Current Vacancies at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• Sustain and improve ongoing Health services (Occupation Medicine & Hygiene) in managing health risk impacts which aims to ensure a healthy and productive workforce in accordance with Sasol's SHE approach.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Provide inputs into and interpret Sasol's SHE Approach.
• Formulate the Occupational Health execution plan and ensure continuous alignment thereof to Sasol’s SHE approach.
• Manage the execution of the Occupational Health execution plan aligned with set targets (balanced scorecard measures).
• Ensure fit-for-purpose Health services are delivered to business.
• Develop and implement a Quality Assurance Programme governed by industry best practices and legislative & regulatory requirements.
• Implement a Quality Assurance Programme to achieve industry best practices within the context of Sasol.
• Identify, evaluate and recommend mitigation initiatives to minimize health risk impacts and contribute to the development of a risk register.
• Ensure an approved Health budget (Operational and Capital Expenditure) agreed with relevant stakeholders.
• Formulate and manage Health budget and ensure optimization of Health resources Take accountability for asset management in respective areas of control.
• Build and sustain positive internal and external stakeholder relationships to accomplish the Health execution plan.
• Engage in constructive collaboration with business in order to transcribe Health outcomes into improvement initiatives (risk-based).
• Participate as a member of Health forums, natural working teams and other groups Formulate and communicate Health priorities to relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure effective integration with all other functions and sub-functions within Sasol.
• Ensure that communication and reporting channels are established and followed (internal and external). Identify and manage non-conformances within the Health fraternity.
• Ensure and monitor own and team's adherence to SHE; HR and other relevant policies, standards and practices. Ensure the Health team and hired-in services are compliant with SLA. Ensure Sasol's Health services are compliant with relevant legislation and other requirements.
• Conform to Sasol's Asset Management Principles.
• Foster subject matter expertise in identified disciplines and drive innovation and facilitate knowledge sharing within the function Apply evidence-based SHE practices, in alignment with set standards, to ensure safe operations. Implement Sasol's risk philosophy and enterprise risk management framework.
• Contribute to the formulation of workforce planning reports and budgets, to optimize staffing and operations.
• Foster a work environment that actively develops and encourages employees to achieve their maximum potential and overcome deficiencies through feedback, coaching, on-the-job training, and a succession planning program.

Formal Education

• University Bacherlor's Degree

Min Experience

• Experience:13+ relevant years

Behavioural (BC) |Technical (TC) |Leadership (LC)

• TC_Integrate SHE into Business Plans and Procedures
• TC_SHE Policy and Strategic Objectives
• TC_SHE Leadership
• TC_SHE Risk Management
• LC_Commercial Agility
• LC_Business Ownership
• LC_Drives Innovation
• LC_External Focus
• LC_Customer Centricity
• TC_Human Factors and SHE Culture
• LC_Collaborative
• LC_Inspirational
• LC_Builds Talent
• LC_Developing Self
• LC_Partnerships
• LC_Delivery Excellence

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Purpose of Job

• Manage Social Impact / Ikusasa project portfolio for SEO. Coordinate the appropriate project logistics including pre-project development, logistics, project supplies, etc. and provide onsite leadership at select projects. Coordinate volunteer recruitment and registration. Deliver project evaluation and impact reporting. Ensure all Social Impact activities are covered by the Media and Communication team. Analyze & study Social Impact related donations requests and submit briefs/ proposals for approvals. Manage the relationship with non-profit organisations and identify best collaboration opportunities. Guide employee volunteerism (Sasol For Good) initiatives and ensure proper implementation of activities including all required logistics and PR. Ensure record keeping of all employee volunteerism (Sasol For Good) initiatives (reports, post event analysis, pictures, number of volunteers, cost, number of activities, satisfaction rates, etc.). Assist in planning and implementing national, regional & local Social Impact initiatives & programmes. Prepare material required for Regulatory reporting. Support the creation of an annual plan for community engagement, community enablement including raising awareness about the organisation and development of engagement pathways, employee volunteerism plans to support Social Impact initiatives in the areas of health, education, business development, and environment. Managing Social Impact project specific budget and Ikusasa budget.

Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities
Strategy and Budget

• Manage the compilation of reports to the Sasol Foundation/ Group Social Impact on a quarterly basis
• Collaborate and partner with internal & external stakeholders to identify, conceptualise and implement the social initiatives to benefit fence line communities, etc. and provide onsite leadership at select projects
• Manage the relationship with non-profit organisations and identify best collaboration opportunities
• Partner with internal & external stakeholders to deploy Social Impact and Ikusasa initiatives
• Manage and implement community projects risk and safety plan including support local SMME’s with safety compliance
• Manage the Ikusasa adhoc and baseline maintenance initiatives
• Manage customer/external projects when needed.
• Assist in-field with Surveys and project coordination, should the need arise.
• Maintain processes to ensure project management documentation, reports and plans are relevant, accurate and complete within projects.
• Manage internal projects related to process improvement and reporting to relevant stakeholders.
• Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of CSI projects against set objectives, standards, cost allocation, timeframes and clients (business units) and beneficiary expectations.

Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

• Project Management
• Ensuring that projects are designed, planned and managed according to set principles, selection criteria and completed according to plan, in a cost-effective way, and meet the set objectives and standards of service
• Reports on projects monitored and evaluated against set objectives, costs, safety considerations, timeframes, relevant stakeholder expectations and corrective actions taken where required
• Project team management and monitoring of performance
• Manage the budget formulation and tracking the expenditure to ensure cost and benefit balance in the implementation of Social Impact projects.
• Ensuring that projects are scheduled to meet expectations of all stakeholders and cost-effectiveness.
• Deliver projects on schedule and on or under budget.
• Delivery of project as per the operational plan, project evaluation and impact reporting.

Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities
Business Intelligence and Research

• Conduct in-depth geo and socio-political environmental scans to understand the broader socio-political environment in which the company operates, have an intimate understanding of political and public sentiment formation and articulation.
• Conduct a community needs assessment to inform Sasol Energy Operations’ regional social projects prioritisation.
• Gather data/ information to help with proactive management of stakeholder issues.

Formal Education

• University Bachelors Degree

Min Experience

• Experience: 5+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

Identify and investigate sites for retention. Calculate site viability, establish site re-development plans, acquire development costs, delivery costs and run economics. Compile offer and negotiate deals lease term, rentals, property size and developer’s responsibilities. Initiate and discuss legal and franchise agreements. For conversions, negotiate with other oil companies to remove equipment and cancel securities. Prepare Board papers, acquire Board approval and inform developer of decision. Initiate and facilitate PIP (Project Implementation and Planning) meetings, review and oversee signing of all suspensive conditions, approval of finance and negotiate development time frames. Interact with internal engineers and oversee appointment of contractors. Continuously liaise with developers and owners on building progress and attend site meetings to ensure timely completion of projects. Retie lease agreements in existing network.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

•  Develop and negotiate economically viable proposals for the retention of the Sasol network.
•  Support network planning in delivering the network strategy 
•  Stakeholder management with excellent people skills  Strong delivery record with the openness to learn and a quick thinker 
•  Customer service oriented 
•  Comprehensive information and documentation to be supplied for drafting of legal documentation. Maintain a good follow-up system on all current projects. 
•  Proposals to be comprehensive and of good quality to make informed business decisions 
•  Ability to work independently and in a team 
•  Deadline and compliance driven
•  Demonstrate ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines 
•  Must be able to manage and implement legal documentation 
•  Must have extensive knowledge of property systems and procedures. Collaborate closely with the Sales & Operations team. 
•  Must have financial and accounting knowledge. Must have excellent negotiation ability 
•  Sound administrative and managerial skills. Good interpersonal and communication skills
•   Ability to adapt 
•  Delivers more value from existing network and drives trade-offs discussions to maximize the network yield thru value-add initiatives
•   Ensure the achievement of 1st class network footprint for long term business competitiveness 
•  Build and sustain strong external relationships

Formal Education

• 3-4 years relevant Property Related Degree (Building Science, Town Planning, Quantity Surveying or Architecture)

Alternatively

• 3-4 years relevant Bachelor of Commerce Degree or Bachelor of Business Administration Degree

Min Experience

• 9 years’ experience within service station development and property related environment

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Purpose of Job
To lead and manage the Sasol Chemicals Durban inventory administration team and support stakeholders (P&O; DRP; LCC; M&S and 3rd party Storage Facilities) to capture; report and manage Sasol Chemical’s bulk liquid chemicals inventory in SAP ensuring accurate “real time” product information are updated and available in SAP and throughout the external coastal storage facilities systems to enable OTIFWAC order execution of bulk shipping exports & imports and various product movements via road; rail; isotainers; drumming and blending operations.Identifying and resolution of conflict of inventory discrepancies; SAP Material Master Data.

Recruitment Description

• Ensuring inventory movements & transactions (Gr’s GI’s; Blends; Transfers etc) are captured correctly and on time in SAP.
• Compliance to all applicable regulations and governance i.e. SOX; Month-end & Year end reconciliations and closures.
• Coordinate and mange Annual Year-end dips and reconciliations in consultation with external auditors
• Maintain and update SAP Master Data’s relating to coastal facilities correctly in SAP (Sasol and Site’s systems).
• Functional management, alignment sessions with inventory team and managing the team’s KPA’s and KPI’s (performance contracts).
• Arrange and Co-ordinate monthly operations meeting with stakeholders to align; update and maintain inventory control requirements as per Service Level Agreements and LRM – update and maintain the inventory control requirements.
• Co-ordinate and manage team’s daily KPA’s (transactions in SAP; GI; GR; Posting; Blackflushing; Month-end Mini Mass balance & Reconciliations)
• Co-ordinate month-end tank dips; stock counts and reporting.
• Update and maintain inventory department’s ISO documentation - SOP’s and WI’s.
• Responsible for the execution of inventory management strategies and business processes optimisation for inventory control.

Key Accountabilities

• Customer focused – improve customer and stakeholder satisfaction and experience.
• Develop direct reports and ensure alignment and execution as per the business rules .
• Ensure direct reports have clear accountabilities, understand the Sasol Chemicals priorities and drive to improve performance. Agree and ensure Development Plans are available and attainable for each member.
• Measure team’s and service providers performance relative to plan to ensure value-adding and business optimisation.

Formal Education

• B.Tech degree (relevant to the job) and minimum 6 years experience
• 3-4 years University degree (relevant to the job) and minimum 6 years experience

Min Experience

• Experience: 6+ relevant years

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Job Description

• To operate and maintain basic electrical equipment and machines and carry out routine tasks following strict, detailed instructions to meet performance targets.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Participates in shift handover meetings 
• Provides adequate feedback to supervisor on work progress 
• Participates in root cause analyses, and provides feedback to RCA teams 
• Participates in risk assessments according to legislation and company requirements to improve safety 
• Maintains good housekeeping and adheres to waste disposal procedures 
• Work Independently 
• Understand and know the business, drives and KPIs 
• Apply and maintain safety in a working environment 
• Participates in shift handover meetings 
• Provides adequate feedback to supervisor on work progress 
• Participates in root cause analyses, and provides feedback to RCA teams 
• Participates in risk assessments according to legislation and company requirements to improve safety 
• Maintains good housekeeping and adheres to waste disposal procedures 
• Work Independently 
• Understand and know the business, drives and KPIs 
• Contribute to the development of training modules 
• Identifies personal training and development needs, and incorporates into PDP with group leader's approval 
• Lead by example (walks the talk) 
• Conduct on the job coaching of learners 
• SME Presentation on specific plant equipment 
• Conducts IMS inspections to maintain and improve plant sustainability 
• Work effectively in a team 
• Attends and interacts in PDAs and RCAs to improve plant safety and stability 
• Play an appropriate main role during emergency situations to get the plant back on line 
• Give and receive feedback to other disciplines (partners on daily issues) 
• Stakeholder relationship management 
• Gives input at toolbox talks to improve plant safety 
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities in own work area 
• Improve practices and/or equipment

Formal Education

• Grade 12 with Maths, Science and English
• NQF level 4 Electrical/  Trade Certificate

Min Experience

• Experience: 2+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To support the business financial activities and processes (gatekeeper for Finance), financial decision support to business/ and be a pro-active business partners to achieve optimal financial performance.
• To provide finance support for the buying and selling of crude oil, petroleum products and fuel blending components including other activities such as shipping and risk management (hedging) operations.
• To provide a comprehensive accounting service to the trading team and various Sasol stakeholders which facilitates the decision-making process related to business direction and participates in the day to day supervision of/and the execution of financial related activities

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Develop sufficient accounting knowledge and maintain close involvement with business activities in order to identify business issues and establish the impact on the cash management, accounting and financial reporting. 
• Ensure strict controls over cash management including ensuring payments are made on time, letters of credit or other guarantees are issued when required, daily monitoring of transactions, working closely with the trading team, as well as reporting for group purposes. Preferable to have a good understanding of hedging, and be able to explain in detail price and volume variances. 
• Provide input into contractual matters and dispute resolutions (where applicable). Develop, implement and maintain a sustainable internal control framework through good corporate governance, strategy, systems, policies, procedures and risk management to ensure compliance within the internal and regulatory operational framework. 
• Report to the VP Trading & JV Management and Head of Trading on the daily, monthly, budget, forecasted financial performance, or other ad-hoc requests. 
• Perform variance analysis for management and group reporting. 
• Prepare the budget and forecast, including full financials and detailed cash flow requirements. 
• Maintain the accounting (in terms of relevant standards and Sasol Group Accounting Manual), perform analysis of transactions, accounting and reporting of hedge transactions (knowledge of hedge accounting required). 
• Report to the Crude Oil Procurement Committee and Hedging Committee (including Sasol Oil Board) regarding hedging status and progress. 
• Liaise with both internal and external auditors and ensure compliance to SOX and internal control.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor's Degree or higher

Min Experience

• 6 Years Relevant Experience

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Purpose of Job

• To provide coaching and guidance to personnel in order to create high performance teams capable of reaching targets related to mining operations and activities, in a safe manner. To execute statutory duties according to Regulations 2.15.1 in the area of responsibility. 

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Carries out on a day to day basis planning, organizing, control and leadership that ensure that departments KPIs are met to produce safe coal by ensuring tons / cm / shift Availability of Equipment Downtime / shift / MTTF /MTTR (infrastructure and inspection equipment) Adherence to Overhaul / maintenance program – plan 
• actual Implements operational projects, ensures operating compliance to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP in appointed area of responsibility) Ensures adherence to Operating principles and legislation Compliance to governance bodies (standardization committees) SOP / COP implementation and adherence Ensures availability of spares, equipment and resources required to ensure optimal precautions, including governance of Electronic time keeping Total cost of ownership (TCO) Electronic time keeping system adherence Provides first line solutions to employees reporting to him / her on any technical related problem Problems resolved Failure trend analysis and root cause elimination Support departments to achieve set targets by coordinating planning within appointed area of responsibility Rand per ton (R/t, Tons per CM per shift (t/cm/shift) Volumes 
• monthly TQF (Including Quality) Control costs to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget Delivery against budget and reporting calendar
•  target Ensure best in class safety performance and continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain required RCR SHE compliance rates 
• targets (especially major findings, % outstanding actions on findings) Zero harm, Zero fatalities, LWDCR Provide on the job training, coaching and career development Training days for department Planned Task observations Coaching of employees Engagement of employees

Formal Education

• High School / School Diploma or similar
• Formal Education (MUST)
• National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) / N3 with English / Business English, Mathematics and Science 
• Valid Drivers License

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years total relevant experience as a Shiftboss 

Min Experience

• Experience: 6+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To support production by leading the provision of effective electro-mechanical equipment maintenance and reliability while overseeing and ensuring the adherence to procedures/codes, and utilising all available support resources to increase stability and maintain sustainability of the plant, mine and/or equipment.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Planning, control and management of operations/maintenance activity and ensuring effective execution of operations/maintenance activities 
• Ensure maximum task quality and efficiency, and overall effective use of equipment 
• Manage and control costs (where allocated budget responsibility is assigned) 
• During emergency situations, evaluate the abnormalities and take corrective action as to avoid downtime, equipment damage and/or SHE incidents 
• Ensure own team adhere to operational/maintenance procedures and for people and plant 
• Ensure maintenance planning is scheduled optimally to maximise production output 
• Take action on first occurrence performance problems, misconduct, disciplinary and grievance cases. 
• Manage performance of own team and ensure sensitisation to diversity in the workplace 
• Enable artisans to achieve competence for career progression. Coaching and technical training of own staff and accountable for practical "declaration of competence" of employees to operate the plant 
• Ensures team motivation and team wellness and lives company values and ensures compliance of team to the values 
• Facilitate effective Communication up and down from management and also within own and other stakeholder teams 
• Participate in selection of staff (for own team) by being an active member on recruitment panels 
• Ensure standard operating procedures are applied. Ensure compliance to PSM (Process Safety Management). Manage certain start-up and shutdown tasks. Participate (or conduct on own team) in potential deviation analysis (PDA), root cause analysis (RCA) and risk assessments. Manage execution of work permit system 
• Conduct Task Risk Assessments and ensure that team conducts Task Risk Assessments (where applicable). Ensure compliancen to relevant Sasol procedure, policies, legislation and business processes. Manages behaviour based safety program. Ensure adherence to SHERQ legal standards (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001) and implement SHERQ processes for own area of responsibility 
• Ensure that MOC process is followed, and that modified plant/maintenance procedures are implemented by artisans 
• Ensure resources (e.g. raw materials, people) are available on site 
• Ensures understanding of customer requirements and ensures product/service meets customer requirements 
• Ensure smooth transition of work from own shift to next shift 
• Effective interaction with supporting activities e.g. P&SM, technical, engineering. Identifies and supports inter-dependencies (synergies) with own and other departments within the value chain 
• Give input into how to improve overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for the plant. Continuously applies new ideas/work methods to improve results. Deals with human resistance to change in own area 
• Provide information/assist with projects with technical/support functions. Avail staff for training and development required due to the change initiative. Ensure implementation of organisational change initiatives within own team

Formal Education (MUST)

• Grade 12/N3 with Maths, Science and English / Business English

Formal Education

• Occupational Trade Qualification/Certificate

Min Experience

• Experience: 8+ relevant years
• Professional Membership

Certifications

• C_Flameproof Certificate
• C_Red Ticket Certification

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Purpose of 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. Supervise the team of plant metallurgical engineers providing support and metallurgical solutions to the various units within Secunda Synfuels Operations and Secunda Chemical Operations.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Supervise, guide and mentor metallurgical personnel in team. Manage performance of personnel engineers within group. Ensure that metallurgical focus areas are aligned with metallurgical engineering and group targets. 
• Review all metallurgical deliverables pertaining to failure analyses, material recommendations, corrosion studies and mitigation, damage assessments, materials testing, RCA inputs, heat treatment and remaining life studies. 
• Support shutdown activities. 
• Support and drive metallurgical KPI initiatives. 
• Supervise and track progress on metallurgical research and development projects aimed at alleviating long-term and/or repetitive failures. 
• Optimise metallurgical maintenance and monitoring processes and programs to support plant ageing studies and renewal initiatives. 
• Provide ad-hoc metallurgical support to projects and operations on a regional basis. 
• Manage interfaces with other engineering disciplines, Inspection, Mechanical engineering, Group Technology and external consultants, contractors and service providers. 
• Assist in the selection of external service providers by measuring their technical competence. Assist with training and development of metallurgical personnel. 
• Assist with ensuring participation and conformance to safety initiatives, systems and procedures. 
• Assist with ensuring conformance to quality management system of metallurgical department and laboratory.

Formal Education

• University Bachelors Degree

Min Experience

• Experience: 8+ relevant years