Process Engineer II at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• Support process engineering strategy to reach production targets, providing process engineering technical support and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Contribute unit-specific technical input for the PAU Division into daily assurance process.
• OWAP monitoring and deviation prevention on unit level and assurance that unit is optimally operated within agreed operation envelopes.
• Contribute technical input into compilation of studies/ improvement initiatives and identifying and preventing risks of deviation
• Data accumulation and processing for input for improvement plans on a unit operations level.
• Deliver technical track and process related inputs required on studies, conceptual proposals and similar projects (tier 4/5) in accordance with sound established engineering principles and standards to satisfy business requirements.
• Provide input into driving and supporting Process Safety management studies, initiatives and defined compliance plans.
• Shutdown inspections and support with regards to process equipment integrity.
• Shutdown involvement and support on catalyst and chemicals loading, unloading and conditioning.
• Responsible for defining and managing process safety information.
• Development and implementation of Catalyst and Chemicals strategies

Key Accountabilities
Business results

• Give unit specific information into the development and maintenance of the plant OWAP.
• Monitor and identify corrective and preventative steps to ensure plants operate within the OWAP.
• Identify losses on unit and compile gap closure plans as input into the improvement plans.
• Monitor unit operation to ensure sustainable and predictable production to protect volume (provide accurate process data for the production planning and scheduling processes) and manage process and integrity related threats.
• Monitor and interpret performance on technical drivers, constraints and levers on catalyst and equipment levels.
• Test-run and mass balance verification exercise on a routine weekly basis.

 Leadership and strategic direction

• Knowledge sharing within team
• Effective stakeholder management
• Moderate supervision required to execute KPA’s

Governance, compliance and risk management

• Identify process deviation, threats, risks and opportunities through monitoring of unit operations.
• Analyse and understand the root cause of deviations.
• Ensure quality inputs of own work.
• Contribute to plant basic documentation and systems (mass balances, energy balances, fingerprinting, operating envelopes/philosophies, critical parameters and levers and predictive monitoring tools)
• Compliance to internal Natref guidelines and policies

Project execution performance

• Provide process engineering support and input for small projects such as:
• Process design (conceptual and basic engineering)
• Participation in design and safety reviews
• Start-up and commissioning support
• Supply techno-economical input into business cases

SHE performance

• Identification of process safety risks
• Adherence to SHE strategy to achieve zero harm

Formal Education

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering
• Must have successfully completed the 3 year Graduate Development Program
• Must have Platformer, Alkylation and Diesel Hydrotreating technology knowledge and experience
• 5 to 8 years’ experience preferably in a Petrochemical Engineering environment or a Master’s degree and 5 years’ experience. 

Working Experience

• Experience: 5+ relevant years