Fresh Positions at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• To set up, operate, or tend basic welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies to provide the foundation for strong infrastructure.

Key Accountabilities

• Proven competence in pre-identified areas per discipline of the plant/mine/equipment/systems
• Understand and use the plant maintenance documentation system
• Understand planning work management system
• Relevant plant/mine specific/basic process knowledge
• Compliance of Safety Management Systems e.g. IMS, MBO, etc.
• Able to apply emergency procedures
• Read, interpret, and implement task risk assessment
• Hazard identification/task risk assessments
• Participates in daily morning meetings to discuss work assignments
• Support the goals and vision of the business by meeting deadlines
• 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
• Share knowledge with junior artisans in known environment/context
• Participates in quarterly performance appraisal with group leader to improve personal development
• Identifies personal training and development needs, and incorporates into PDP with group leader's approval
• Lead by example (walks the talk)
• Assists with the development of works instructions to develop a higher level of staff competency
• Take the lead in team efforts/tasks
• Able to act as group leader (if appropriate to career path)
• Contribute to overall maintenance strategy and direction
• Mentor learners/artisans informally
• Conducts My IMS (physical 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
• Provides adequate feedback to group leader or planning officer on work progress
• Ensures the correct history feedback is captured to improve renewals/ upgrades and critical spares are replaced
• Gives input at toolbox talks to improve plant safety

Formal Education

• Grade 12 / N3 with Mathematics, Physical Science and English
• Boilermaker Trade Certificate 

Working Experience

• Experience: 5+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To observe operation of automotive machines and verify conformance to specifications and quality standards to meet production targets.

Key Accountabilities

• Proven competence in pre-identified areas per discipline of the plant/mine/equipment/systems
• Understand and use the plant maintenance documentation system
• Understand planning work management system
• Relevant plant/mine specific/basic process knowledge
• Compliance of Safety Management Systems e.g. IMS, MBO, etc.
• Able to apply emergency procedures
• Read, interpret, and implement task risk assessment
• Hazard identification/task risk assessments
• Participates in daily morning meetings to discuss work assignments
• Support the goals and vision of the business by meeting deadlines
• 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
• Share knowledge with junior artisans in known environment/context
• Participates in quarterly performance appraisal with group leader to improve personal development
• Identifies personal training and development needs, and incorporates into PDP with group leader's approval
• Lead by example (walks the talk)
• Assists with the development of works instructions to develop a higher level of staff competency
• Take the lead in team efforts/tasks
• Able to act as group leader (if appropriate to career path)
• Contribute to overall maintenance strategy and direction
• Mentor learners/artisans informally
• Conducts My IMS (physical 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
• Provides adequate feedback to group leader or planning officer on work progress
• Ensures the correct history feedback is captured to improve renewals/ upgrades and critical spares are replaced
• Gives input at toolbox talks to improve plant safety

Formal Education

• Senior National Certificate / N3 with Mathematics, Physical Science and English
• Auto Electrician Trade Test Certificate

Working Experience

• Experience: 0 - 5+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To support Process & Project Engineers in selecting and specifying all instrumentation and control systems. To drive value engineering and economic designs to ensure the best value is delivered to the business

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure correct resource allocation and indicate timeously resourcing needs towards the execution of projects and support to operations.
• Ensure critical competency development.
• Manage the relationship with internal and external service providers applicable to function/discipline.
• Maintain work standards.
• Maintain discipline specific systems, tools, policies and procedures for the execution of projects.
• Ensure adherence and compliance to Sasol safety system and culture.
• Ensure that job specific knowledge in all areas of process control, process automation systems and instrumentation including critical control information infrastructure by self development and attending training as and when required.
• Ensure expert knowledge on area specific equipment in area of responsibility for e.g.. transmitters and control valves to be able to maximise availability and production outputs.
• Ensure good working relationship with all stake holders especially with the instrumentation and control fratenity as well as plant production and maintenance personnel.
• Liaise with external engineering companies to share in knowledge and benchmark on best practices.
• Provide plant support as and when required.
• Perform trip and alarm testing.
• Change range and trip settings on process automation systems.
• Configure transmitters using AMS,FDM/HART communicator.
• Change range and calibration of instruments on process automation systems.
• Plan resources against short and long term objectives.
• Drive effective resource allocation and utilisation.
• Ensure compliance with legal requirements, Sasol policies and standards.
• Record and incorporate lessons learnt per project.
• Report on budget utilisation, forecating and changes.
• Manage discipline specific project tasks.
• Perform quality control of delivered services.
• Review Sasol policies for applicability and implementation.
• Develop deviaion concessions and concession registers to Sasol specifications for small project execution.
• Govern proposed modifications.
• Take responsibility to drive initiatives which improves delivery and competitiveness.
• Translate OME project team strategy into team working model.
• Drive high performance culture and innovative thinking.
• Ensure critical competencies are developed.
• Develop technical and engineering skills of EIT's through coaching.
• Manage and develop people in the team.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and innovation.
• Ensure personal development plans are completed, implemented and tracked within applicable career path.
• Notify/inform of changes in resourcing needs.
• Be responsible for own as well as team's performance management system.
• Report on budget utilisation, forecasting and changes.
• Ensure teams safety objectives and required training is completed.
• Contribute in the translation and execution of the technical support strategy.
• Translate and cascade goals and long term plans through effective two ay communication in the organisation.
• Manage engineering knowledge by transforming, packaging, transferring and maintaining knowledge.
• Provide efficient and high quality services to stakeholders.
• Oversee the management of external service providers.
• Maintain healthy and stable relationships with contractors and consultants.
• Oversee the safety of external service providers.

Formal Education

• B Tech / B Eng / BSc Eng in Electronics or Control Instrumentation or Mechatronics

Working Experience

• Experience: 8+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To research, design, develop, test, or supervise the manufacturing and installation of mechanical / electro-mechanical equipment, components, or systems that conform to organisational and/or regulatory standards in order to meet customers needs.

Key Accountabilities

• Capture, document and implement best practices.
• Optimise mechanical engineering systems, tools and standards (own, local and international) for use in all maintenance repair and project activities.
• Create, develop and update mechanical engineering systems, tools, specifications and standards.
• Evaluate current mechanical engineering systems, identify weaknesses and provide corrective actions.
• Guide organization in making technology selections
• Design/develop innovative technology solutions
• Perform fault finding on complex mining equipment
• Perform design risk assessments on equipment
• Manage interfaces between other engineering disciplines, maintenance, projects and external technical community.
• Capture lessons learned in specifications, works instructions and procedures.
• Advise on project execution strategies including contracting and selection of suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with legal and safety requirements.
• Ensure that deviation management is in place.
• Identify deviations from legal requirements and develop corrective actions/solutions.
• Ensure project success by adherence to cost, schedule and quality targets for project scope.
• Ensure timely response to changes/technical queries.
• Recommend mechanical engineering related concessions.
• Develop advanced knowledge in defined fields of mechanical engineering.
• Interpret and translate business requirements into a mechanical engineering strategy to enable OME to safely meet production targets and strategic objectives.
• Translate OME project team strategy into team working model.
• Manage and develop people in the team.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and innovation.
• Ensure personal development plans are completed, implemented and tracked within applicable career path.
• Notify/inform of changes in resourcing needs.
• Ensure teams safety objectives and required training is completed.
• Provide effective and high quality services to stakeholders.
• Maintain sound relationships with contractors and consultants.
• Ensure productive working relationships with all stakeholders.
• Demonstrate maturity through influencing, negotiating, and emotional intelligence.
• Operate successfully in a diverse (culture, roles, positions and levels, etc.) work environment.
• Contribute to or lead COP.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Government Competency Certificate (GCC)

Working Experience

• Experience: 6+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• Manage Sasol Group relationship with franchisees and dealers in designated geographical areas / regions. Maximise return on investment through the business support to retailers and management of internal stakeholders. Foster superior customers service and enforce compliance with legislation as well as company brand and operating standards.

Key Accountabilities

• Assist stakeholders in the value chain through planning and making decisions to optimise production facilities.
• Achieve short-term volume forecasting with high accuracy. Meet monthly forecast sales volume and budget requirements including C-store and bakery turnover.
• Track performance of sites in a given portfolio against the business score card.
• Ascertain successful implementation of retail programmes and initiatives focused on business performance and development.
• Manage franchise network as per the provisions of the franchise agreement.
• Implement a safety improvement plan for self and own network.
• Offer professional advice to franchisees on competitor activities and how to improve their margins and benchmarking.
• Administer the state and quality of Sasol Group's assets on site which may include facilitating the process to replace equipment where necessary.
• Ascertain that sites achieve a contracted percentage on mystery shopper results.
• Identify training needs at sites and recommend training initiatives. Verify that new franchise appointments attended compulsory training and are fully competent.
• Validate that retail filling stations are in a good operating condition and within the Sasol Group standards.
• Confirm that customer complaints from the retail network and franchisees are attended to within hours.
• Guide the resolution of franchisee queries by taking ownership of the query and provide continuous feedback to stakeholders.
• Act as a Sasol Group ambassador to build the credibility of the company.
• Apply evidence based SHE practices in alignment with set standards for safe operations.
• Implement Sasol Group's risk philosophy and enterprise risk management framework.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders to derive maximum value from the capital invested in the retail network and enable win-win solutions with owners, tenants, franchisees, government departments, municipal authorities, and engineering companies.
• Continuously improve own skills and knowledge. Complete, implement, and track personal development plan to attain personal performance goals.
• Identify and activate learning as required based on individual and collective needs. Liaise with HR and/or specialised vendor for bespoke deployment.
• Nurture a team spirit and openness towards feedback, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation.

Formal Education

• University Bachelors Degree

Working Experience

• Experience: 6+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• As a professional specialist in the field of capital management, this is an exciting position for the right individual. Responsible to co-ordinate, integrate and analyse with the ability to operate under pressure and independently in meeting key timelines. Which also enjoys attention to detail, ability ensure organised and structured systems whilst developing stakeholder relations will be well suited to this position. 
• Improvement and automation of capital processes to enhance efficiency of the existing systems. This includes ensuring of required governance processes are integrated through co-operation with financial and operational business units.
• Growing and maintaining excellent stakeholder relationships within a framework of good governance and ability to enable meeting of timeliness will be vital to be successful in this role. Engagement with stakeholders at the various business units, this will require a “hands on” individual to be based at the Secunda offices.

Key Accountabilities

• To co-ordinate and facilitate the capital budget process during August RCP and January budget cycle. Doing of analysis and presentations to decision makers.
• Preparation and co-ordination of the Mining monthly capital approval forum (CAF), including meeting governance and associated requirements. 
• Secure the translation of the long-term Mining strategy into a viable project portfolio for the rolling capital plan (RCP).
• Support Mining inputs, analysis and presentations to CSAC meetings
• Engagement with capital stream leads to ensure alignment with the holistic operational Mining complex plan.
• Support users of the Group Economic Models (GEM’s) and provide guidelines to ensure consistent principles are applied.
• Interaction with the Sasol Group capital portfolio office and various internal Mining stakeholders such as operational business units, financial, capital scrubbing, cost modelling, budget team and various horizons of mine and business planning, etc.
• Establish principles and develop appropriate processes and systems to ensure inputs of stream leads are captured to provide and integrated capital portfolio view.
• Engage with the Mining risk partner to develop a harmonised capital risk management process and the development of standardised capital prioritisation.
• Validate and introduce projects into the Rolling Capital Plan (RCP) for Mining. Secure timely and quality delivery of the RCP.
• Ensure projects entering the pipeline actively support the long-term Sasol Group and Mining objectives.
• Formalised and structured Gate 7 review processes for large projects.
• Deliver portfolio reports on planned capital expenditure to enable decision making by senior management.
• Apply aligned and appropriate portfolio management and project approval processes.
• Verify that software systems (e.g., GEM’s) are up to date based on group guidance to support objective economic evaluations.
• Create and maintain reports for planned capital portfolio e.g., quarterly reporting.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with internal stakeholders to enable effective portfolio management.
• Continuously improve own skills and knowledge to obtain performance goals.
• Capital planning reporting, interpretation, trend analysis and insights.
• Optimise the project portfolio within resource constraints

Formal Education

• University Degree in Finance or Engineering

Working Experience and Knowledge

• Experience: 10+ relevant years.
• Must have a good financial background/experience, preferably with previous capital management related experience, governance processes and technical/industry exposure.
• Well acquainted with SAP transactions, financial systems and MS Office skills.