Chief Mechanical Technician at Sasol

Short Description / Purpose of Job

To provide technical support to Maintenance Managers and Engineers by applying technical skills and making suggestions and independently implement solution to optimise systems.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Optimises and control resources effectively.
• Demonstrate safety consciousness at all times.
• Achieve safety and risk objectives.
• Ensures that self and team meet targets, due dates and quality standards.
• Enable production operations and make appropriate adjustments to deliver agreed volumes at optimal productivity and cost in time.
• Ensure that work standards are met according to quality standards & compliance.
• Ensure that personal development plan is completed, implemented and tracked.
• Update performance goals and performance agreement regularly.
• Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof.
• Ensure work is completed as planned.
• Work towards plans, targets and report on own work.
• Review compliance and follow up against the standards and objectives.
• Adheres to standard procedures and practices with guidance.
• Resolve work obstacles and issues positively and quickly.
• Learn to use problem solving and decision-making methodology.
• Build customer relationships in order to understand their needs.
• Develop effective relationships with customers.
• Demonstrate effective listening and communication skills when dealing with colleagues.
• Project a positive image of the department.
• Develop healthy and constructive communication with team and colleagues.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers.
• Develop effective manager and peer working relationships.
• Improve present way of doing work by continuously asking questions.
• Share and implement new ideas regarding work.
• Question current way of doing things, and improve on personal work processes.
• Problem solving/ investigations to understand the functional failures modes and root causes of breakdowns.
• Conduct technical review of equipment and develop maintenance strategies.
• Implementation of maintenance improvement initiatives.

Formal Education

• Post School Tertiary Diploma (South Africa / Eurasia)

Min Experience

• 11+ relevant years