Senior Technician Rail Systems at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• To develop effective rail equipment strategies and implementation of optimised solutions. Responsibilities include successful execution of rail related projects and provide expert assistance to the maintenance team, as well as co-ordination between rail department and service providers

Key Accountabilities

• Maintenance of mechanical and electrical systems on Diesel Electric locomotives.
• Maintenance of railway infrastructure.
• Ensure compliance to Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) standards and directives.
• Ensure compliance to Sasol and SANS standards.
• Generate management reports from SAP (Quality, calibration records, maintenance history).
• Support reliability engineering through facilitation of RCA’s.
• Verify drawings and designs w.r.t. locomotives and railway systems.
• Ensure compliance to document management.
• Awareness, focus and control of costs / budget.
• Project management and execution.
• Responsible for QA/QC on locomotives and railway systems.
• Knowledge and application of management of Change (MOC) processes.

Formal Education

• Diploma in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering
• BEng Tech / BTech / Adv Diploma Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (Strong Wish)
• 5 years relevant experience.
• Technical experience on Locomotives and/or Railway Systems.
• Valid drivers license

Leadership

• Contractor management.
• Provide professional feedback to customers.
• Regular involvement and training of maintenance personnel.
• Understand the company vision and values.
• Demonstrate the desired behaviours in agreement with the Sasol values.
• Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof.
• Set and work towards targets and goals as per personal performance agreement.
• Update performance goals and performance agreement regularly.
• Improve own skills and knowledge.
• Take ownership for personal improvement and skills development.
• Ensure that personal development plan is completed, implemented, and tracked.
• Apply the learning experience at the workplace.
• Ensure work is completed as planned.
• Review compliance and follow up against the standards and objectives.
• Adheres to standard procedures and practices with guidance.
• Resolve work obstacles and issues positively and quickly.
• Develop suitable technical proposals based on practical and theoretical knowledge.