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Purpose of Job

• Managing the complete customer lifecycle and sales pipeline, from lead management through to the end of contract. This includes achieving volume and margin targets; developing and pursuing a sales pipeline, customer level sales forecasting and account planning, managing both tender and unsolicited bids; executing sales and account management activities and providing customer service support. Review key sales indicators and develop relevant reports. Strive for the development of new relations to grow customer network.

Key Accountabilities

• Achieve sales targets - volume and margin
• Spend a minimum of 50% of time performing customer-facing activities
• Record daily activities on CRM
• Identify, pursue and manage leads to maintaining a healthy sales pipeline within CRM
• Develop new business with existing clients and/or identify areas of improvement
• Manage the sales processes for tenders and unsolicited bids
• Negotiate and agree product, price and service package with customers
• Complete and submit tender documentation and/or proposals
• Manage the on-boarding process for new customers
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of customer masterdata
• Manage customer contracts including contract and reminder dates in CRM
• Develop and implement an account plan for each customer to manage the customer lifecycle
• Manage on-site assets including asset verification and SOPs
• Manage the localisation / enterprise development requirement of the contract to gain advantage.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with managers, peers, service and support functions to deliver the service package to the customer
• Forecast sales for each customer and manage the deviation between the contractual, forecast and actual volume
• Provide weekly and monthly reports
• Adhere to SHE requirements at customer sites in alignment with set standards for safe operations
• Review the customer portfolio against overall sales targets
• Monitor market and competitor activity
• Continuously improve own skills and knowledge. Complete, implement, and track personal development plans to attain personal performance goals.
• Live the Sasol Values

Formal Education

• University Bachelors Degree

Working Experience

• Experience: 9+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To facilitate the movement of empty containers and isotainers from the various empty depots, place at the packing sites, and timeous movement to vessel stacks which includes the completion of all necessary documentation and inspections.

Key Accountabilities

• Facilitating site activities  which includes bulk / isotainer loading, drumming, container packing, flexitainer loading, road transport, pipe line transfers
• Interface with Transnet to ensure NAVIS is updated timeously
• Documentation for container movements (CTO’s, PD’s, Shipment Documents to be done on SAP)
• Booking of inspections to be done in advance with inspection houses, and inspections to be completed before containers are placed into stacks
• Ensure the packing sites exercise the fifo principle for empty and full drums
• Empty drums to be ordered per shipment and ensure timeous delivery for drum filling
• Ensuring that all activities are executed timeously and with minimal wastage of product (especially bulk shipping)
• Monitoring all slops (waste material ) for either decanting back to land tanks or slops tanks pending on analyses of product
• Ensuring slops are returned to the plant via road/rail for either rework / incineration and product is accounted for on SAP for inventory to balance
• Involved in monthly stock takes and reporting to Management
• Able to work standby and outside office hours including travel to pack sites for meetings or investigations
• Carrying out additional tasks on SAP which includes Purchase Requisitions and Shipment Costs

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Purpose of Job

• Provide Technical support by the independent formulation of a technical approach, data assimilation, assessment, interpretation and contextualization for applicable projects within Reliability Engineering
• A Technologist II Reliability will apply Asset Management principles to enable the safe and cost-effective utilisation of assets throughout their life cycle in the Sasol Sasolburg and Natref Operations (SNO).

Key Accountabilities

• Business Results: Utilise reliability performance metrics to drive continuous improvement within the business. Perform inherent risk analysis on equipment and utilize outcomes of reliability studies to inform maintenance and capital decisions within the business Assist with the justification for critical spares holding as well as assessing optimal maintenance interventions through life-cycle costing (LCC) analysis using the Salvo DST (or similar) software Develop Equipment Maintenance Strategy (EMS) and implement through the application of Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) Utilize SAP or Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) functionality and related sources of data for reliability, failure, and data analysis as well as bad actor equipment reporting. Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for equipment or systems failures and maintain the health of the Deviation Management System (DMS) Perform Integrity Studies to identify the causes of bad actor equipment and recommend possible solutions to improve performance Facilitate Risk Based Inspection (RBI) for pressure vessels, tanks and other critical assets Use Risk Based Inspection (RBI) outcomes for pressure equipment and other critical asset performance and inspection data to indicate at risk and end-of-life equipment to enable business risk mitigation decisions. Support initiatives to ensure equipment Operate within Agreed Parameter (OWAP) to manage the risk of equipment failure Data interpretation, contextualization and knowledge generation; understand the context in which work is being performed
• Leadership and Values: Advocate of reliability business processes, procedures, work instructions, and practices in the relevant operating department Demonstrate the desired behaviours in agreement with the Sasol Values Take responsibility for personal performance, improvement and skills development; technical competence in the application of computer software and writing skills to be able to report effectively on work progress Identify &share operational improvement opportunities Makes suggestions to optimise equipment, systems and processes Apply the asset management process model (operations core processes) in the relevant operating department Effectively and efficiently utilise best engineering practices Issue reliability engineering reports that gives clear guidance on focus areas for plant reliability improvement Identify improvement opportunities that will help ensure the reliability engineering processes are effective and efficient as they relate to the asset management model Be the custodian of reliability business processes, procedures, work instructions and practices in the relevant operating department
• Relationships, Teamwork and Collaboration: Ensure that processes governed by reliability engineering are understood by all role players in the relevant operating department Support personnel in the operations departments to obtain the necessary competence in reliability practices through training and coaching Contribute to the prioritisation of improvement activities and projects within the operations department based on the potential benefits in OEE improvements Track the health of reliability governance processes in operations department and support proper application of such governance Ensure that reliability metrics are established, optimised and the trends are reported to drive the continuous improvement for sustainable operations Track and report on critical next steps from incident investigations of significant operations impact Provide coaching to junior Reliability Engineers and rotation engineers in training (EIT) Provide reliability engineering support in other business operating areas initiatives as required by the business

Formal Education

• B.Tech
• Post grad qualification or other formal training in reliability engineering (wish)

Work Experience

• 5+ relevant years experience
• Knowledge of reliability engineering
• Knowledge of processing/manufacturing plant operation and maintenance principles
• Knowledge of asset management principles
• Good knowledge of SAP
• Good working knowledge of problem-solving tools
• Experience in chemical plant environment (wish)
• Experience in RBI and RBI facilitation (wish)
• Certification and Professional Membership
• ECSA Registered Professional Technologist (wish)

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Purpose of Job

• Participate in Process Safety strategy, interpret and implement process safety elements based on One Sasol SHE Excellence approach. Evaluate process operations and design through risk assessments to ensure minimization of accidents, incidents, and events. Facilitate process hazard analysis/studies, auditing, process safety information sharing and operational knowledge support. Implement and enable process safety strategy to meet goals. Ensure root causes of major and significant process safety incidents are determined using correct investigation methodology and shared. Service as team member in the compilation of Sasol process safety related Specifications, Standards and Procedures.

Key Accountabilities

• Facilitate PHA and ad hoc risk assessments using methodologies and communicate findings to obtain managements' formal response to PHA recommendations.
• Facilitate/participate in PSSRs, incident investigations and assist in compiling reports, lessons learned and next steps.
• Identify potential or actual changes, assess the effects and improve risk management using hierarchy of controls.
• Assist operations regarding the technical aspects of PSM and clarify PSM standards and elements when required.
• Provide input in design, development and maintenance of the PSM system.
• Provide assurance that PHA information is used in operation of the other PSM elements.
• Develop and maintain plant specific PSM procedures and related checklists where applicable, by interpreting Sasol standards, procedures, specifications and guidelines.
• Drive operational hub PSM initiatives, and plant rollout, embedding of the PSM system.
• Conduct MHI studies where applicable, analyse regulations and ensure compliance.
• Advise on land use/spatial planning for operational areas based on the relevant studies.
• Identify potential process, asset features that could escalate emergency events into major incidents.
• Carry out PSM stand-by duties, co-ordinate external risk assessment studies.
• Utilise lessons learnt to prevent repeat events.
• Utilise consequence modelling, probability analysis to develop solutions.
• Evaluate the quality of previous risk studies and advise.
• Support and monitor the identification of process of PSCE for preventative maintenance purposes.
• Utilize a FER-SI tool to derive fire, explosion and toxic index.
• Develop knowledge relating to the field of work, personal mastery in technical skills application.
• Plan and meet production management objectives in technical, professional and expert areas of work.
• Conduct PSM audits and plant inspections to assure the effectiveness of actions taken in response to process safety activities.
• Assist management in preparation for 2nd, 3rd party audits and insurance engineers’ visits by collecting info, organising, planning, tracking follow up.
• Research, propose and assist in the impl of best practices and fit for purpose solutions to meet changing business and work requirements.
• Gather and analyse data on risk based analysis e.g. PHA, MHI reports, observations, audits, incidents, and advise management on high process safety risks.
• Assist managers to be PSM leaders.
• Build and maintain stakeholder relationships.
• Liaise with accredited engineering facilities.
• Liaise with neighbouring Sasol and non-Sasol plants on potential incident escalation scenarios.
• Demonstrate influential relationships.
• Attend sharing and networking activities internal and external.
• Deliver knowledge based process safety training.
• Participate in process safety culture transformation programmes and other initiatives.
• Audit and make recommendations on permit to work system.
• Participate in the development and revision of PSM standards, procedures, specs and guidelines through researching, benchmarking, and interpreting technical, legal info and best practices.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor’s Degree / B-Tech in chemical / Mechanical Engineering

Working Experience

• Experience: 6+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To supervise all aspects of shift/plant operations to ensure performance targets are achieved in compliance with safety policies.
• To supervise housekeeping of work area and identify workplace hazards and risks to ensure that mining operations are done in a correct and safe manner.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure that work standards are met according to quantity and due dates.
• Ensure that work standards are met according to quality standards & compliance
• Shift inspections, Daily inspections on equipment.
• Awareness, focus and control of cost / budget.
• POLC (planning, organizing, lead and Control.).
• Optimizes and control resources effectively.
• General housekeeping and cleaning. (keys ; General site work)
• Rod handling.
• Cement and betonies mixing.
• Spares order for site.
• Assist driller in control room.
• Writing shift report.
• Assist the driller plotting and updating the driller and geology map.
• Operating the machine by tripping in and out of the hole
• Must be able to take over responsibility from the driller from time to time.
• Serve as the Snr Drilling Assistant.
• Must be able to make his own decisions.
• Specific Kips as agreed to in the business unit.
• Support the drilling superintendent in his duties and take over from him time to time.
• Site establishment and rehabilitation.
• Inspection service provider rigs.
• Writing month end report.
• Manage others.
• Achieve safety and risk objectives.
• As per legal and SHE requirements (QCDSM and specific Kips agreed upon in the business unit.).
• Understand the company vision and values.
• Improve own skills and knowledge.
• Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof.
• Plan, organize, control and report own work.
• Ensure work is completed as planned.
• Policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods: application and compliance.
• Review compliance and follow up against the standards and objectives.
• Problem solving and decision making.
• Resolve work obstacles and issues positively and quickly.
• Build customer relationships in order to understand their needs.
• Project a positive image of the department.
• Internal customer feedback.
• Understands the mines need and application of product of customer.
• Understand mine requirements and ensure product/services meets mine requirements.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers.
• Effective working relationship with manager, peers, team members.
• Effective networking and liaison with technical, engineering and financial departments.
• Team and colleague communication.
• Demonstrate effective listening and communication skills when dealing with colleagues.
• Ensure transition of work own shift to next shift.
• Feedback from other shifts.
• Improve present way of doing work by continuously asking questions.
• Share and implement new ideas regarding work.

Formal Education

• BTech University Bachelors Degree (South Africa)
• Higher/Advanced Diploma (South Africa)

Certificates

• Mine Overseer’s Certificate of Competency
• Blasting Certificate 

Working Experience

• Experience: 2+ relevant years