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Sasol is an international integrated energy and chemicals company that leverages the talent and expertise of our more than 30 300 people working in 33 countries. We develop and commercialise technologies, and build and operate world-scale facilities to produce a range of high-value product streams, including liquid fuels, chemicals and low-carbon electricity...
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Short Description / Purpose of Job
- Provide technical support to maintenance managers and engineers.
- Implement solutions to optimise processes and production field operations.
Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
- Identify, evaluate, and propose opportunities to improve operational efficiencies and customer value proposition.
- Research ideas for process optimisation. Coordinate resources to design and develop value added solutions.
- Develop suitable technical proposals based on practical and theoretical knowledge.
- Facilitate implementation of continuous improvement projects. Improve change-over times and efficiencies.
- Support effective implementation and commissioning of solutions.
- Assist in process validation on new and existing machinery. Plan, coordinate, and report process trials.
- Move material between warehouse and process suites. Handle hazardous materials and wastes.
- Clean equipment and manufacturing facility to preserve acceptable levels of housekeeping.
- Resolve troubleshoot issues that involve quality, equipment set up, and technical issues.
- Develop and modify equipment programmes for new and existing manufacturing processes to obtain optimal production levels.
- Maintain acceptable levels of tool settings, tools, supplies, and equipment in storage and work areas.
Independently gather information and data accumulation. Conduct basic processing and reporting.
- Review compliance and follow up against standards and objectives.
- Provide technical input and advice to multidisciplinary project teams. Resolve work obstacles and issues positively and quickly.
- Demonstrate good understanding of customer needs.
- 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 optimise processes and production field operations.
- Continuously improve own skills and knowledge. Complete, implement, and track personal development plan to attain personal performance goals.
Formal Education
- National Diploma (S Qualification) / BEng Tech / BTech
- 1 Year (P1/P2) (South Africa / Eurasia)
Min Experience
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Short Description / Purpose of Job
- Provide Technical support to managers and engineers with respect to information gathering, data accumulation, basic processing and reporting.
Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
- Ensure that work standards are met according to quality, quantity and due dates.
- Achieving delivery targets (e.g. tons, products, services; BU and Discipline Specific).
- Quality Results (Agreed standards/compliance).
- Conduct basic processing and reporting.
- Perform all tasks cost consciously.
- Ensures that self and team meet targets, due dates and quality standards.
- Cost awareness and control.
- Awareness, focus and control of cost / budget.
- Independently gather information and data accumulation.
- Quality results (agreed standards/compliance).
- Ensure that work standards are met according to quality, quantity and due dates.
- Manage complex schedules and communicate possible delays in meeting deadlines.
- Resource utilization and efficiency.
- Optimizes and control resources effectively.
- Independently implement solutions based on cost awareness.
- Ensure optimal resource utilization.
- Ensures that self and team meet targets, due dates and quality standards.
- SHER targets.
- Achieve safety and risk objectives.
- Apply safety in all practices, specifically project planning and execution.
- Ensure safe project execution and implement safe work procedures.
- Company values and goals: supported/lived.
- Understand the company vision and values.
- Demonstrate the desired behaviours in agreement with the Sasol Values.
- Personal development and effectiveness.
- Improve own skills and knowledge.
- Take ownership for personal improvement and skills development.
- Apply the learning experience at the workplace.
- Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof.
- Ensure that personal development plan is completed, implemented and tracked.
- Set and work towards own performance targets and goals as per personal performance agreement.
- Update performance goals and performance agreement regularly.
- Performance goals.
- Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof.
- Plan, organize, control and report own work.
- Ensure work is completed as planned.
- Manage own work planning and delivery according to targets.
- Policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods: application and compliance.
- Review compliance and follow up against the standards and objectives.
- Develop suitable technical proposals based on practical and theoretical knowledge.
- Apply and comply with all legal and company standards, procedures and methods.
- Problem solving and decision making.
- Resolve work obstacles and issues positively and quickly.
- Working relationships with customers (internal and external).
- Demonstrates good understanding of customer needs.
- Build customer relationships in order to understand their needs.
- Share key information and ideas or learning with customers and teams.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers.
- Project a positive image of the department.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers.
- Practice effective manager and peer working relationships.
- Team and colleague communication.
- Demonstrate effective listening and communication skills when dealing with colleagues.
- Continuous improvement Improve present way of doing work by continuously asking questions.
- Makes suggestions to optimise equipment, systems and processes.
- Share and implement new ideas regarding work.
Formal Education
- Post School Tertiary Diploma (South Africa / Eurasia)
Min Experience
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Short Description / Purpose of Job
To coordinate all activities relating to Chemicals Africa Outbound product movement control as part of the Secunda facilities management business process within customer fulfilment fraternity. To liaise with both internal and external stakeholders that being LCC, DRP, CSR, BWL, Org Unit representatives accordingly. To ensure internal coordination of all onsite logistical activities that being road, rail, inventory and warehousing at Sasol Secunda site across various value streams.
Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
Business Results:
- Execute the allocation of inventory or production capacity coordination. This includes:
- Implementing the sales and operations plan into sales allocation planning.
- Managing the inflow of orders, prioritization of the orders for distribution, to customers and overflow storage facilities.
- Liaison with internal stakeholders that being LCC (Logistics Command Centre) and BWL (Barloworld Logistics) and ensuring dispatches are executed onsite in line with priorities and allocations.
- Accurate reporting to direct manager and senior management pertaining to information supplied, month end mass balancing figures.
- Implement defined frameworks, policies and guidelines. Communicate continuous improvement opportunities of vehicle movement and slot booking system. Ensure conformance to CF KPA’s for the LOC.
- Through measurement, benchmarking and implementation of gap closure plans
- Ensure compliance to all legal requirements, business rules, policies and internal controls as well as reviews and updates.
- Execute operational activities to ensure the efficient implementation of LCC schedule and optimal utilization of LOC loading facilities. Provide updated and accurate Customer Fulfillment information Optimal Facility utilization.
- Standardized reporting aligned with Functional Core and management requirements.
- Monitor and manage transport, which include:
- Reviewing of exception reports that being open order report.
- Recording of all logistical demurrage costs.
- Resolving transportation related issues (standing times, road and rail incidents, RSE system assistance and guidance). Bar code slot adherence management pertaining to miss slots and late cancellation reporting.
- Turnaround reduction time of trucks onsite. Investigate and identify bottle necks that contribute to extended time onsite. Implement corrective actions accordingly.
- Implement transport operational management, focusing on the process of moving product from the distribution requirements planning, load planning, route planning, vehicle scheduling and the assurance of quantity and quality. Adequate vehicle utilization.
- Ensuring all Risk and Governance requirements are always adhered to.
- Manage schedule and safety adherence for activities that interface with external service providers. Schedule adherence.
- RCR (recordable case rate) in line with Sasol Chemicals Africa targets.
- Executes receiving, loading stock management, storage and pipeline logistics. Monthly stock counts within agreed timelines.
- To ensure that all audits are managed, and process runs smoothly and next steps from audit findings are implemented and closed off as soonest possible
- To ensure that all product losses pertaining to warehouse operations or transportation are investigated accordingly and the appropriate measures implemented and reported to the various internal and external stake holders.
- To give direction and provide inputs for production support in areas which might affect Logistics performance in specific markets or applications
- To develop, formulate and optimize product storage and preservation protocols and Customer fulfillment QA protocols where required
- To provide support to team with regards to customer complaints and queries. To ensure that all customer complaints linked to the department are actioned and closed off as per agreed time lines, with open and honest feedback given always.
- To give technical advice and direction to Sales and Marketing, Supply Chain and Coastal Logistics as and when required.
- To proactively seek cost saving opportunities e.g. optimization of warehousing, optimization of bulk storage.
- To do Customer / Transporter relations visits with effective follow up and reporting including customer feedback.
- To identify, communicate opportunities and develop business case for Logistics development and/or improvement to Sasol Base Chemicals businesses
- To use specialist knowledge and background to benchmark equivalent products from competitors to remain current and possibly gain competitive advantage.
Leadership and Values:
- To keep abreast of trends, developments and opportunities in the associated fields.
- To actively remove work obstacles and issues impacting product quality assurance quickly and decisively.
- To constantly monitor KPI’s processes and to initiate corrective measures and actions in case of deviations.
- To manage the enhancement of technical specialization and skills development.
Relationships, teamwork and Collaboration:
- To apply a collaborative and consultative approach to work to ensure that business needs are met.
- To implement strategies / plans for addressing customer needs.
- To understand business needs through active attendance, participation and involvement in Business meetings and activities.
- To promote teamwork, be a team player and give regular feedback.
- To demonstrate influential relationships with manager, peers and Business leaders.
- To pro-actively manage relationships with external stake holders and service providers
Formal Education
- High School / School Diploma or similar
Min Experience
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Short Description / Purpose of Job
To coordinate all activities relating to Chemicals Africa Outbound product movement control as part of the Secunda facilities management business process within customer fulfilment fraternity. To liaise with both internal and external stakeholders that being LCC, DRP, CSR, BWL, Org Unit representatives accordingly. To ensure internal coordination of all onsite logistical activities that being road, rail, inventory and warehousing at Sasol Secunda site across various value streams.
Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
Business Results:
- Execute the allocation of inventory or production capacity coordination. This includes:
- Implementing the sales and operations plan into sales allocation planning.
- Managing the inflow of orders, prioritization of the orders for distribution, to customers and overflow storage facilities.
- Liaison with internal stakeholders that being LCC (Logistics Command Centre) and BWL (Barloworld Logistics) and ensuring dispatches are executed onsite in line with priorities and allocations.
- Accurate reporting to direct manager and senior management pertaining to information supplied, month end mass balancing figures.
- Implement defined frameworks, policies and guidelines. Communicate continuous improvement opportunities of vehicle movement and slot booking system. Ensure conformance to CF KPA’s for the LOC.
- Through measurement, benchmarking and implementation of gap closure plans
- Ensure compliance to all legal requirements, business rules, policies and internal controls as well as reviews and updates.
- Execute operational activities to ensure the efficient implementation of LCC schedule and optimal utilization of LOC loading facilities. Provide updated and accurate Customer Fulfillment information Optimal Facility utilization.
- Standardized reporting aligned with Functional Core and management requirements.
- Monitor and manage transport, which include:
- Reviewing of exception reports that being open order report.
- Recording of all logistical demurrage costs.
- Resolving transportation related issues (standing times, road and rail incidents, RSE system assistance and guidance). Bar code slot adherence management pertaining to miss slots and late cancellation reporting.
- Turnaround reduction time of trucks onsite. Investigate and identify bottle necks that contribute to extended time onsite. Implement corrective actions accordingly.
- Implement transport operational management, focusing on the process of moving product from the distribution requirements planning, load planning, route planning, vehicle scheduling and the assurance of quantity and quality. Adequate vehicle utilization.
- Ensuring all Risk and Governance requirements are always adhered to.
- Manage schedule and safety adherence for activities that interface with external service providers. Schedule adherence.
- RCR (recordable case rate) in line with Sasol Chemicals Africa targets.
- Executes receiving, loading stock management, storage and pipeline logistics. Monthly stock counts within agreed timelines.
- To ensure that all audits are managed, and process runs smoothly and next steps from audit findings are implemented and closed off as soonest possible
- To ensure that all product losses pertaining to warehouse operations or transportation are investigated accordingly and the appropriate measures implemented and reported to the various internal and external stake holders.
- To give direction and provide inputs for production support in areas which might affect Logistics performance in specific markets or applications
- To develop, formulate and optimize product storage and preservation protocols and Customer fulfillment QA protocols where required
- To provide support to team with regards to customer complaints and queries. To ensure that all customer complaints linked to the department are actioned and closed off as per agreed time lines, with open and honest feedback given always.
- To give technical advice and direction to Sales and Marketing, Supply Chain and Coastal Logistics as and when required.
- To proactively seek cost saving opportunities e.g. optimization of warehousing, optimization of bulk storage.
- To do Customer / Transporter relations visits with effective follow up and reporting including customer feedback.
- To identify, communicate opportunities and develop business case for Logistics development and/or improvement to Sasol Base Chemicals businesses
- To use specialist knowledge and background to benchmark equivalent products from competitors to remain current and possibly gain competitive advantage
Leadership and Values:
- To keep abreast of trends, developments and opportunities in the associated fields.
- To actively remove work obstacles and issues impacting product quality assurance quickly and decisively.
- To constantly monitor KPI’s processes and to initiate corrective measures and actions in case of deviations.
- To manage the enhancement of technical specialization and skills development.
Relationships, teamwork and Collaboration:
- To apply a collaborative and consultative approach to work to ensure that business needs are met.
- To implement strategies / plans for addressing customer needs.
- To understand business needs through active attendance, participation and involvement in Business meetings and activities.
- To promote teamwork, be a team player and give regular feedback.
- To demonstrate influential relationships with manager, peers and Business leaders.
- To pro-actively manage relationships with external stake holders and service providers.
Formal Education
- High School / School Diploma or similar
Min Experience
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Short Description / Purpose of Job
Position in the environmental stakeholder and compliance team with a specific focus to support ROAS Facilities. Environmental compliance documentation is retrieved interprets, consolidated to present and propose intervention solutions, in order to minimize the ROAS operational facilities risk of non-compliance with environmental obligations. Accountable for compliance by preparing and hosting external environmental audits for EAs and associated EMPs in line with the 7 April 2017 amendment to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulations that introduced the requirement for the auditing of all EAs and EMPs. Support Secunda Operation and ROAS environmental game plan.
Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
Business results
- Engage with relevant stakeholders to obtain compliance records related to ROAS EAs and EMPs, form various ROAS sites.
- Manage compliance evidence in compliance tool/system (SAP EC or equivalent) and ensure availability of updated and accurate data to enable informed strategic business decision
- Verify and correct raw data by highlighting inconstancies with the data owner, seeking explanations for inconsistencies and/or correct the data where relevant.
- Upload supporting documents from audits to compliance system/tool (SAP EC or equivalent) and provide accurate reporting on compliance status to Business Unit EXCO's and Group
- Prepare for, and assist during, internal and external audits of EAs & EMPs with focus to ensure legal compliance, ensure corrective actions are identified and action from inspections and audit findings
- Link compliance data on SAP EC with the Real-Time Platform (RTP) and verify that RTP data pulls through correctly to the compliance system/tool (SAP EC or equivalent) and that limit exceedances are directed to the relevant individuals.
- Prepare and facilitate environmental risk assessments and advise on intervention solutions, in order to minimize the ROAS environmental risk profile. Identify critical controls as inputs to environmental bowties that should be developed.
- Report and advise on environmental risks and ensure risk owners are identified and risks managed, participate and provide specialised input in ROAS top risk profile and environmental bow-tie development
- Identify and maintain requirements for effective clear protocols regarding record-keeping, handling of confidential information and the subsequent communication thereof
- Plan, organize and coordinate daily activities to meet individual targets; and contribute to team targets by making appropriate adjustments.
- Meet delegated target dates, comply with quality standards and support team by coordinating their conformance to due dates and system requirements as per departmental and legislative requirements.
- Contribute in development and assist with implementation of environmental improvement plans aligned with One SHE Excellence Game Plan Strategic Direction for ROAS
- Implement SHE policy and strategic objectives. The strategy for continuously improving by updating environmental procedures and improving the quality of process output, based on five fundamental principles of Customer Focus, Continuous Improvement, Measurement and environmental nonconformance including environmental incident classification, investigation and reporting thereof
Leadership and Values
- Support the one Sasol SHE Excellence Approach and provide specialist input into portfolio specific environmental plans.
- Sustain own high performance and seek opportunities for personal growth monitored through structured performance contract and development plan
- Ensure that vision, values and business direction are embraced
- Communicate and execute change and improvement effectively Stakeholder Management
- Establish and sustain effective relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders
- Participate and function in dual role as member of natural working team in Secunda operations environmental air team and executing in ROAS SHE team
- Ensure compliance to portfolio specific legal requirements by assessing portfolio specific legal compliance status of authorizations, Record of decision, environmental management plans and authorizations and facilitate implementation of corrective actions/recommendations
- Translate/identify environmental legislation applicable to the specific portfolio and assist with implementation of relevant controls.
- Engage Legal Advisors/SHE Corporate to ensure a system is in place to identify requirements and changes if required.
- Ensure that portfolio specific activities are being conducted in accordance with the one Sasol SHE Excellence
Approach
- Act to retain accreditation/certification of portfolio specific systems
- Implement and maintain portfolio specific reporting systems e.g. data, audit results, incidents Implement and maintain internal and external communication systems
- Businesses report annually to the relevant governance structures and corporate SHE on the top SHE risks for
- the purpose of assurance on the effectiveness of SHE risk management.
- Act within the SHE governance and compliance framework as set by Sasol Group.
- Act upon findings from inspections, audits and assessments and take proactive measures to ensure SHE maturity and compliance
- Align SHE meeting agendas with the One Sasol SHE Excellence approach implementation methodology
- Report the business SHE results to the relevant reporting and governance structures.
Formal Education
- University Bachelor's Degree
Min Experience
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Short Description / Purpose of Job: To manage the function of ensuring Business Units (BUs) have rail tank cars that meet their requirements in terms of statutory regulations, product specific requirements and Rail Safety Regulator (RSR) requirements as part of the facilities management business process within Outbound Supply Chain operations. The role includes planning and scheduling of maintenance related activities i.e. BT, Lifting and Refurbishment programs and also doing
Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
- Implement and adhere to statutory maintenance schedules aligned with capacity of the service provider (TRE)
- Ensure not more than 10% of RTCs are out of service per fleet at all times.
- Minimize RTC turnaround times
- Develop and implement maintenance related procedures: Cleaning of RTCs, Carding off, Mark-up and quotation approval RTC release
- Ensure non-compliant RTC are utilized.
- Standard, reliable and agreed Master Data for all scheduled programs of RTCs and rail sidings maintenance
- Manage relationships with service providers
- Complaints related to rail tankers modifications or projects must be reported, logged and the corrective actions must be implemented within the financial year
- Maintain database of customer complaints and ensure that corrective actions are implemented
- Root cause analyses of all RTC related
- Incidents and improvement strategies
- Adhere to BU requirements e.g. RTC modifications/product swinging
- Respond to customer complaints and implements improvement strategies
- Conduction of RA for all new developments
- Conformance to all legal requirements
- Implement systems to eliminate possibilities of product cross-contaminations—eg coupling strategy on RTCs
- Performance measurement of Service providers as per contractual agreement
- Capturing Data and trend analyses
- Work skills and adherence to plans
- Auditable invoicing system
- Feed data into the Livelink system for accessibility to the users on a weekly basis
- Audit service providers’ processes for development purposes
- Stick to budget
- Reporting aligned with functional core, management and BUs requirements
- Management of Change process
- Accurate management information and reporting
- Customer surveys
- SLA put in place and updated when necessary
- Group alignment meetings
- Weekly/Monthly alignment meetings with service providers and customers
- Benchmarks
- Opportunities identified and used
Formal Education
- University Bacherlor's Degree
Min Experience
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Short Description / Purpose of Job
Process Artisan oversee and manage the full production process of a manufacturing plant or other industrial facility. They monitor equipment to ensure the quality, efficiency and safety of the plant. They are also responsible for the safe operation, basic maintenance, and troubleshooting of the facility’s equipment and instruments. Process Operators are skilled professionals who often work as part of a team and provide leadership.
. Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
- Conduct basic first line fault finding
- Applies Standard Operating Procedures
- Understand equipment failure modes and defect identification and reporting
- Demonstrate understanding of how equipment functions
- Quality assurance of the product
- Carry out all tasks as allocated by shift leader
- Carry out plant inspections and take logs
- Report all at risk behaviors and unsafe conditions to the SPC, Process Artisan and / or Foreman
- Sampling as per schedules.
- Maintain required housekeeping standards.
- Adhere to all safety regulations and approved work standards
- Practice good housekeeping at all times
- Comply with all legal requirements
- Must be prepared to work shifts
- Prepared to do uncomfortable and dirty work at times
- Prepared to change shift on short notice
- Prepared to be called out sometimes when on weekend off, depending on plant requirements.
Formal Education
- Grade 12 (with Maths, Physical Science & English)
- NQF level 4
- Drivers’ license (Code 8 or 10)
Min Experience
- Minimum of 2-year experience as a Process Controller in a Petro Chemical environment.
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ABOUT THE ROLE / PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The role is responsible to transform data into insights that drive business value. Requirements are gathered from analysis of historical data, directly from business users or functions. Visualisation solutions are built based on requirements gathered and analysis outcomes.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
- Utilise analytical methods to analyse data generated in Operations to gain insights and facilitate better business decision making. Models generated and information produced
- Gather reporting requirements from stakeholders Functions and Operations
- System data extraction, monitoring, reporting and utilisation for improvement
- Create reports that enable tracking of improvement initiatives
- Set & enable key performance indicators (KPI’s) & supporting measures
- Identify business process measurement & health status issues
- Ensure the use and correct application of appropriate data automation processes and platforms to support sustainable reporting practices in Operations.
- Identify/highlight issues to the business with respect to effective KPI analysis & review
- Opportunity & Gap identification from analysis
- Participate in the development, implementation and integration of performance measurement & reporting solutions
- Effective and efficient performance reporting by integrating IM process of performance measurement & system automation solutions
- Track value from operations improvements and Sasol 2.0 initiatives
- Support operations-wide transformation interventions by identifying gaps between current performance and the expected/benchmarked performance
- Provide line of sight for Operations Steercom on operations performance & gap closure
- To ensure governance and adherence to policies and laws in all actions.
- To regularly review, recognize, manage and enable performance (individual and team) through a coaching culture (outside of own line management)
- To achieve results through cross boundary teamwork
- To apply a collaborative and consultative approach to work to ensure that business needs are met
- To pro-actively manage relationships with external stake holders and service providers
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Data extraction & translation from various systems like SAP, SQL, historians ect.
- Experience in analysis of business results in order to provide information that facilitates better descision making.
- Report creation in PowerBi and Excel
- Data modelling
Qualifications:
- B. Eng / B. Sc / B. Com / B. Tech or relevant Bachelors equivalent qualification
- Minimum of 6 years experience, at least 2 related to Analytics/Reporting/Data science
KEY COMPETENCIES REQUIRED
Partnership Leadership:
- Ability to collaborate and influence stakeholders.
- Establish and build relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes.
- Build and establish core capabilities through partners and peers.
Business Leadership:
- Demonstrates business acumen.
- A global mindset and exercises sound judgment.
- Achieves results through others and holds them accountable.
- Outside-in approach when developing learning solutions
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ABOUT THE ROLE / PURPOSE OF THE JOB
This role is responsible for implementing people processes; improving HR processes, practices and systems to achieve enhanced effectiveness and efficiency; and proactively supporting and educating employees and line management on HR processes. This position will be rendering a service in the Mining area.
FUNCTIONAL OUTPUTS
Core elements of Job and Key Performance Indicators
HR Analytics
- Use HR technology and systems to analyse and interpret relevant HR data
- Compile and present meaningful HR reports through interpretation, comparisons and trend analyses
- Oversee the process of ensuring data integrity of HR system
- Interpret relevant research on best practice as it relates to HR analytics
- Accurate and reliable calculations and reports
- Relevant analytics facilitating effective decision making based on empirical information and accurate data
- Sound governance and people risk management
Recruitment and on-boarding of employees
- Take an active part in the selection process, in collaboration with the HRBP and line management
- Manage the employment contracting, enrolment and on-boarding process
- Analyse trends and proposes alternative recruitment sources
- Effective and efficient management of the recruitment and on-boarding processes
Talent Management
- Implement talent management processes by educating line managers and employees on the processes
- Manage the talent management processes and monitors adherence
- Analyse all talent management related data and recommends changes where necessary to facilitate process improvement
- Talent management processes implemented and used effectively
- Deadlines adhered to and processes completed on time
- Talent management data integrity
Employee Relations
- Assist in providing a first line labour relations consulting service
- Promote dispute prevention
- Evaluate merits of the case and advises on process and preparation required
- Attend hearings, grievances and other employee relations meetings as advisor and to ensure procedural and substantive fairness
- Facilitate timeous resolution of grievances
- Understand Labour Legislation, related policies and procedures and communicates applicability to line management and employees
- Clearly knows and understands employee relations policies and processes
- Understand and communicates the impact of decisions and actions on wider employee relations, precedent setting, morale and reputational risk
- Advise and educates line managers and employees on documented employee relations processes, legislation and policy application
- Ensure relevant hearings and grievance meetings are set up
- Review the work of subordinates in terms of their drafting of relevant documentation
- Enable the transformation of the ER culture, especially within line management
- Implement partnership with all other initiatives across the Region that can contribute to the transformation of the culture within the department
- Compliance with procedural and substantive fairness requirements
- Accurate, relevant and complete documentation and system management
Remuneration and Employee Benefits
- Understand all remuneration and benefits principles, policies and procedures and can explain them clearly to employees and line managers
- Do calculations and formulae related to remuneration and benefits
- Liaise with REM specialist
- Do salary benchmarking and compiles comparative ratios to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness
- Do audits and highlights inequalities in remuneration and benefits
- Compensation and benefits understood by employees
- Accurate calculation of remuneration, rewards and benefits
Staff movement and separation of employees
- Manage the employee movement process and procedures (e.g. employee transfers, promotions, redeployment and rotation)
- Manage the employee separation process and procedures (e.g. resignation, retirement, retrenchment, dismissal, ill health, death and incapacity)
- Efficient and effective implementation of staff movement and separation processes and procedures
Process efficiency
- Have an in-depth understanding of HR processes, highlights any inefficiency and recommends corrective actions
- Lead the implementation and execution of solutions
- Know and understands HR policies, processes and systems and communicates these effectively to all relevant stakeholders
- Advise and educates on the correct application and intent of HR policies, processes and systems
- Regularly review work against compliance and required objectives and standards
- Monitor line management’s application and implementation of HR processes
- Direct employees and line management with the correct route to take with more complex HR issues
- Ensure the integration of employee engagement, motivation and empowerment initiatives and policies across the BU (both within and outside of HR
- Increased HR process efficiencies in business
- Effective implementation of relevant HR solutions
- Clear single point of contact for HR related issues
- Enhanced service to employees and line managers
Change Agent
- Implement clearly defined change management processes and facilitates the successful implementation of change projects
- Utilise necessary material to support line management and employees in adhering to change expectations
- Coach and educate line management and employees in respect of the practical application of the change processes
- Change management projects and processes implemented
Leadership and Growth Results
- Support and articulates vision and values and goals aligned to business direction
- Continuously seeks to improve personal mastery, professional and business growth (ensuring technical / professional development in specialist area)
- Share expertise freely and often
Customer and Relationship Results
- HR marketing and communication
- Understand the people needs of the Business and is able to communicate and market the relevant HR service offerings
- Know service offerings of internal and external service providers and is able to effectively utilise such offerings to satisfy people related needs of the business
- Investigate and recommends alternative or new service providers
Minimum qualifications and experience required
- B-degree in HR or Behavioural Sciences
- 2- 4 years generalist HR experience
- Valid Drivers License and own transport
KEY COMPETENCIES REQUIRED
Leadership - PARTNERSHIP LEADERSHIP
- Influential
- Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcome
Functional / Technical
Customer relations
- Correctly identify customer needs and challenges
- Proactively educates customers of changes to HR policies, processes, systems and product offerings
- Pro-actively engage with customers through participation at employee forums, management meetings and one-on-one interactions
- Build effective relationships with own team and network
- Educate, coach and support line management on developing values based partnerships within the Business Unit
Employee engagement
- Pro-actively engage with employees through informal and formal interaction, information sharing and providing general advice
- Translate employee issues into potential business risks and advises relevant stakeholders accordingly
- Take the necessary action where risks are identified
- Challenge and reframes employee thinking in a positive framework
- Positively advocate engagement
- Explain rationale of and provides perspective on company projects, procedures and policies
- Implement initiatives to enhance employee motivation, engagement and empowerment
Behavioural
General
- Business Unit aware of HR processes and makes use of HR services
- Effective identification and utilisation of internal and external service providers with relevant products and services to meet Business needs
- Full understanding of customer needs
- Projects a positive image of HR and the company
- Increased performance through effective working relationships
- Positive employee relations
- Trusting environment
- Reduced risks
- Proficient level of Talent Management skill
- Basic understanding of Organisational design
- Proficient understanding of Change Management
- Proficient understanding of the HR value chain
- Basic understanding of the Management Consulting Principles
- Advanced understanding of HR Information Management
- Advanced understanding of HR legislation and company policy
- Proficient level of business understanding and skills
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Short Description / Purpose of Job
Technical support (Mechanical) is part of Sasolburg Operations Engineering (SEO) hub and provide engineering and technical support to the three main areas: Gas Loop, Utilities & MPI, Wax, Chemicals & Solvents and the Midland site.
- The senior mechanical engineer is responsible to provide technical support across all of the above-mentioned sub-hubs by the independent formulation of a technical approach, data assimilation, assessment, interpretation and contextualization for a portfolio of projects which will support the improvement, reliability, availability and/or throughout of the relevant process plant.
- Develop and implement sound engineering governance for the mechanical engineering team in SEO for all engineering deliverables developed in support of the functional deliverable i.e. execute design, engineering, development and modification of complex and / or specialized mechanical equipment and plant (typically portfolio of small projects, troubleshooting and maintenance/ renewal/ improvement projects) in accordance with established engineering principles and standards to satisfy business requirements.
- Responsible for development of Engineers In Training’s (EITS) as per the Graduate Development Programme(GDP) requirements.
Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
- Providing technical direction to relevant plant stakeholders as well as team members
- Provide effective problem solving and sound cost effective technical solutions to address issues
- Provide mechanical input into larger Group Technology projects in accordance with sound established engineering principles and standards to satisfy business requirements.
- Provide guidance on engineering interface management for mechanical engineering deliverables with other engineering disciplines, on capital and maintenance projects
- Providing mechanical engineering advice and consultancy support to Technologists and Engineers on complex engineering matters
- Review business cases for projects
- Knowledge of relevant technical procedures, specifications and legal frameworks, with entrenching thereof in the SEO mechanical engineering team
- Create/Review/Update of specifications and procedures.
- Responsible for coaching/leading of EIT’s as per GDP requirements
- Be able to identify improvement areas and execute improvement plans/initiatives independently
- Support the team in finding ways to work safer and more efficient
- Working across boundaries on multiple and diverse initiatives
- Making professional technical recommendations in support of the whole SEO mechanical engineering team
- Providing technical input into complex maintenance related issues and challenges in the plan
Formal Education
- BSc. Mechanical or B Eng. Mechanical with a minimum of 8 years of experience (must)
- Postgraduate qualification (wish) with a minimum of 8 years’ experience (Masters) or a minimum of 5 years (PhD)
- Pr. Eng (must)
Min Experience
- Mechanical engineering experience in the Petrochemical/chemical industry covering areas such as pressure vessels, piping and rotating equipment (pumps and compressors)
- Demonstrated successful execution of capital projects (typical Tier 4/5)
- Experience in Fabrication and/or construction
- Detailed knowledge of Codes and Standards used in Petrochemical/Chemical industries (ASME, ASTM, API, TEMA, etc)
- Knowledge of the Vessels Under Pressure (VUP) and Pressurized Equipment Regulation (PER) and its implication (especially w.r.t pressure vessels and piping etc.)
- Knowledge of material selection, welding, heat treatment, inspection and its integration into piping and pressure vessel design
- Proficient to Mechanical engineering activities during Project execution (P&ID's, MFD’s, HAZOP's and model reviews), Construction and commissioning of projects
- Aware of best practices and ensure/maintain compliance in own area
- Detailed knowledge of SANS 347 w.r.t. pressure vessels and piping
- Project management of multi-disciplinary projects
- Track record demonstrating identification and execution of improvement initiatives
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Short Description / Purpose of Job
Utilise proficient levels of experience in Mechanical engineering to execute the design, engineering, development, repair and/ or modification of mechanical equipment and plant.
This is performed in accordance with established engineering principles and standards to satisfy business requirements.
Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
- Learn to utilise mechanical engineering systems, tools and standards (own, local and international) in all maintenance repair and project activities.
- Utilise current mechanical engineering business processes.
- Recommend fit for purpose technical solutions to restore pressure equipment integrity of aging plant.
- Collaborate with other engineering disciplines, maintenance, projects and external technical community.
- Perform moderately detailed calculations to code requirements for new or service damaged equipment repairs, modifications and life extension studies.
- Support project execution strategies including design reviews, contracting and selection of suppliers.
- Evaluate compliance with legal and safety requirements.
- Provide inputs during the execution of the deviation management process.
- Identify deviations from legal or specification requirements.
- Contribute to project success by awareness of cost, schedule and quality targets for project scope.
- Develop responses to changes/technical queries.
- Prepare basis for mechanical engineering related concessions.
- Prepare designs that comply with requirements governing repairs and new fabrications.
- Compile and review material data sheets.
- Prepare/Assess requirements for project execution.
- Provide technical inputs to small mechanical engineering projects.
- Develop knowledge in defined fields of mechanical engineering.
- Coach and guide EITs on mechanical engineering deliverables (vessels, piping, rotating equipment etc.).
- Develop technical and engineering skills of EITs through coaching.
- Adhere to Sasol values.
- Demonstrate empowered accountability.
- Drive own performance and PDP.
- Provide inputs to budgets, forecasts and changes.
- Support departmental safety initiatives.
- Participate in interpersonal skills required for productive working relationships and to work with, or through, others inside and/or outside (including suppliers) the organisation to get work accomplished.
- Develop influencing, negotiation and emotional intelligence skills.
- Operate successfully in a diverse work environment (culture, roles, positions.
Formal Education
- University Bachelor's Degree
Min Experience
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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 Welding Specialist Welding Services is accountable for:
- The safety of Welding services personnel as per OHS act. 85 of 1993.
- “Manufacturer” according to Pressurized equipment regulation (PER) and in accordance with the requirements as per ASME VIII Appendix 10.
- “Modifier/Repairer” according to Pressurized equipment regulation (PER) and in accordance with the requirements as per ASME VIII Appendix 10.
- The process flow of special processes as described in ISO 3834-2 (Welding and Post weld heat treatment).
- The design, manufacturing and testing as per SANS347.
- The issuing of the Certificate of Construction (COC) to the GMR 2.1.
- The Welding services budget.
- Managing of service provider within the pipeshop environment in terms of safety, schedule and budget.
- Manage stakeholder relations with the client being a Sasol colleague to ensure best solution for plant stability and support.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- In line with Sasol’s commitment to Employment Equity, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups. We actively encourage and welcome persons with disabilities to apply.
- In addition to a pre-employment medical examination, some positions may require a physical fitness assessment as part of the normal pre-employment selection criteria.
- Driver’s license.
Qualifications / Experience
- Qualifications and expertise required (Must)
- Welding related trade with 5 years experience as Welding Specialist / Foreman.
- Welding related trade with 2 years experience as Artisan.
- National Senior Certificate with English, Math’s & Physical Science SG/HG or N3 equivalent to Grade 12
- SAIW Level 2 Inspection or SAIW Level 2 supervisors
- ASME codes (Wish)
- National Senior Certificate with English, Math’s & Physical Science SG/HG or N3 equivalent to Grade 12
- In total a minimum of 24 months as a Welding Specialist / Quality Specialist
KEY COMPETENCIES REQUIRED
Self-mastery
- Continuously develop self
- Ambassador for living the Sasol Values
Partnership Leadership
- Ability to collaborate and influence stakeholders.
- Establish and build relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes.
- Build and establish core capabilities through partners and peers.
People leadership
- Authentically and inclusively engages all stakeholders in developing business relevant solutions.
- A talent magnet. Proven ability to identify talent and further invest in talent.
Business Leadership
- Demonstrates business acumen.
- A global mindset and exercises sound judgment.
- Achieves results through others and holds them accountable.
- Outside-in approach when developing learning solutions.
Functional Competencies
- Shapes business strategy – Proficient
- Drives accountability and high performance - Expert
- Business acumen - Advanced
- Fosters teamwork and collaboration - Expert
- Role models customer focus – Proficient
- Leverages diversity and inclusion - Advanced
- Nurtures and coaches - Advanced
- Builds partnerships - Advanced
- Develop self - Advanced
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