Process Engineer I PS Monomers at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• Process engineering technical support for Monomers is to protect, sustain and improve production volumes, ensure quality and efficiency performance targets are met, support plant asset health and enable plant sustainability with regards to environmental compliance through monitoring, troubleshooting and development of improvement initiatives as part of continuous improvement.

Key Accountabilities
Support the Engineering Lead Process by providing the following main deliverables:

• Monitor and improve plant performance with respect to availability, volumes, quality and efficiency.
• Translate loss accounting into improvement plans using technical analysis and problem solving and application of appropriate technologies, knowledge and skill. Making professional technical recommendations
• Knowledge of applicable engineering technologies to proactively identify and resolve technical issues on equipment and unit operations.
• Ensure process integrity of equipment, inspections and recommendations of improvement opportunities during shutdowns. Support shutdowns with respect to value chain integration, idea generation and process equipment integrity.
• Monitor adherence to and effectiveness of Volume Protection Plan (VPP). Analyze effectiveness of data provided for production planning and scheduling purposes.
• Technical inputs to VPP and identify risk of deviation
• Monitor and interpret performance on technical drivers, constraints and levers on value chain level taking upstream ad downstream units into account.
• Ensure that process engineering fundamental tools are in place and relevant.
• Work independently but know when to seek help.
• Support the technical track delivery and provide process related inputs on small to medium projects (Tier 3-5), in accordance with sound established engineering principles and standards to satisfy business requirements.
• Interface with operations teams, R&T, SNO Engineering Services, operations support teams, Business Development, Project Management, licensors, Reliability Engineering, Group Technology and others to advance business goals.
• Carry initiated modifications through the design, implementation and commissioning phases to beneficial operation within business specific schedules and cost.
• Compliance with internal guidelines and policies e.g. MOC Processes.
• Involvement/leading of incident investigations, root cause analysis and process engineering design reviews in support of the rest of the technical team and operations.
• Involvement in implementation of process safety management elements within the business.
• Support Process safety management by providing inputs to MHI, PHA, MFD reviews 

Formal Education

• University Bachelors Degree in Engineering: Chemical

Working Experience

• Experience: 3+ relevant years