Graduate Trainee Engineer I - Process at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• To complete the three year Graduate development Programme (GDP) and gain exposure to different business units within Sasol.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Ensure full compliance to SHERQ requirements and business systems. 
• Understand application of theoretical knowledge (practical instrumentation). 
• Understand the Sasol Operations Framework and how to operate in it. 
• Gain understanding of Sasol's value chain. 
• Understand the principles and administration of corrosion monitoring within petrochemical facility. 
• Exposure to detail engineering under supervision. 
• Understand dosing philosophies and their effects on plant corrosion flow diagrams. 
• Understand the theory behind elevated temperature damage mechanisms. 
• Evaluate and quantify creep damage. 
• Conduct failure investigations on components operating in the plant. 
• Understand principles of wear mitigation. 
• Identify welding defects and recommend corrective actions. 
• Perform front end loading, basic and detail engineering. 
• Assume an active role in shutdown. 
• Apply engineering toolbox and theory to solve complex problems. 
• Understand post weld heat treatment. 
• Take on progressively more and more responsibilities. 
• Identify, monitor and offer solutions to prevent degradation of materials in the plant. 
• Manage outcome of training programme. 
• Display honest conduct in all tasks. 
• Respect colleagues and OME management. 
• Manage resources with integrity. 
• Understand Sasol standards and procedures and the management of these procedures across the business. 
• Balance cost and schedule and technical requirements in context of the project drivers. 
• Understand and manage Management of change (MOC) process. 
• Build and maintain effective networking over all disciplines. 
• Understand, address and manage customer requirements/expectations. 
• Partake in crucial conversations if and when necessary. 
• Practice interpersonal skills required for productive working relationships and to work with others inside and/or outside the organisation (line managers/trainers in operating hubs, SBUs and functions, ECs, etc.) to get work accomplished. 
• Understand the importance of influencing, negotiating, gaining maturity, emotional intelligence skills and actively work on developing it. 
• Operate successfully in a diverse (culture, roles, positions, etc.) work environment.

Formal Education

• University Bachelors Degree