ABOUT THE ROLE / PURPOSE OF THE JOB
Secunda Synfuels Operations (SSO) operates the world’s largest coal-to-liquids (CTL) facility and produces synthesis gas (syngas) through coal gasification and natural gas reforming, using Sasol’s unique and proprietary Fischer-Tropsch technology to manufacture synthetic fuel components, pipeline gas and chemical feedstock.
The position is required to work in teams with technical, operational and planning resources with a twofold focus of:
- Creating models that appropriately, accurately represent the capabilities, flexibilities and constraints of the assets and;
- To identify profit improvement opportunities within the asset for future development.
FUNCTIONAL OUTPUTS
- Support sustainable maximisation of Sasol’s profitability through enabling planning and optimisation toolset.
- Align to the Planning & Optimisation (P&O) Functional strategy by supporting development of the 2-year budget and monthly plans for the HUB.
- Execution of the annual production budget.
- Ensure that the site mass balances are adequately reflected in the P&O toolset (via the Linear Programing (LP) models).
- Challenge and articulate the production HUBs operational flexibility, constraints and cost of production.
- Liaise with the SBUs and Central P&O on capital decisions involving the HUB.
- Evaluate the HUB plan accuracy through back-casting of models (specifically on LP performance).
- Identify opportunities to optimise production in order to enhance overall Sasol profitability.
- Develop and maintain optimisation toolset (particularly LP models) to ensure relevancy and accuracy.
- Ensure that the P&O toolset user community is adequately trained and supported.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- In addition to a pre-employment medical examination, some positions may require a physical fitness assessment as part of the normal selection criteria.
QUALIFICATION:
- University Degree in Chemical engineering or equivalent
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience (Must).
- Prior experience with linear programming (LP), scheduling as well as blending and simulation tools is a strong preference (Strong wish).
KEY COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
Leadership:
Self-mastery
- Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting.
Partnership Leadership
- Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes.
- Builds Teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries.
Functional / Technical:
Core Elements of Job Key (Performance Indicators):
Provide and certify LP model to be used for planning, budgeting and performance evaluation:
- Source reliable qualitative and quantitative data for LP model.
- Ensure LP model is fit for purpose for planning and budgeting.
- Continuously ensure that the LP model is tuned to operational reality.
Development of the yearly production budget:
- Unit uncertainties to be continuously improved.
- Management of change process on all revision of the LP through thorough testing and evaluation.
- Model convergence has been achieved timeously to produce HUB plan.
- Optimal yearly / budget plan is inferred and value added through scenario analyses.
LP modelling support to planning and performance evaluation teams:
- Alignment and integration between Hub and One Sasol Framework plans.
- Provide an ongoing support to production schedulers at MPI with regards to LP support.
- Aligned HUB plans and SBU's & Operations.
LP model development:
- Assist in medium to long term scenarios (capital investment and renewal process).
- Ensure LP model version used (in conjunction with planners) have latest prices and relevant qualities on intermediates.
- Plan accuracy verified through back-casting of operation performance.
Develop and maintain P&O toolset:
- Model capabilities and relevancy are enhanced through appropriate configuration.
- Model flexibility and accuracy is enhanced through configuration and calibration.
- End users are properly trained.
Change ambassador for role of P&O function:
- Tools and modelling use of P&O community is established as an influential factor in P&O functionality.
PDP and development:
- Available for development in other areas of the team (Planning and Evaluation) to support succession planning and overall team growth.
- Rotation to Planning.
Business Results:
- This job is concerned with the optimisation of the HUB's operation. Integration occurs across functions and product value chains. The focus varies from operational (80% of work) to tactical (10% of work) to strategic (10% of work).
- The incumbent will work in a matrix organization with functional responsibility for planning of operations and the requirement to lead, influence and direct production units.
- The environment is relatively uncertain, and the person will need a tolerance for ambiguity.
Behavioural:
- Working effectively in a matrix structure to maximize profitability.
- Understanding the complexity of value chains and interdependencies of HUBs and SBUs.
- Assessing the reliability and accuracy of sources of data to be used in plan construction and performance evaluation.
- Challenging sources of data inputs and profitability constraints.
- Accuracy of the production and inventory planning and scheduling tools.
- Backup peers to ensure continuity.
- Stay up to date regarding modelling methodologies and techniques.
- Incorporate benchmarks to measure operations performance.
- Direct production plan development. Evaluate LP - unit uncertainties.
- Implement optimisation opportunities through planning and highlight areas of potential opportunities and concerns.
- General maintenance of LP Model.
Closing Date: 11th, April 2022
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