Hot Jobs at Sasol - 10 Positions

Short Description / Purpose of Job

A Maintenance Assistant supports the Maintenance team by providing effective equipment maintenance assistance and reliability while adhering to procedures/codes, to increase stability and maintain sustainability of equipment

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Safety procedures, works instruction, emergency preparedness
• Hand tools (Drill, screw driver, grinder, paint brush, portable tools)
• Use trade related hand tools safely
• Dexterity (Handyman skills)
• Interpret written information
• International rigging hand signals
• Working at heights
• Working in confined spaces
• Identification of lifting tackle
• Inspect lifting tackle pre and after use, and report defects
• Collecting equipment from stores
• Load rigging equipment onto transport
• Off load rigging equipment on site
• Assist with guiding crane into plant, Set up the crane
• Attach rigging equipment to plant equipment
• Control load by using guide ropes
• Keep people out of barricaded areas, assist in removing rigging equipment from plant equipment, Pack up crane
• Guide crane out of plant
• Clean up site
• Load rigging equipment onto transport
• Off-load rigging equipment at stores
• Identification of lifting machines
• Inspect lifting machines (priruse) and report defects
• Read and interpret load charts
• Choose correct crane for lifting task
• Identify type of load (normal I abnormal I hazardous)
• Load equipment correctly on truck
• Identify the correct securing method and equipment
• Plan appropriate route Identify correct equipment
• Select correct slinging method for simple routine task
• Select correct rigging equipment for simple routine tasks
• Conduct simple, routine rigging tasks
• Remove, transport and install non-complicated valves identified by the Group Leader
• Remove, transport and install non-complicated pipes and lines identified by the Group Leader
• Remove. transport and install non-complicated domes identified by the Group Leader
• Operate pendant controlled overhead cranes
• Perform tasks using a forklift truck, Carry Deck crane
• Throwing catalysts
• Use 2-way radios as a form of communication when performing rigging tasks

MANAGEMENT RESULTS

• Participates in root cause analyses and provides feedback to RCA teams.
• Carries out work according to planning
• Participates in daily morning meetings to discuss work assignments.
• Provides adequate feedback to supervisor on work progress
• Applies and adheres to safety standards and requirements to support safety.
• Maintains good housekeeping and adheres to waste disposal procedures.
• Identifies faults by using applicable methods to ensure equipment availability.

LEADERSHIP AND GROWTH RESULTS

• Attends training courses and seminars as per training matrix to improve competency and skills.
• Identifies personal training and development needs and incorporates into PDP with group leader approval.
• Support the goals and vision of the business by meeting deadlines.

CUSTOMER AND RELATIONSHIP RESULTS

• Performs plant inspections and repairs as required to ensure equipment reliability.
• Provides adequate feedback to customers on work progress.
• Conducts My IMS inspections to maintain and improve plant sustainability.

INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT RESULTS

• Ensures the correct history feedback is captured to improve renewals/upgrades and critical spares are replaced
• Attends and interacts in toolbox talks to improve plant safety.
• Attends and interacts in PDAs and RCAs to improve plant safety and stability.
• Soot continuous improvement opportunities in own work area

Formal Education

• High school Diploma

Experience

• 0-2 Years

Certification & Professional Membership

• None

Competencies

• Conflict Management: Ability to manage conflict, disharmony and strife among people and situations, while recognizing and addressing sensitivities.
• Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.
• Customer Focus: A continuing focus on the needs and requirements of customers and clients, anticipating their needs, remaining sensitive to customers while performing services for them, responsive to customer needs.
• Decision Making: Ability to know when and what decisions should be made and to make several decisions simultaneously in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Situational Leadership: The ability to effectively deal with a variety of situations and circumstances that arise unexpectedly and requiring management action.

Deadline: 25th February 2022

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Short Description / Purpose of Job

• Utilise sound levels of experience in electrical engineering to deliver electrical engineering operational support to ensure that the technical ability of the OME meets operating intent, whilst governing operational technical standards.
• Ensure that installed assets are being operated at the most profitable operating window that will be determined by, but not limited to, throughputs, utility consumption, availability, reliability and quality.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Know equipment failure modes and failure trends of electrical equipment to manage predictability.
• Mitigate electrical risks through engineering out / improvement / renewal / redesign.
• Manage deviations from electrical specifications or standards when necessary.
• Have in depth knowledge in integration of electrical network and equipment necessities with regards to process requirements.
• Display fundamental knowledge of business family technologies and business drivers.
• Deal and manage the unknown.
• Combine unrelated data and information to create new insight and to interpret technologies.
• Provide maintenance management support on complex electrical systems.
• Solve problems on related BU level and impact value chains.
• Enhance meaningful steps in problem solving.
• Evaluate and improve the definition of problem statements and opportunities in the electrical fraternity.
• Ensure best practices and maintain compliance in own area and site wide.
• Utilise electrical engineering systems, tools and standards (own, local and international) in all projects.
• Set criteria for specific electrical maintenance strategies from the specifications/standards and OEM requirements.
• Assist in the selection of external electrical service providers by measuring their technical competence.
• Ensure project success by adherence to cost, schedule and quality targets for small single discipline projects where the role of engineering or project manager is fulfilled.
• Identify technical advanced electrical equipment that can have a significant production impact and become subject matter expert.
• Ensure that fault tree analysis is in place for technically advanced equipment.
• Compile Business Unit specific roadmap to display year renewal plan as well as the site wide projects incorporated into the plan.
• Ensure coordination function is taken by engineering when production losses are incurred.
• Interpret and translate business requirements into an electrical engineering strategy to enable OME to safely meet production targets.
• 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.
• Be responsible for own performance management.
• Report on budget utilisation, forecasting and changes.
• 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.
• Active practicing of interpersonal skills to ensure productive working relationships and to work with, or through, others internal and/or external (including suppliers) the organisation to get work accomplished.
• Display influencing, negotiating, maturity and emotional intelligence.
• Operate successfully in a diverse (culture, roles, positions, etc.) work environment.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor's Degree

Min Experience

• 5+ relevant years

Certification & Professional Membership

• None

Competencies

• Analytics: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics
• Compliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
• Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.
• Critical reasoning: The action of critically thinking about something in a logical, sensible way and taking all factors into consideration.
• Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
• Project Management: The process of planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a well defined objective, usually within constraints of time, resources, and cost.
• Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking  feedback and self-correcting

Deadline: 25th February 2022

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Short Description / Purpose of Job 

The Process Engineer I supports the execution of engineering, design, and technical solutions development in accordance with sound, established engineering principles and standards to satisfy business requirements. Work is carried out independently in an agile manner according to approved work process, with support provided where appropriate by peers and Senior engineers within the technical community as well as the partner engineering contractor.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Engineering support to the licensing team in providing technology support to operating facilities which use Sasol’s proprietary Low Temperature Fischer-Tropsch technology. Development of front-end engineering packages (Early Engagement, Process Design Packages, Engineering Design Packages) on International projects that uses Sasol’s proprietary Fischer-Tropsch technology.  Execute FEL studies on behalf the Southern African regional operating hub, under the guidance of a Senior Engineer. Review detail engineering documentation and provide technical support during the commissioning, and start-up phases of project so as to assist the licensing team in ensuring that the licensor design intent is protected through all phases of the project.

FUNCTIONAL OUTPUTS

• Tactical Implementation
• Implement the agreed-to technical execution strategies including licensing, in-house technology development and appropriate use of ECs.
• Utilise value chain optimisation tools, including adoption of digital platforms, and standards that enhance the efficiency of workflows within project studies.
• Guide the work of the Engineering Contractor, as per the study/project requirements.
• Value Chain Innovation Optimisation.

Planning and Project Execution

• Knowledge of relevant procedures, specifications and legal frameworks relevant to the studies being executed.
• Responsiveness and agility in executing studies.
• Develop technical execution plans to provide clear schedules outlining all process development activities.

Governance, Compliance and Risk Management

• Identify, review and report on process risks impact within a project and identify suitable mitigation plans to address these risks.
• Ensure that critical deliverables are signed-off by identified peers.
• Compliance to environmental, safety and legal specifications.
• Ensure that Tools and standards and workflows are applied appropriately.
• Provide Process Engineering quality control oversight to their own work and work done by partner engineering contractors.

Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement

• Report on the performance of their own studies and projects.
• Provide high quality services to the service requestor to match agreed project requirements.
• Provide input concerning lessons learnt.
• Employ key peer project reviewers to assure the delivery of high quality deliverables.
• Grow fundamental knowledge and gain experience in relevant technologies and process engineering applications
• Maintain relationships with SME’s and stakeholders internal and external to Sasol

Formal Qualification

• University Bachelor's Degree - Chemical

Min Experience

• 3+ relevant years
•  Knowledge of the Fischer Tropsch process, particularly the GTL/XtL value chain, will be a strong advantage in selecting the successful candidate.
• Certification & Professional Membership

Competencies

• Business Acumen: An intuitive and applicable understanding of how a company or unit makes money.  Displays a thorough understanding of what drives profitability. Maintains a market-focused approach to business.  Keeps an overall big picture understanding of the business and its interrelationships enabling a person to make better business decisions.  The ability to make good business judgments and quick decisions in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome.
• Collaboration: The action of working with someone to produce something
• Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.
• Critical reasoning: The action of critically thinking about something in a logical, sensible way and taking all factors into consideration.
• Customer Focus: A continuing focus on the needs and requirements of customers and clients, anticipating their needs, remaining sensitive to customers while performing services for them, responsive to customer needs.
• Facilitation: The means of expediting a process or operation quickly and efficiently.  Particular focus is on meetings, but can include other processes such as the delivery of products and services where others are involved and their participation is critical to success.
• Integration: The consolidated view with various parts, circumstances, legislation, landscapes or aspects linked or coordinated.
• Leading change: Requires creating experiences for people that reveal new possibilities, while uniting them to drive strategies that harness the resources to win in the marketplace. It requires optimizing the culture of an organization while making investments to drive business growth – simultaneously
• Partnering: The development and perpetuation of successful and mutually-beneficial relationships where customers and others become business partners with common goals, positive attitudes, cooperative work styles, open communications and team spirit.
• Partnership Leadership: Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes. Builds teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries.
• People Leadership: Authentically and inclusively engages people to follow; leads culture transformation. Builds capability and leverages diversity for competitive advantage.
• People Management: The interaction, communication, relationships and dealings with staff members, and the style in which those interactions take place. It includes the development of employees and work places that are inclusive.
• Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
• Project Coordination: Knowledge and experience with Project Coordination is planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a objective this include an administrative, liaison and support role that supports one or more projects. Usually used during smaller non capital projects.
• Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking  feedback and self-correcting
• Talent Management: The methodologies by which an organization identifies talent and develops it. It normally includes skills and competency management, recruitment, succession planning, career development, rewards programs, and more.
• Total Quality Management: The strategy for continuously improving the quality of process output, based on five fundamental principles of Customer Focus, Continuous Improvement, Measurement, Total Involvement and Systematic Support.
• Verbal Communications: Any exchange of words, either written or spoken, used to transmit information
• Written Communications: Sending of messages, orders or instructions in writing through letters, circulars, manuals, reports, telegrams, office memos, bulletins, etc. It is a formal method of communication and is less flexible.

Deadline: 28th February 2022

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Short Description / Purpose of Job

• Support process engineering strategy by meeting production targets, providing process engineering technical support, and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical input into compilation and execution of test-runs, studies, improvement initiatives, and daily assurance process.
• Provide input into driving and supporting Process Safety management studies, initiatives, and defined compliance plans.
• Conduct shutdown inspections and enable equipment functionality and integrity.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Support the updating of the baseline process engineering data as per the business process requirement.
• Develop and maintain short term monitoring tools to be used by the production team. Also ensure that plant personnel are trained and understand how to use the tools.
• Provides inputs to asset health monitoring tools to enable process health prediction of specific equipment on your unit.
• Provide process engineering input to Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and attend to process engineering queries as requested on an ad hoc basis for allocated units.
• Close out process engineering actions from process safety incident RCAs within the agreed timelines. 
• Conduct annual performance audits on allocated units and identify / mitigate possible threats to the baseline performance.
• Represent the plant for all safety related tasks w.r.t projects and plant process safety management e.g. HAZOPs when required.
• Monitor energy usage for allocated units and recommend corrective actions to stay within the baseline limits.
• Compile and distribute the weekly & monthly (as required) plant performance reports as per predefined content, on time.
• Assist in driving reduction of process deviations requiring process engineering solutions.
• Complete process engineering actions, such as monitoring of leading indicators and gathering of process data, in support of volume protection plans.
• Deliver on allocated technical improvement initiatives as per the team’s technical improvement plan and ensure continuous updating of progress as per the team’s requirements.
• Support the development of pre shutdown reports on allocated units.
• Ensure process requirements, from a unit perspective, are incorporated in the shutdown plan.
• Ensure your shutdown period responsibilities (w.r.t. inspections, pre-startup reviews, commissioning support, running plant support, etc.) are agreed upon beforehand and actioned during shutdown.
• Support the development of post shutdown reports on allocated units.
• Provide the relevant inputs from your allocated unit into the technical input forecasting tool for the value chain as per the requirements of the monthly technical planning cycle.
• Ensure that any plant modifications on allocated units, involving process changes, are subjected to rigorous risk and safety reviews as defined in the applicable project implementation model including Management of change.
• Develop project proposals, allocated to you, to gate 1 as per the team’s plans, with specific focus on, but not limited to, less complex projects within your allocated units.  
• Provide support throughout the development of projects, with the focus of achieving each project’s technical objectives at the final performance test. The focus is expected to be mainly on less complex small projects limited to allocated plants
• Support identification and implementation of documentation, monitoring tools, OWAP etc. as required to take over technical support for new plant additions to your facilities, and ensure these are in place prior to taking over technical support on these plant additions.
• Ensure your performance plan is in place, with responsibilities and accountabilities agreed and clearly understood.
• Actively buddy of Engineers in Training within the team.
• Providing day to day supervision on specific actions of vacation work student as well as actively coaching of vacation work students in the team.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor's Degree (BEng/BSc Chemical)

Min Experience

• 3+ relevant years

Certification & Professional Membership

• None

Competencies

• Analytics: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics
• Compliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
• Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.
• Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
• Project Coordination: Knowledge and experience with Project Coordination is planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a objective this include an administrative, liaison and support role that supports one or more projects. Usually used during smaller non capital projects.
• Relationship Management: The conscious aim to develop and manage long-term and/or trusting relationships with internal or external customers, distributors, suppliers, or other parties in an environment which can include marketing, selling, servicing and other areas where a relationship is crucial to on-going success. 

Deadline: 31st March 2022

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Short Description / Purpose of Job
A process engineer grade 2 will utilise authoritative levels of experience in process engineering to manage and / or execute the design, engineering, development and modification of processes in accordance with sound established engineering principles and standards to satisfy business requirements. Will apply a broad base of process engineering generalist knowledge and competence and a fundamental understanding with regards to process equipment (e.g., Design and safe operation thereof).

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Design and execute the commissioning and start-up experience of process plants
• Apply detailed knowledge in technology area
• Formulate and execute the process engineering scope for small to medium multidisciplinary projects
• Apply lessons learned and ensure timely input/feedback to identified specifications and procedures
• Provide information to support the sharing of knowledge with regards to engineering and technical field of expertise to share with disciplines and/or technology management
• Select and implement up to date tools and standards
• Ensure application of appropriate workflows
• Provide input into Technical execution strategies including licensing, in-house technology development and appropriate use of engineering contractors (ECs).
• Identify key technical risks leading to effective technology selection and support the successful execution thereof
• Contribute to the development and management of the engineering execution plan with respect to process engineering
• Ensure application of engineering execution plans, implementing and driving all process engineering activities and deliverables to closure
• Provide predictable schedules describing all process activities
• Provide efficient and high-quality services to the service requestor to match agreed requirements
• Ensure functional delivery and contributions
• Hold and Review plan and Engineering Track Quality Plan (ETQP) executed and tracked continuously
• Ensure all critical process documents are reviewed and signed off by sponsor and function as identified within the ETQP/Hold and Review plan e.g., DIQ, BLIT and engineering package
• Ensure compliance to environmental, safety and legal specifications
• Ensure project success by adherence to cost, schedule and quality targets for project scope
• Ensure critical predictability
• Ensure process deliverables are executed and issued as per agreed schedule commitments
• Apply and understand technical processes core to Sasol's competitiveness and advantage or in engineering conceptualization and commercialization
• Generate ideas within the portfolio and ensure technical decisions
• Solve process problems
• Identify proactive identification and resolution of ideas concerns and problems
• Interpret and translate business requirements into a process engineering strategy to enable OME to safely meet production targets
• 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
• Be responsible for own performance management
• Report on budget utilisation, forecasting and changes
• Provide efficient and high-quality services to stakeholders
• Maintain healthy and stable relationships with contractors and consultants
• Oversee the safety of external service providers
• Active practicing of interpersonal skills to ensure productive working relationships and to work with, or through, others internal and/or external the organisation to get work accomplished
• Display influencing, negotiating, maturity and emotional intelligence
• Operate successfully in a diverse work environment
• Participate in multi-layered interactions and networks
• Interact with licensors, ECs and SBUs regularly and has a good external and internal network

Formal Education

• University Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (BEng/BSc Chemical)

Min Experience

• 5+ relevant years

Certification & Professional Membership

• None

Competencies

• Analytics: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics
• Compliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
• Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.
• Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
• Project Coordination: Knowledge and experience with Project Coordination is planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a objective this include an administrative, liaison and support role that supports one or more projects. Usually used during smaller non capital projects.
• Relationship Management: The conscious aim to develop and manage long-term and/or trusting relationships with internal or external customers, distributors, suppliers, or other parties in an environment which can include marketing, selling, servicing and other areas where a relationship is crucial to on-going success.  At a senior level, it includes C-level relationships with senior management such as CEO [Chief Executive Officer], CIO [Chief Information Officer], and CFO [Chief Financial Officer].
• Reporting: The ability to access information from databases, forms, and other sources, and prepare reports according to requirements.
• Total Quality Management: The strategy for continuously improving the quality of process output, based on five fundamental principles of Customer Focus, Continuous Improvement, Measurement, Total Involvement and Systematic Support.

In addition to a pre-employment medical examination, some positions may require a physical fitness assessment as part of the normal selection criteria.

Deadline: 31st March 2022

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ABOUT THE ROLE / PURPOSE OF THE JOB

An Artisan supports production by providing effective equipment maintenance and reliability while adhering to procedures/codes, and utilising all available support resources to increase stability and maintain sustainability of the plant. 

FUNCTIONAL OUTPUTS

• 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 (defined per discipline)
• 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
• Thorough working knowledge and experience in both static and rotating equipment.
• Ensure equipment availability to meet the production plan.
• Consistently reduce all non-value-adding work.
• Thorough understanding of the required QA/QC standards applicable to both static and rotating equipment

Job Requirements

• In addition to a pre-employment medical examination, this position requires physical fitness assessment as part of the normal selection criteria
• A Valid Driver’s License (Must)

Qualifications:

• National Senior Certificate / N3 with English, Math's and Science (SG or HG)
• Mechanical Fitter Trade Certificate / NQF 4 (Red seal preferable)

Experience:

• 0 to 5 relevant years
• The position will be filled in line with the relevant approved MSP career guide

KEY COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Self-mastery
• Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting.

Note

• Failure to provide Sasol with truthful information and valid documents will render your application null and void. 
• If you don’t hear from us within a month (30 days) after the closing date of the advert, please regard your application as unsuccessful.

Deadline: 28th February 2022

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ABOUT THE ROLE / PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To provide administrative/secretarial services to the Manager and enable the administrative efficiency and compliance of the Section / department; whilst providing administrative support functions.

FUNCTIONAL OUTPUTS

PPE ordering, issuing and record keeping

• Yearly personnel issuing
• Ordering when requested (special PPE)
• Ensure all Foremen have record for personnel and all documents signed off
• Inventory tracking of all PPE & Equipment

Production material used during normal operations

• Ordering

Material ordering

• As requested foreman & Area managers

BBS               

• Load on system
• Tracking on outstanding BBS and send communication on a Weekly basis for Area Manager with personnel who have not done BBS
• Keep record
• Compiling of  weekly report

Foreman weekly inspection file

• Document all the deviations from the weekly inspection
• Ensure all deviations has Notification numbers
• Keep track of unresolved deviations per area or equipment

Foreman files for task executor, standby, recipient, gas tester

• Ensure all is up to date and authorization not expired
• Update when there is new personnel added
• Ensure that all personnel are authorized as per their job profile and level
• Arrange with training where necessary for training and authorization (PTW for  task executor and permit issuer)
• Load the authorizations in IMS

Operational document filed during normal operations (log sheet, TRA, checklists)

• File filled documents on a weekly basis and load on IMS
• Ensure documents used are latest revision (no old documents should be at the files at the control room)
• Ensure that all latest revisions of documents are available at the control room (Hard Copies)

Documents on IMS

• All operational documents must be loaded in the IMS (index must be created)
• All IMS documents to be loaded when there are any changes
• Blank lists to be on IMS and changed when there is a new revision
• Get guidelines from the IMS coordinator on documents that must be in the IMS and ensure all is loaded
• Assist foreman/Area Manger in completing or follow-up on the IMS next steps
• Assist foreman and acting foreman/ Area Manager in application for authorization
• Ensure that audit deviations are corrected

Leave Preparation

• Compile and update leave roster

Hired labour

• Completing of application and loading requests for Hired Labour

Overtime application and management

• Leave management
• Assist with the application processes
• Termination of contract assistance
• Overtime applications

Shift roster drafting for Hired Labour and their overtime application

• Applications on a monthly basis
• Shift communication session
• Take minutes during the communication session
• File the communication session in the IMS, include the attendance register

Building inspection and notifications

• Ensure all deviations reported in the building is leaded and repaired
• Follow up on notifications for the building
• Ensure latest copies are available and with the foreman/Area Manager
• Load TRA’s on IMS
• Assist with the updating of TRA

Permit Audits

• Load on IMS and file

Training

• Ensure training does not expire
• Ensure to book and assist with training

Safety meeting

• Follow up on FM/AM next steps completion

Notifications

• Assist in tracking work not been completed and send information to management

SAP

• Load all documents on SAP
• Update all documents as per need

Foreman

• Assist with all actions given by foreman

EBP

• Order all Plant related equipment and stock as per Foreman request

Meeting

• Update all needed attendance lists from meetings

Permit Tracking

• Permit tracking of projects on daily basis
• Reports compile with status of quantity

Documentation

• Scan in of blank lists
• Scan in of PDA’s
• Updating of IMS with documentation

Next steps IMS

• Signed documents of next steps filling
• Uploading onto IMS

General office duties

• Agenda and Minutes
• Staff establishment / Org structure
• Personnel Information – monthly
• Acting’s
• Typing
• Arrange Meetings
• Load BCX request and Following Up
• Filling of Documents
• Following up of Documents
• Distribution of Information
• Give our information through to other departments

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• In addition to a pre-employment medical examination, some positions may require a physical fitness assessment as part of the normal selection criteria
• Drivers Licence

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Relevant certificate/diploma/higher diploma

Experience:

• 2 to 3 years’ experience as an administrator

KEY COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

Self-mastery

• Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting.

Note: Failure to provide Sasol with truthful information and valid documents will render your application null and void. 

Deadline: 28th February 2022

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ABOUT THE ROLE / PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• The position requires to work in teams to support the process engineering strategy with respect to meeting production targets. The incumbent will provide process engineering technical support and identify improvement opportunities at the Secunda Operations plants; as well as support environmental, compliance and sustainability (ECS) projects within the ECS structure of the relevant technical support team.
• The incumbent will report directly to the  Lead Process Engineer. The position has no subordinates but be expected to play a technical lead and coaching role to other engineers. 

 Key Accountabilities:

• Contribute value chain technical input into the daily assurance process.
• Define value chain "Operate within agreed Parameters" (OWAP) and identify optimisation opportunities for the operating units of the value chain.
• The incumbent should have an understanding of the value chains within the Synfuels operations.
• Understand overall business drivers and generate improvement opportunities for Volume Protection Plan (VPP).
• Define, defend and enhance complex / value chain problems and translate input into meaningful steps for the improvement plans.
• Deliver technical track and process related inputs required on medium to large projects (tier 2-4) in accordance with sound established engineering principles and standards to satisfy business requirements.
• The incumbent should also have a sound understanding of the process unit operations including the constraints and flexibilities through direct exposure to the unit and through the relationships with technical resources.
• Responsible for environmental compliance and sustainability aspects for the relevant area. 

Qualifications Required:

•    University Bachelor's Degree (BEng/BSc Chemical)

 Experience:

•   A minimum of 8 years relevant experience (must).

 Competencies:

• Leadership
• Self-mastery
• Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting.
• Partnership Leadership
• Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes.
• Builds Teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries.

Functional / Technical  

• To understand and incorporate the value chain impact on the plant OWAP to assure: that the plant can safely produce at volume within agreed parameters plant reliability within agreed parameters that the plant is operated at optimal/lowest unit cost within agreed parameters.
• Monitor and action corrective steps to ensure plants is operated within the OWAP and ensure reoccurrences are eliminated.
• All OWAP's are defined to required standard, understand deviations and propose technical solutions (performance measured against MSR’s, Quality losses, efficiency losses, yield losses and development of appropriate mitigation measures).
• Develop process related improvement plans/technical landscape.
• Drive implementation of restoration and improvement opportunities (loss accounting).
• Drive technical initiatives to maintain stability and improve safety of the Synfuels operating units.
• Monitor and interpret performance on technical drivers, constraints and levers on value chain level.
• Shutdown support with respect to process equipment integrity and ensure opportunity inclusion in improvement plans.
• Process engineering input into operating manuals, including start-up and shutdown procedures as well as training manuals.
• Understand overall business drivers and generate improvement opportunities for VPP (predictive input into the production planning and scheduling processes).
• Contribute technical inputs into VPP and proactively identify risks and improvement opportunities for the VPP.
• Identify process deviation, threats, risks and opportunities through monitoring of value chains ensure implementation of improvement plans.
• Ensure process integrity of equipment is restored through inspections and opportunities identified is included in improvement plans.
• Value chain heat maps and reporting on efficiencies, losses and integrity concerns.
• Define, defend and enhance plant improvement initiatives through technical investigations via the asset management process (ISO 55000).
• Proactive monitoring and risk identification for value chain operations.
• Assess accuracy of yield predictions.
• Reports to be issued as per requirements.
• Ensure quality of technical proposals and ensure applicable technical governance has been applied through formal peer review process.
• Plant reliability, volume and unit cost are quantified and improved.
• Analyse deviations, understand cause of deviation and eliminate re-occurrence on unit operations and across the value chain.
• Utilise plant basics (mass balances, energy balances, fingerprinting, MSR's, operating envelopes/philosophies, critical parameters and levers and predictive monitoring tools) to deliver on business unit improvement plans and technical landscape.
• Monitoring of energy usage and optimisation ensuring energy improvement plans are in place.
• Energy management across the value chain.
• Compliance to Energy, environmental and intensity future roadmaps.

Effective stakeholder engagement by taking the lead in discussions with internal and external stakeholders, to ensure necessary level of technical support is provided to ensure effective resolution of problems.

• Actively participate in peer reviews by peer reviewing the work of other engineers.
• Guidance of Engineers and Junior Engineers (Act as mentor).
• Project execution performance
• Provide process engineering support and input in medium to large projects (tier 2-4), such as:
• Ensure all future projects meet relevant energy, environmental and intensity guidelines.
• Ensure compliance to internal/legal requirements during project execution and modifications to plant operation.
• Process design and peer reviews (conceptual, basic engineering as well as detail).
• Participation in design and safety reviews.
• Ensure appropriate governance is applied with regard to the process scope (conformance to standards and specifications).
• Lead engineer support during start-up and commissioning activities.
• Supply techno-economical input into business unit business cases.
• Compliance with project milestones and metrics.
• Conceptual design of potential plant improvement initiatives.
• Optimum solution achieved for opportunities identified.

Environmental compliance and sustainability (ECS)

• Ensure the environmental compliance and sustainability landscape for the specific area is well defined with roadmaps to ensure compliance within the required timeline.
• Demonstrate minimum technical and cost solution of roadmaps.
• Define the baseline and problem definition for environmental aspects.
• Build networks with SO SHE and other supporting functions (R&T, PEI&T etc) to support delivery.
• TS representative on projects and support with technical inputs, design and safety reviews, punching, commissioning and performance evaluation.
• Develop conceptual design of improvement initiatives depending on execution model.
• Driver of initiatives until handover to PEI&T or project manager.
• Inputs into SO sustainability team to ensure the area aspects are accurate and updated.
• Update SUPM information for relevant area.
• Update relevant reports with regards to ECS status.
• Develop dashboards for the area to reflect status of the ECS aspects.
• Interface management of key stakeholders to ensure compliance commitments are met in time.

 SHE performance

• Identification, quantification and take the lead in mitigation of process risks and ensure inclusion in process plans
• Adherence to SHE strategy to achieve zero harm.
• Continuous improvement of key process metrics to maintain license to operate.
• Zero process safety incidents
• Delivery on Process safety management elements
• Well documented Root Cause analyses for all significant loss incidents and major equipment failures.
• Actively identify process safety threats and deliver on mitigation plans.
• Technical input into Hazops, PFD and MFD reviews (Fulfil role of technical representative).
• Demonstrate fundamental documentation and tools are in place and still relevant.
• Compliance with internal guidelines & policies e.g. MOC process followed.

Deadline: 31st March 2022

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Short Description / Purpose of Job

To execute the Occupational Safety programme, facilitate the management and assurance within the business value chain in a risk-based, proactive manner directed by the One Sasol SHE Excellence Approach.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Planning and execution
• Execute shutdown and other issue-based safety plans.
• Support business in establishing and tracking of business Safety objectives and targets.
• Facilitate the implementation of area-specific Safety Improvement initiatives and strategies and evaluate effectiveness thereof.
   

SHE Risk Assessment and Management

• Facilitate the identification of Occupational safety hazards and risks, key undesirable events and the associated preventive and corrective controls.
• Conduct daily assurance on key undesirable events(KUE) critical controls and critical tasks in the plant and non-operational areas.
•  Conduct inspections and safety audits (e.g. Logbook audits, lock-out audits, legal appointment audits, insurance engineer’s audits, permit to work (PTW) audits, task risk assessment (TRA) and task risk identification checklist (TRIC) etc.
•  Identify non-conformances (including incidents) and conduct near miss and incident  investigations, identify root-causes and the identification of personal, workplace and organizational factors for these incidents
• Monitor and respond proactively to hazards in the workplace
• Conduct risk-based assurance audits with focus on group and critical controls
• Participate in the roll out of the Safety Improvement Plan and report updates as required. Participate in the respective forums Facilitate safety discussions (toolbox talks, safety meetings or stand-downs)
• Participate and give inputs during all risk assessments sessions including potential deviation analysis (PDA’s).
• Participate and ensure successful implementation of Natref Service Provider management program.

Systems, processes and technology

• Support implementation of relevant SHE management systems and requirements to support effective controls for safe operation, aligned with the business asset management strategy.

Operational control

• Manage the process of the continuous identification and correction of workplace hazards through inspection plans and verification assessments
• Test, communicate and improve response plans and procedures to ensure effective mitigation of SHE undesirable event e.g. emergency response plans
• Monitor and respond pro-actively to hazards in the workplace
• Lead workplace safety inspections and coach Natref and Service Provider employees
• Participate in the roll out of the Safety improvement plan and report updates as required
• Continuously assist and apply knowledge of applicable safety laws and regulations
• Identify the need for communication and awareness campaigns, and assist in development of themes to be communicated.
• Facilitate safety discussion (toolbox talks, safety meetings and stand-downs)
• Ensure utilization of internal and external communication channels/mechanisms

Leadership And Values

• Personal development and effectiveness: Maintain high performance and seek opportunities for personal growth monitored through structured performance contracts and development plans according to Sasol's talent management frameworks Continuously develop extensive knowledge relating to the field of work and personal mastery in technical skills application Enable the achievement of sustainable SHE performance through sound Occupational Safety Business Processes. Share key business and organisational information

Relationship, Teamwork and Collaboration

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Build and sustain positive internal and external stakeholder relationships to accomplish Ops SHE execution plan
• Facilitate engagement and manage integration across sub-functions, Functions and workplaces.
• Participate as member of Safety forums, natural working teams and other groups
• Engagement with Operations/ Engineering and other stakeholders to ensure alignment with SHE requirements

Formal Education

• National Diploma in Safety Management or a Diploma in Engineering.

Min Experience

• 3 + years relevant work experience

Certification & Professional Membership

• None

Competencies

• Business Acumen: An intuitive and applicable understanding of how a company or unit makes money.  Displays a thorough understanding of what drives profitability. Maintains a market-focused approach to business.  Keeps an overall big picture understanding of the business and its interrelationships enabling a person to make better business decisions.  The ability to make good business judgments and quick decisions in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome.
• Compliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
• Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.
• Facilitation: The means of expediting a process or operation quickly and efficiently.  Particular focus is on meetings, but can include other processes such as the delivery of products and services where others are involved and their participation is critical to success.
• Relationship Management: The conscious aim to develop and manage long-term and/or trusting relationships with internal or external customers, distributors, suppliers, or other parties in an environment which can include marketing, selling, servicing and other areas where a relationship is crucial to on-going success.  
• Total Quality Management: The strategy for continuously improving the quality of process output, based on five fundamental principles of Customer Focus, Continuous Improvement, Measurement, Total Involvement and Systematic Support.

Deadline: 2nd March 2022

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Short Description / Purpose of Job

The purpose of the role as design engineer is to be able to perform actual mechanical design activities and review and verify other's designs in any or all of the specialized fields of:

• heat exchanger design and fabrication
• pressure vessel design and fabrication
• storage tank design and fabrication
• piping systems design and fabrication

The role shall be able to manage / execute the design, engineering, development and modification of complex and / or specialised pressure equipment in accordance with established engineering principles and standards to satisfy business requirements.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Utilising authoritative level of experience in Mechanical engineering to:
• Manage / execute the design, engineering, development and modification of complex and / or specialised pressure equipment in accordance with  established engineering principles and standards to satisfy business requirements. Manage / guide apprentice engineer, providing technical direction to several smaller projects.

Experience in Mechanical engineering:

• Broad base of pressure equipment knowledge and competence in particular relating to the mechanical design
• Knowledge in define fields of mechanical engineering (e.g. pressure vessel design, selection of equipment and materials for use  in process plants, Pressure Equipment Regulations (PER) requirements, fabrication and construction of equipment, design of heat exchanger, International Health and Safety Standards and Codes, etc.)
• Ability to formulate and execute (manage and do) the mechanical engineering scope for projects dealing with the procurement of pressure equipment.
• Aware of best practices and able to ensure/maintain compliance in own area:
• Utilise mechanical engineering systems, tools and standards (own, local and international) in own work and projects.
• Create, develop and update of mechanical engineering systems, tools, specifications and standards.
• Evaluate current mechanical engineering systems, identify weaknesses and provide corrective actions.
• Lead and motivate team members in order to achieve positive outcomes.
• Entrench an Aspirational Leadership culture within the team as well as in engagements with third parties.
• Actively practise of interpersonal skills required for productive working relationships and to work with, or through, others (Engineering Contractors, Construction Contractors etc) inside and/or outside (including suppliers/fabricators) the organisation to execute projects and/or supply of equipment.  
• Critical to this role are influencing, negotiating, maturity and emotional intelligence. Operate successfully in a diverse (culture, roles, positions and levels, etc.) work environment

Qualifications

• University Bachelor's Degree - Mechancial Engineer

Min Experience

• 6+ relevant years
• Experience in the design, fabrication and maintenance of pressure equipment.
• Experience in the thermal design / rating of heat exchangers, including detail knowledge of software used to perform these tasks.
• Experience in the mechanical design, engineering, development and modification of pressure equipment and piping
• Knowledge of Codes and Standards used in Petrochemical / Chemical Industries (ASME, ASTM, API, PD 5500, AD 2000, EN, etc.);
• Knowledge of the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED), Pressure Equipment Regulation (PER), SANS 347 and its implication to procurement, modification and repair of pressure equipment.

Certification & Professional Membership

•  Registered, or in the process of registering, as a Professional Engineer at ECSA. 

Competencies

• Business Acumen: An intuitive and applicable understanding of how a company or unit makes money.  Displays a thorough understanding of what drives profitability. Maintains a market-focused approach to business.  Keeps an overall big picture understanding of the business and its interrelationships enabling a person to make better business decisions.  The ability to make good business judgments and quick decisions in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome.
• Collaboration: The action of working with someone to produce something
• Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.
• Critical reasoning: The action of critically thinking about something in a logical, sensible way and taking all factors into consideration.
• Customer Focus: A continuing focus on the needs and requirements of customers and clients, anticipating their needs, remaining sensitive to customers while performing services for them, responsive to customer needs.
• Facilitation: The means of expediting a process or operation quickly and efficiently.  Particular focus is on meetings, but can include other processes such as the delivery of products and services where others are involved and their participation is critical to success.
• Integration: The consolidated view with various parts, circumstances, legislation, landscapes or aspects linked or coordinated.
• Leading change: Requires creating experiences for people that reveal new possibilities, while uniting them to drive strategies that harness the resources to win in the marketplace. It requires optimizing the culture of an organization while making investments to drive business growth – simultaneously
• Partnering: The development and perpetuation of successful and mutually-beneficial relationships where customers and others become business partners with common goals, positive attitudes, cooperative work styles, open communications and team spirit.
• Partnership Leadership: Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes. Builds teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries.
• People Leadership: Authentically and inclusively engages people to follow; leads culture transformation. Builds capability and leverages diversity for competitive advantage.
• People Management: The interaction, communication, relationships and dealings with staff members, and the style in which those interactions take place. It includes the development of employees and work places that are inclusive.
• Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
• Project Coordination: Knowledge and experience with Project Coordination is planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a objective this include an administrative, liaison and support role that supports one or more projects. Usually used during smaller non capital projects.
• Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking  feedback and self-correcting
• Talent Management: The methodologies by which an organization identifies talent and develops it. It normally includes skills and competency management, recruitment, succession planning, career development, rewards programs, and more.
• Total Quality Management: The strategy for continuously improving the quality of process output, based on five fundamental principles of Customer Focus, Continuous Improvement, Measurement, Total Involvement and Systematic Support.
• Verbal Communications: Any exchange of words, either written or spoken, used to transmit information
• Written Communications: Sending of messages, orders or instructions in writing through letters, circulars, manuals, reports, telegrams, office memos, bulletins, etc. It is a formal method of communication and is less flexible.

Deadline: 1st March 2022