in class safety performance and continuous improvement of key safety metric. 
• SHE compliance rates vs targets (especially major findings, % outstanding actions on findings. 
• Zero harm, Zero fatalities, LWDCR. 
• Participate in industry bodies and standard setting. 
• Compliance to engineering governance bodies (standardization committees). 
• Provide solutions aligned with business unit goals and values aligned legal requirements. 
• Demonstrate the desired behaviours in agreement with the Sasol Values. 
• Expert utilisation and direction. 
• Ensure that personal development plan is completed, implemented and tracked. 
• Set and work towards own performance targets and goals as per personal performance agreement. 
• Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof. 
• Review compliance and follow up against the standards and objectives. 
• Identify and optimise opportunities for improvement. 
• Manage work planning and delivery according to timelines. 
• Establish a network of internal and external experts to consult and guide the maintenance planning strategy. 
• Provide efficient and high quality services to internal and external customers. 
• Apply a collaborative and consultative approach which consistently meet business needs. 
• Communication of expertise (e.g. best practices). 
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills. 
• Build effective partnerships with team to ensure high performance.

Formal Education

• High School / School Diploma or similar

Min Experience

• Experience: 4+ relevant years