Job Opportunities at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• To develop and implement community affairs undertakings in line with the CSI strategy, in support of the business objectives.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure that the team is focused and deliver on key priorities including high quality provision, high standards of health and safety, and efficient communications.
• Assist Manager Social Impact in implementing projects.
• Assist in developing plans for progress and growth.
• Contribute to the overall development and maintenance of all projects.
• Ensure efficient running of the team.
• Contribute to training and development of the team.
• Supervise the performance of all duties in compliance with health and safety and all related legal/statutory regulations, professional duties, responsibilities, and obligations.
• Support and track the progress of projects.
• Deal with issues/problems as they arise to minimise impact.
• Liaise with teams, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate data/records/documentation as specified.
• Develop and govern the implementation of procedures and SLCs.
• Contribute and align community activities with the company CSI strategies at optimal cost.
• Define strategy components pertaining to the recreation and hospitality in SOE.
• Drive recreation and hospitality initiatives

Formal Education

• 3-4-year Relevant University Degree

Working Experience

• 6+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• Utilise authoritative levels of experience in Mechanical engineering to manage and / or execute complex and / or specialised design, engineering, development, repair and/ or modification of mechanical equipment and plant.
• This is performed in accordance with advanced engineering principles and standards to satisfy business requirements.
• Coach and guide fellow team members, providing technical direction on engineering deliverables and risk decisions.

Key Accountabilities

• Evaluate current mechanical engineering systems, identify weaknesses and provide corrective actions.
• Develop fit for purpose technical solutions to restore pressure equipment integrity of aging plant.
• Manage interfaces between other engineering disciplines, maintenance, projects and external technical community.
• Perform detailed calculations to code requirements for new or service damaged equipment repairs, modifications and life extension studies.
• Capture lessons learned in specifications, works instructions and procedures.
• Advise on project execution strategies including contracting and selection of suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with legal and safety requirements.
• Identify deviations from legal requirements and develop corrective actions/solutions.
• Ensure project success by adherence to cost, schedule and quality targets for project scope.
• Ensure timely response to changes/technical queries.
• Provide recommendation/approval on mechanical engineering related concessions.
• Capture, document and implement best practices.
• Create, develop and update mechanical engineering systems, tools, specifications and standards.
• Optimise mechanical engineering systems, tools and standards (own, local and international) for use in all maintenance repair and project activities.
• Develop advanced knowledge in defined fields of mechanical engineering.
• Interpret and translate business requirements into an 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.
• Notify/inform of changes in resourcing needs.
• Provide input on budget forecasting and changes.
• Ensure teams safety objectives and required training is completed.
• Provide effective and high-quality services to stakeholders.
• Maintain sound relationships with contractors and consultants.
• Ensure productive working relationships with all stakeholders.
• Demonstrate maturity through influencing, negotiating, and emotional intelligence.
• Operate successfully in a diverse (culture, roles, positions and levels, etc.) work environment.
• Contribute to or lead community of practice (COP).
• Governance, Compliance and Risk Management
• Interpret occupational health and safety (OSH) Act, PER, ASME, API, SANS and other health and safety requirements and set work procedures to achieve required compliance.
• Legal accountability for in-house engineering recommendations in regards to repairs, technical philosophies, work practices, decisions involving designs, equipment specifications, technical requirements, concessions, consulting based on Health and Safety Standards.
• Responsible for equipment re-rating, re-designs, retrofits, fitness-for-service ratings and integrity evaluations.
• Deviation management control in all discipline-related engineering activities.
• Compilation of memorandums, engineering recommendations, engineering bulletins, technical purchase specifications, repair procedures, QCP’s, refurbishment philosophies, concessions, material substitutions, pressure test philosophies in complex systems.
• Responsible for front-end loading of projects up to technical justification and presentation at level 1 project meetings.
• Perform engineering standby and declare newly appointed engineers competent to perform engineering standby.
• Procedures / policies communicated effectively to team and area of activity.
• Incidents reported regarding operation and integrity of equipment.
• % Adherence to planning to correct identified issues in operation and integrity of equipment.
• Timely response to changes in legal framework.
• Provide a mechanical engineering view on zero graded equipment and statutory-overdue equipment.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor's Degree  - BSc/BEng Mechanical Engineer 

Working Experience

• 5+ relevant years
• Knowledge of Codes and Standards used in Petrochemical industries (ASME, ASTM, API, PCC, NBIC, BS, ADM, DIN etc.)
• Knowledge of the Pressurized Equipment Regulation (PER), SANS 347 and its implication on pressure equipment.

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Purpose of Job

• To organise complex production operations according to demand and quality standards to ensure goods are produced on time for distribution in a profitable manner.

Key Accountabilities

Service Level Agreement Delivery

• Consistently deliver on all service level agreements.
• Assist with first-line troubleshooting and problem-solving.
• Interpret overall production performance and initiate actions to optimise through direct communication with all units.
• Respond rapidly to production-related incidents and facilitate recovery to original production levels through effective directional communication.
• Provide first-line recovery production plans to all units.
• Provide maintenance status feedback to management.
• Maintain a full understanding of the interrelationship and influences of all the units within the business.
• Act as the primary response for emergency handling.

Quality and Operational Performance

• Deliver quality, cost-effective service and support on time.
• Conduct fault finding to determine the immediate cause of failures.
• Identify and report defects affecting plant performance or safety.

Cost Awareness and Control

• Maintain awareness, focus, and control of operational costs.

Technical Expertise and Operational Advice

• Apply knowledge and experience to improve plant performance.
• Identify and report at-risk behaviours.
• Play a leading role in emergencies.
• Ensure safe decommissioning of the plant during planned and unplanned shutdowns.
• Assist in applying operational philosophies and operating conditions according to standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Identify plant upsets and take corrective measures.
• Maintain quality and safety specifications.

Safety and Risk Management

• Conduct Exposure behaviour-based safety (EBBS) observations.
• Participate in incident investigations.
• Perform housekeeping and address deviations within working hours.
• Conduct safety management system inspections.
• Conduct and participate in risk assessments.
• Participate in daily assurance meetings.

Maintenance and Asset Management

• Load and prioritise SAP notifications.
• Translate the production plan into operational actions, including shutdown schedules.
• Participate in and conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and potential deviation analysis (PDA) during fault finding.
• Investigate and provide information for RCA and PDA processes.
• Participate in HAZOP studies.
• Assist in shutdown coordination activities for production.
• Understand and contribute to Management of Change (MOC) processes.
• Participate in developing equipment maintenance strategies.
• Contribute to establishing quality assurance systems and procedures.

Continuous Improvement and Projects

• Implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute technical expertise within project teams.
• Develop or revise procedures and technical processes.

Technical Competence and Knowledge

• Be recognised as the technical expert on shift.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the entire plant and its processes.

Leadership, People Management and Values

• Support and promote company values, vision, and goals.
• Align performance goals with organisational objectives
• Develop expertise in others through coaching and mentoring.
• Identify and share technical training needs based on task observations.
• Contribute to the development of training modules.

Personal Development and Effectiveness

• Improve personal, technical, and specialist knowledge and skills.
• Keep supervisors fully informed regarding work progress.
• Operate independently within approved plans, processes, and plant procedures.
• Understand business drivers and key performance indicators (KPIs) and translate them into personal tasks.
• Provide adequate feedback to line management on work progress.
• Work independently and manage assigned responsibilities effectively.

Work Planning and Organisation

• Ensure work and project plans meet technical and professional objectives.
• Progress and complete personal development plans.

Governance and Standards

• Apply and review policies, practices, standards, procedures, and methods.
• Ensure professional standards for service provision are met.

Analysis, Problem Solving and Decision Making

• Analyse operational problems and recommendations.
• Design and implement effective solutions to operational and technical challenges.

Formal Education

• Grade 12 with Maths, Science, English, and NQF 4 Occupational Trade Qualification; OR NQF 4 academic qualification (with the NQF 4 Occupational Trade Qualification)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the relevant field as a Process Artisan and identified and measured Leadership competency.
• The years of experience required will depend on the complexity of the plant and its technology.

Working Experience

• Experience: 6+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To conduct risk monitoring during hot work, confined space entry activities as specified on the permit to work, based on the risk mitigations implemented and/or procedural requirement, or at a specified frequency, in order to identify potential changing process conditions.

Key Accountabilities

• Access Controller is responsible for signing in the appropriate space on the permit form and is required to:
• Familiarise himself with the emergency alarm button in the area of the equipment stipulated on the work permit.
• Prevent people from interfering (e.g. closing the access point, stacking equipment in front of the opening) with a safe work environment.
• Stop work and ensure all executors are out of the vessel if environment is deemed unsafe; and inform the permit issuer to make the required ruling if work can continue.
• Familiarise himself with the area emergency siren, stop work and ensure all executors are out of vessel as soon as the alarm sounds.
• Ensure that the confined space entry documentation is completed prior to entry and directly after exit, for each person who enters into any confined space.
• Ensure that the access to a confined space/s is controlled as per risk assessment and is positively barricaded or locked during periods when no work is performed.
• Not leave the specific work place for any reason unless they have been replaced by another competent designated access controller.
• Return the confined space entry documentation to the permit issuer on completion of the task or at the end of each shift.
• During handover inform the relieving access controller of the current conditions.

Job Requirements

• Physically fit
• Communicate well

Formal Education

• Grade 12/N3

Min Experience

• ±3 years’ Tank Farm Safety Standby experience

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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

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 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 trolley
• Off load rigging equipment on site
• 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 equipmentEnsure that housekeeping is always adhered to.
• 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 foreman
• Remove, transport and install non-complicated pipes and lines identified by the foreman
• Operate pendant controlled overhead cranes
• Perform tasks using a forklift Operate alimak lifts

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 foreman 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/Enablon 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.
• Spot continuous improvement opportunities in own work area

Formal Education

• High School / School Diploma or similar

Working Experience

• 0 - 2 relevant years