Engineer I Reliability at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• A Reliability Engineer I will apply Asset Management principles to enable the safe and cost-effective utilisation of assets throughout the life cycle
• This position is in support of SNO: WAM operations area, specifically in the WWU, Solvents and Solidification plants.

Key Accountabilities

• Supply reliability metrics inputs into the RAM studies like MTBF
• Perform inherent risk analysis on equipment through conversion from RBI or facilitated sessions
• Assist with the justification of critical spares holding as well as assessing optimal maintenance interventions through product life-cycle costing (LCC) analysis using the Salvo DST (or similar) software
• Use RBI outcomes for pressure equipment, piping, critical tanks and major hazardous installations (MHI) and through facilitated contact sessions for electrical, instrumentation and rotating equipment to indicate end-of- life and recommend renewal of the equipment
• Equipment Maintenance Strategy (EMS) development and implementation through the application of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Perform Risk Based Inspection (RBI) application on pressure vessels, piping, critical tanks and major hazardous installations (MHI)
• Deviation Management (DM) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) inclusive of quality reporting of the outcomes and health of the management system
• Apply Reliability Performance Tools & Techniques (RPTT) which relates to the use of SAP or Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) functionality and sources of data to be used in reliability, failure and data analysis as well as the reporting of bad actor equipment
• Integrity studies to identify the cause of bad actor equipment and recommend possible solutions to improve performance
• Integrate the outcome of Operate within Agreed Parameter (OWAP) monitoring initiatives by all engineering disciplines in support of managing the risk of equipment failure on operations

Formal Education

• University Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering: B Eng / BSc Mechanical/ Electrical/ Instrumentation/ Industrial/ Process
• Post Graduate qualification in Reliability Engineering (wish)

Work Experience

• 3+ years of experience in an engineering field
• Knowledge of reliability engineering
• Knowledge of processing/manufacturing plant operations and maintenance principles
• Good working knowledge of SAP
• Knowledge of Asset management principles
• Good working knowledge of problem-solving tools

Certification & Professional Membership

• ECSA Registered Professional Engineer (wish)