Job Openings at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• Support electricity generation through maintenance on 18 stationary marine type internal combustion engines, utilizing natural gas as fuel and generating electricity by means of a directly coupled generator. 
• Maintenance is conducted as per an outage plan and breakdowns, whilst adhering to Sasol codes and procedures.  Maintenance activities can include, but is not limited to maintenance on piston and connecting rod assemblies, lube oil pumps, cylinder heads, turbos, etc, as per an agreed upon schedule.
• The successful candidate will directly report to the mechanical maintenance foreman, working together with other mechanical artisans.  The position is permanent at the SGEPP site, with no traveling or shift work required.  Standby duties will be required as per set schedule.  Position may require overtime in incidents of plant upsets, or major engine overhauls.

Key Accountabilities
FUNCTIONAL OUTPUTS

• Overhaul of Wärtsilä 20V34SG gas engines as per Quality control plan, together with an execution team.
• Overhaul of Napier 347 marine turbos, together with an execution team
• Service and repair of individual engine components, as per agreed quality control plan and schedule
• Faultfinding on engine components and related repairs
• Replacement of damaged parts that are beyond repair
• Faultfinding and related repairs on gas systems and components.
• Faultfinding and related repairs on compressed air systems and components
• Maintenance on engine flexible couplings.
• Lifting of heavy equipment via overhead crane

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Physically fit, must be able to lift equipment weighing 20 kg
• Valid code B license
• Standby and occasional overtime
• Knowledge of emergency procedures
• Computer literacy, with basic MS office operational knowledge

Formal Education

• NQF 4 Occupational Trade Qualification – Diesel Mechanic, Earth Moving Mechanic or Diesel Fitter.  Red Seal is a must.

Working Experience

• 3 years maintenance experience, working on heavy construction vehicles, maritime engines or gas engines 

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Purpose of Job

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

Key Accountabilities

• Identify, select, and adopt Group mechanical engineering technology to safely and efficiently meet production targets.
• Deliver integrated and in-time discipline specific mechanical engineering technical support as required.
• Provide short-term, intermediate, and long-term quality mechanical engineering technical solutions.
• Secure sound problem definition and disciplined governance of technical delivery on long-term development projects.
• Establish specialised mechanical engineering capabilities and networks to enable optimal technical solutions.
• Manage interfaces between other engineering disciplines, maintenance, projects, and external technical community to guarantee the provision of quality service delivery and benchmarking.
• Influence business decisions to avoid violation of operating and design limits.
• Confirm the mitigation of short-term risks resulting from to infrastructure redundancy and compromised functional safety.
• Understand the root cause of problems and drive ownership of solution development where mechanical engineering solutions are required.
• Influence the asset management strategy for the functional infrastructure.
• Support in implementing maintenance strategies and technically advanced installation.
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on mechanical engineering best practices.
• Devise and modify life extension strategies through engineer out opportunities, improved maintenance practices, refurbishment, and renewal.
• Formulate functional engineering standards and processes to govern all mechanical engineering work.
• Provide and take ownership of the technical input into standard, systems, and equipment renewals as well as commercial processes.
• Run the quality management of mechanical engineering solutions for all projects and confirm delivery on technical intent.
• Manage the technical gate keeping, provide valuable input when and as needed, and participate in stage gate reviews.
• Design and implement solutions for complex repairs and fabrications.
• Deliver expert mechanical engineering support when required to other Sasol Group BUs.
• Interpret codes and standards and advise/sign-off on contingencies for deviation. Control deviations in all mechanical engineering activities and report to management.
• Monitor costs of third parties in alignment with set budget. Give reliable and structured inputs into renewal, SPP, and capital budgets.
• Contribute to the creation and adoption of the project execution plan with respect to mechanical engineering.
• Participate in devising and tracking team metrics and goals to achieve quality outcomes.
• Manage Sasol Group interfaces with EC/CC to assure delivery on specific portfolio.
• 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 relevant internal and external stakeholders to enable the provision of exceptional mechanical engineering operations.
• Continuously improve own skills and knowledge. Complete, implement, and track personal development plan to attain personal performance goals.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor’s Degree Mechanical (BEng/BSC)
• ECSA Registered Professional Engineer

Working Experience

• Experience: 3+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• Sasol Secunda is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented QA/QC Specialist to oversee Quality Assurance and Quality Control for all Access (Scaffolding), Insulation (Hot & Cold), and Protective Coatings activities. In this critical role, you will serve as the gatekeeper of technical excellence, ensuring that all AIP work is executed in full compliance with Sasol’s stringent safety, operational, and technical standards. You will work collaboratively with service providers and maintenance teams to drive reliability, cost-effectiveness, and a zero-defect culture.
• To develop, implement, and manage robust QA/QC systems for AIP scopes, ensuring full compliance with Sasol’s Work Management Process, safety protocols, and technical specifications. This is achieved through proactive planning, rigorous inspections, systematic audits, and the enforcement of preventative quality measures.

Key Accountabilities
Quality Planning & Execution

• Develop, review, and implement Quality Control Plans (QCPs) and Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs) for all AIP work packages.
• Establish and maintain comprehensive "Item Lists" for inspection and testing activities.

Inspection & Compliance

• Conduct hands-on quality inspections and surveillance audits for scaffold erection, insulation application (hot/cold), and protective coating systems.
• Verify that all materials, workmanship, and final installations conform to approved drawings, safety standards, and technical specifications (e.g., NACE, ISO, SANS).

Non-Conformance & Corrective Action

• Lead the identification, documentation, and resolution of non-conformances (NCRs) using structured root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with maintenance teams and contractors to implement effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain accurate, auditable QA/QC records, including inspection reports, material certifications, and logbooks.
• Prepare and present quality performance dashboards and trend reports for management reviews.

Safety Integration

• Support safety management by ensuring that quality processes directly reinforce HSI standards (e.g., scaffold tagging, coating safety data sheets, insulation fire hazards).
• Participate actively in pre-job planning, risk assessments, and hazard identification (HAZID) from a quality perspective.

Stakeholder & Customer Relations

• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with internal maintenance teams, external service providers, and Sasol project stakeholders.
• Clearly communicate QA/QC expectations, inspection findings, and quality requirements across all levels—from technicians to management.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Champion continuous improvement initiatives, driving lessons learned into updated procedures and best practices.
• Implement preventative quality strategies to reduce rework, delays, and lifecycle costs.
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing sessions and contribute to Sasol’s internal learning platforms.

Formal Education
Essential (Mandatory):

• Grade 12 / Matric with passes in English, Mathematics, and Physical Science.
• NQF Level 4 Trade Certificate or equivalent experience in a relevant field (e.g., Scaffolding, Insulation, Coatings, or general Mechanical/Civil trade).
• NACE Coating Inspector Certification (Level 1 or higher – mandatory).

Preferred (Advantageous):

• Additional certifications: API, CSWIP, or ICorr Insulation Inspector.
• Formal safety management training (e.g., SAMTRAC, NEBOSH) and experience conducting site safety/quality audits.

Working Experience
Essential (Mandatory):

• Six (6) years of proven experience in a QA/QC role within at least two of the three AIP disciplines (Scaffolding, Insulation, Protective Coatings).
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing QA/QC documentation, ITPs, and reporting systems.

Preferred (Advantageous):

• Strong working knowledge of Sasol’s Work Management Process or similar petrochemical maintenance systems.
• Proven ability to facilitate root cause analysis (RCA) and CAPA processes.

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Purpose of Job

• To perform specialised activities related to the development of new and existing platforms, applications and tools. To ensure requirements are clear and well understood, to ascertain that the approach and code can be integrated, to support applications.
• The Senior Operations Applications Specialist will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining refinery information systems that underpin operational efficiency, safety, and compliance.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain refinery operations applications aligned with business and compliance requirements.
• Ensure seamless integration of applications with Refinery Information Systems and enterprise platforms.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and deliver robust solutions.
• Maintain and enhance Oracle Fusion Middleware Forms and Reports.
• Support and optimize Oracle databases for refinery applications.
• Build and maintain applications using C#.NET, Entity Framework, and MVC architecture.
• Provide ongoing support, troubleshooting, and enhancements for existing applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure applications meet operational needs.
• Ensure adherence to IT governance, security, and industry standards.

Formal Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field.

Work Experience

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in application development, preferably in industrial or energy sectors.
• Proven track record in maintaining and developing Oracle Fusion Middleware Forms and Reports.
• Experience with refinery information systems or similar industrial platforms.

Additional skills & Competencies
Mandatory Technical Skills:

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Forms and Reports maintenance.
• Oracle & SQL databases (development, optimization, administration).
• C#.NET, Entity Framework, and MVC architecture.

Additional Competencies:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure in a high-availability environment.
• Excellent communication skills to bridge technical and business needs.
• Understanding of refinery operations and compliance requirements.

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Purpose of Job

• To assist in planning and scheduling maintenance activities and monitoring adherence to plans to reduce asset downtime.

Key Accountabilities

• Carry out engineering planning activities for specific sections/ departments that optimise sweating of assets ensure maintenance schedules are adhered to and reduce total cost of ownership.
• Ensure work management process schedule adherence.
• Adherence to Predictive maintenance program plan vs. actual per department.
• Ensures that engineering planning activities are achieved in the most cost effective manner possible.
• Department operating within budget (Budget / Actual).
• Trains and coaches fellow employees and learners.
• Report on progress, corrective action, make information available in format as agreed by the planning department to the business units engineering personnel Monthly maintenance planning aviation reports.
• Discuss progress, exception reports, follow up actions at agreed forums.
• Reporting on work management process compliance.
• Support departments to achieve set SHE targets by coordinating planning within appointed area of responsibility.
• Work management process schedule adherence.
• Implements new methodologies and technology, within the planning environment aligned with the Sasol Mining strategy and reports back on effectiveness.
• Implementation of new technology and methodologies as determined by Sasol Mining strategy.
• Monitor the performance of new technology and methodologies and reports back.
• Accountable for striving towards best in class safety performance and continuous improvement of key safety metric.
• SHE compliance rates vs targets (especially major findings, % outstanding actions on findings.
• Participate in industry bodies and standard setting.
• Compliance to engineering governance bodies (standardization committees).
• Provide solutions aligned with business unit goals and values aligned legal requirements.
• Demonstrate the desired behaviours in agreement with the Sasol Values.
• Expert utilisation and direction.
• Ensure that personal development plan is completed, implemented and tracked.
• Set and work towards own performance targets and goals as per personal performance agreement.
• Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof.
• Review compliance and follow up against the standards and objectives.
• Identify and optimise opportunities for improvement.
• Manage work planning and delivery according to timelines.
• Establish a network of internal and external experts to consult and guide the maintenance planning strategy.
• Provide efficient and high quality services to internal and external customers.
• Apply a collaborative and consultative approach which consistently meet business needs.
• Communication of expertise (e.g. best practices).
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills.
• Build effective partnerships with team to ensure high performance.

Formal Education

• National Senior Certificate / Grade 12

Working Experience

• Experience: 0+ relevant year

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Purpose of Job

• To contribute to providing administrative support to an allocated team, to promote administrative efficiency in day-to-day operations.

Key Accountabilities

• Handles inquiries, schedules appointments, develops presentations, and fills other office support functions.
• Organises and attends meetings, taking minutes and keeping notes.
• Booking rooms and conference facilities.
• Maintains scheduling and event calendars.
• Coordinates travel arrangements.
• Arranging both in-house and external conference functions and events.
• Ordering and maintaining stationery and equipment.
• Manages appointments. Office Administration and support.
• Mails documents and newsletters and other information as and when required.
• Prepares and types documents, letters and reports.
• Co-ordination and implementation of office procedures.
• Organising and storing paperwork, documents and computer-based information.
• Photocopying and printing various documents, sometimes on behalf of other colleagues.
• Complete forms in accordance with company procedures.
• Types and distributes meeting notes, routine correspondence, and reports.
• Receives and responds to correspondence.
• Performs sorting, filing, and cross referencing of materials and documents.
• Utilises, reconciles and manipulates data for management reports from different internal and external sources.
• Captures data in standardised format.
• Maintains hard copy and electronic filing system.
• Manages, maintains, and updates a wide variety of records , reports and files.
• May distribute mail, retrieve and deliver files, and copy documents.
• Locate and attach appropriate files to incoming correspondence requiring replies.
• Adheres to agreed serve level agreements.
• Liaising with colleagues and external contacts to book travel and accommodation.
• Answer telephones and give information to callers, take messages, or transfer calls to appropriate individuals.
• Liaising with staff in other departments and with external contacts.
• Greets refers and assists visitors, clients, callers, staff and others and handle their inquiries, and direct them to the appropriate persons according to their needs.
• Communicates with internal and external clients.
• Monitors the use of expenditures and keeps record thereof within the department, for the manager.
• Complies records, organises, maintains files and posts records. Completes invoicing as and when required.
• Control stock of stationery and office supplies.

Formal Education

• High School / School Diploma or similar (Matric / Grade 12)

Working Experience

• Experience: 0+ relevant year
• Microsoft Office 

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Purpose of Job

• To provide administrative/secretarial services to the relevant team thereby also assumes responsibility for general departmental operations.
• To play a vital part in the administration and smooth-running of the team.
• To provide high level support services that impact the effectiveness of the managers and functional area.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage day to day operational and administrative duties to provide support to the team.
• Arrange meetings, prepare agendas and keep complete and accurate minutes.
• Facilitate the workflow of managers by managing their diaries.
• Assist with the compilation and preparation of submissions.
• Issue approved discussion and management reports on same day or day after approval including updating thereof in the reporting module.
• Ensure all documentation distributed have a professional appearance, are free of review notes, mark-ups, spelling errors and comply with all format and branding requirements.
• Assist colleagues with correct report distribution by keeping the distribution list up to date with changes.
• Serve as a departmental resource for word processing, power point and spreadsheet application.
• Produce departmental correspondence and documents and maintain presentations, records, spreadsheets and databases.
• Manage the departmental travel and accommodation (local and abroad).
• Arrange both in-house and external events such as conferences, meetings.
• Log IT and operational problems and requests on behalf of the team and ensure that they are resolved.
• Answer telephone to take messages and respond to inquiries within assigned scope of responsibility.
• Develop and carry out an efficient documentation and filing system in order to maintain accurate storage and distribution of departmental records and files.
• Complete forms in accordance with company procedures.
• Monitor inventory of office supplies and the purchasing of new material with attention to budgetary constraints.
• Maintain schedule and arrangements for activities such as purchase, receipt, dispatch, and delivery of goods and services.
• Load PRs and invoices and follow-up on payments.
• Prepare and administer legal appointments.

Formal Education

• High School / School Diploma or similar (Matric / Grade 12)

Working Experience

• Experience: 3+ relevant years