Electrical Engineer II (106428) at Sasol

Short Description / Purpose of Job

• Utilise sound levels of experience in electrical engineering to deliver electrical engineering operational support to ensure that the technical ability of the OME meets operating intent, whilst governing operational technical standards.
• Ensure that installed assets are being operated at the most profitable operating window that will be determined by, but not limited to, throughputs, utility consumption, availability, reliability and quality.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Know equipment failure modes and failure trends of electrical equipment to manage predictability.
• Mitigate electrical risks through engineering out / improvement / renewal / redesign.
• Manage deviations from electrical specifications or standards when necessary.
• Have in depth knowledge in integration of electrical network and equipment necessities with regards to process requirements.
• Display fundamental knowledge of business family technologies and business drivers.
• Deal and manage the unknown.
• Combine unrelated data and information to create new insight and to interpret technologies.
• Provide maintenance management support on complex electrical systems.
• Solve problems on related BU level and impact value chains.
• Enhance meaningful steps in problem solving.
• Evaluate and improve the definition of problem statements and opportunities in the electrical fraternity.
• Ensure best practices and maintain compliance in own area and site wide.
• Utilise electrical engineering systems, tools and standards (own, local and international) in all projects.
• Set criteria for specific electrical maintenance strategies from the specifications/standards and OEM requirements.
• Assist in the selection of external electrical service providers by measuring their technical competence.
• Ensure project success by adherence to cost, schedule and quality targets for small single discipline projects where the role of engineering or project manager is fulfilled.
• Identify technical advanced electrical equipment that can have a significant production impact and become subject matter expert.
• Ensure that fault tree analysis is in place for technically advanced equipment.
• Compile Business Unit specific roadmap to display year renewal plan as well as the site wide projects incorporated into the plan.
• Ensure coordination function is taken by engineering when production losses are incurred.
• Interpret and translate business requirements into an electrical engineering strategy to enable OME to safely meet production targets.
• Translate OME project team strategy into team working model.
• Manage and develop people in the team.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and innovation.
• Ensure personal development plans are completed, implemented and tracked within applicable career path.
• Notify/inform of changes in resourcing needs.
• Be responsible for own performance management.
• Report on budget utilisation, forecasting and changes.
• Provide efficient and high quality services to stakeholders.
• Oversee the management of external service providers.
• Maintain healthy and stable relationships with contractors and consultants.
• Oversee the safety of external service providers.
• Active practicing of interpersonal skills to ensure productive working relationships and to work with, or through, others internal and/or external (including suppliers) the organisation to get work accomplished.
• Display influencing, negotiating, maturity and emotional intelligence.
• Operate successfully in a diverse (culture, roles, positions, etc.) work environment.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor's Degree

Min Experience

• 5+ relevant years

Certification & Professional Membership

• None

Competencies

• Analytics: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics
• Compliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
• Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.
• Critical reasoning: The action of critically thinking about something in a logical, sensible way and taking all factors into consideration.
• Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
• Project Management: The process of planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a well defined objective, usually within constraints of time, resources, and cost.
• Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking  feedback and self-correcting

Deadline: 25th February 2022