Practitioner Conditional Monitoring at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• To provide assistance to on any aspects regarding condition monitoring techniques and data collection. To perform minor maintenance on equipment to prevent failures.

Key Accountabilities

• Carry out the Predictive maintenance strategies / plans within the business unit that optimise to ensure machine availability is at an optimum for production. 
• Adherence to Predictive maintenance program plan vs. actual per department. 
• Ensure that work standards are met according to quality, quantity and due dates. 
• Manage complex schedules and communicate possible delays in meeting deadlines. 
• Ensure work is completed as planned. 
• Manage own work planning and delivery according to targets. 
• Department operating within budget (Budget / Actual). 
• Monthly Predictive maintenance reports, including list of equipment of being running for 50 days and inform the enduser of the status. 
• Discuss progress, exception reports, follow-up actions at agreed business unit forums. 
• Report on progress, corrective action, make information available in format as agreed by the Turbo Monitoring department. 
• Improve present way of doing work by continuously asking questions. 
• Makes suggestions to optimise equipment, systems and processes. 
• Share and implement new ideas regarding work. 
• Must be able to balance in the field. 
• Must have rotated to the low speed balancing and passed a test piece. 
• Monitor the performance of new technology and report back. 
• Must have some understanding of test system. 
• Achieve safety and risk objectives. 
• Apply safety in all practices, specifically project planning and execution. 
• Ensure safe project execution and implement safe work procedures. 
• Resolve work obstacles and issues positively and quickly. 
• Review compliance and follow up against the standards and objectives. 
• Develop suitable technical proposals based on practical and theoretical knowledge. 
• Apply and comply with all legal and company standards, procedures and methods. 
• Establish a network of internal and external experts to consult and guide when necessary. 
• Benchmarking with other Business units. 
• Participate in engineering governance bodies (standardisation committees). 
• Demonstrates good understanding of customer needs. 
• Build customer relationships in order to understand their needs. 
• Share key information and ideas or learning with customers and teams. 
• Project a positive image of the department. 
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers. 
• Practice effective manager and peer working relationships. 
• Demonstrate effective listening and communication skills when dealing with colleagues. 
• Consistently support the implementation of business optimization initiatives. 
• Visit the end users to know the client and understand the needs of the client.

Formal Education

• Grade 12 / N3 with Mathematics, Physical Science and  English or Business English 
• Trade Test Certificate 
• Engineering Diploma or Degree is advantageous 

Working Experience

• Experience: 2+ relevant years