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Purpose of Job

• Ensure that sound financial management and reporting practices are implemented and applied in the Business Unit.
• Ensures effective, accurate and timely reporting to internal stakeholders.
• Participates and provides input in business decision making and financial management of the business unit.
• Support the budget owners (cost centre managers) with financial analysis and intelligence in a proactive, positive and constructive manner to facilitate decision making as well as to evaluate the effect of decisions made.

Key Accountabilities
Monthly reporting on relevant functions and management accounting related matters, which include, but are not limited to:

• Prepare monthly reports for your applicable area within the required deadline and present the reports to your Senior Managers/cost centre owners at the monthly cost meetings. The preparation includes reviewing the financial position of the department and providing meaningful variance explanations.
• Scrutinise actual line items to ensure correct cost allocations, classifications and preparing journal entries where corrections are required (account hygiene).
• Evaluate completeness of monthly cost and prepare provision journals as per the work instruction for the provision process.
• Prepare monthly General ledger reconciliations as assigned to you, ensuring they are accurate, complete and prepared timeously for review.
• Validating General ledger accounts used for sundry payments/petty cash and sign as proof of review.
• Monthly recovery of FOB (For and on behalf of) costs, intercompany cost as well as external recoveries (invoicing).
• Provide training to cost centre owners relating to SAP and power BI reports (where required).
• Maintain SAP master data at cost centre level and cost types used.
• Attend to ad-hoc requests efficiently and on time.

Execute budget and forecasts for all relevant budget / cost centre owners, which include, but is not limited to:

• Give guidance to cost centre owners in terms of budget and forecast guidelines and requirements.
• Accurate cash flow forecasts presented within agreed deadlines.
• Prepare and analyse financial information received for budgets and forecasts.
• Update SAP budget system with budget and/or forecast figures.
• Ensure accurate budget and forecasting is delivered and is aligned to guidelines and targets.
• Present and confirm accuracy and completeness of SAP data to cost centre owners.
• Prepare and analyse financial information received for budgets and forecasts.
• Perform variance analysis against budget, prior year, and forecast.
• Submit budget/forecast information timeously to Manager: management accounting.
• Timeously obtain cost drivers from your stakeholders for cost recoveries (recovery model), where applicable.

Execute year-end and half year-end activities for all relevant cost centre areas, which include, but is not limited to:

• Ensure all account hygiene corrections have been processed and no pre-payments and capital items are part of operating expenses (opex).
• Ensures all accruals and provisions are accurate, valid, and accounted for.
• Prepare disclosure schedules as assigned to you for year-end pack completion.
• Ensure all activities are strictly in adherence to communicated timelines.
• Analytical review of half year end/year end results.

General:

• Strong knowledge of SAP will be advantageous, including but not limited to processing of invoices.
• Complete all monthly activities as per timelines.
• Cross functional collaboration and teamwork critical.
• On-the-job training to and from team members.
• Custodian of governance in assigned area, adhere to IFRS and Accounting manual.
• Capable of presenting cost reports at monthly cost meetings.

Formal Education

• University bachelor’s degree – Finance/Management accounting

Working Experience

• 6+ relevant years
• Strong knowledge of SAP and Excel will be advantageous, including but not limited to processing of invoices

Competencies

• Compliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
• Decision Making: Ability to know when and what decisions should be made or escalated to make the right decisions in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
• Financial Management: Demonstrated knowledge and application of Financial Management, the strategic and functional management of the set of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions affecting the way the company's finances are directed, administered, and controlled.
• Integration: The consolidated view with various parts, circumstances, legislation, landscapes or aspects linked or coordinated.
• Partnership Leadership: Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes. Builds teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries.
• Reporting: The ability to access information from databases, forms, and other sources, and prepare reports according to requirements.

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Purpose of Job

• To support production by leading the provision of effective electro-mechanical equipment maintenance and reliability while overseeing and ensuring the adherence to procedures/codes, and utilising all available support resources to increase stability and maintain sustainability of the plant, mine and/or equipment.

Key Accountabilities

• Planning, control and management of operations/maintenance activity and ensuring effective execution of operations/maintenance activities.
• Ensure maximum task quality and efficiency, and overall effective use of equipment.
• Manage and control costs (where allocated budget responsibility is assigned).
• During emergency situations, evaluate the abnormalities and take corrective action as to avoid downtime, equipment damage and/or SHE incidents.
• Ensure own team adhere to operational/maintenance procedures and for people and plant.
• Ensure maintenance planning is scheduled optimally to maximise production output.
• Take action on first occurrence performance problems, misconduct, disciplinary and grievance cases.
• Manage performance of own team and ensure sensitisation to diversity in the workplace.
• Enable artisans to achieve competence for career progression.
• Coaching and technical training of own staff and accountable for practical "declaration of competence" of employees to operate the plant.
• Ensures team motivation and team wellness and lives company values and ensures compliance of team to the values.
• Facilitate effective Communication up and down from management and also within own and other stakeholder teams.
• Participate in selection of staff (for own team) by being an active member on recruitment panels.
• Ensure standard operating procedures are applied.
• Ensure compliance to PSM (Process Safety Management).
• Manage certain start-up and shutdown tasks.
• Participate (or conduct on own team) in potential deviation analysis (PDA), root cause analysis (RCA) and risk assessments.
• Manage execution of work permit system
• Conduct Task Risk Assessments and ensure that team conducts Task Risk Assessments (where applicable).
• Ensure compliancen to relevant Sasol procedure, policies, legislation and business processes.
• Manages behaviour based safety program.
• Ensure adherence to SHERQ legal standards (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001) and implement SHERQ processes for own area of responsibility.
• Ensure that MOC process is followed, and that modified plant/maintenance procedures are implemented by artisans.
• Ensure resources (e.g. raw materials, people) are available on site.
• Ensures understanding of customer requirements and ensures product/service meets customer requirements.
• Ensure smooth transition of work from own shift to next shift.
• Effective interaction with supporting activities e.g. P&SM, technical, engineering. Identifies and supports inter-dependencies (synergies) with own and other departments within the value chain.
• Give input into how to improve overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for the plant.
• Continuously applies new ideas/work methods to improve results.
• Deals with human resistance to change in own area.
• Provide information/assist with projects with technical/support functions.
• Avail staff for training and development required due to the change initiative.
• Ensure implementation of organisational change initiatives within own team.

Formal Education

• National Senior Certificate(Grade 12)/ N3 with Mathematics, Physical Science and English
• NQF4 Trade Test (Valid Electro Mechanic Trade Test Certificate- Qualified EM/Millwright)
• Flame proofing and gast testing where applicable

Working Experience

• 8+ relevant years
• Knowledge of the work management process and implementation thereof (wish)
• Understanding and use the plant/mine maintenance documentation system, etc job cards, task list notification
• Understand failure modes of discipline specific equipment
• Computer literate (wish)
• Coal Mining Underground experience (Fiery mine experience) is an added advantange

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Purpose of Job

• To supervise all aspects of shift/plant operations to ensure performance targets are achieved in compliance with safety policies.
• To supervise housekeeping of work area and identify workplace hazards and risks to ensure that mining operations are done in a correct and safe manner.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure that work standards are met according to quantity and due dates.
• Ensure that work standards are met according to quality standards & compliance
• Shift inspections, Daily inspections on equipment.
• Awareness, focus and control of cost / budget.
• POLC (planning, organizing, lead and Control.).
• Optimizes and control resources effectively.
• General housekeeping and cleaning. (keys ; General site work)
• Rod handling.
• Cement and betonies mixing.
• Spares order for site.
• Assist driller in control room.
• Writing shift report.
• Assist the driller plotting and updating the driller and geology map.
• Operating the machine by tripping in and out of the hole
• Must be able to take over responsibility from the driller from time to time.
• Serve as the Snr Drilling Assistant.
• Must be able to make his own decisions.
• Specific Kips as agreed to in the business unit.
• Support the drilling superintendent in his duties and take over from him time to time.
• Site establishment and rehabilitation.
• Inspection service provider rigs.
• Writing month end report.
• Manage others.
• Achieve safety and risk objectives.
• As per legal and SHE requirements (QCDSM and specific Kips agreed upon in the business unit.).
• Understand the company vision and values.
• Improve own skills and knowledge.
• Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof.
• Plan, organize, control and report own work.
• Ensure work is completed as planned.
• Policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods: application and compliance.
• Review compliance and follow up against the standards and objectives.
• Problem solving and decision making.
• Resolve work obstacles and issues positively and quickly.
• Build customer relationships in order to understand their needs.
• Project a positive image of the department.
• Internal customer feedback.
• Understands the mines need and application of product of customer.
• Understand mine requirements and ensure product/services meets mine requirements.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers.
• Effective working relationship with manager, peers, team members.
• Effective networking and liaison with technical, engineering and financial departments.
• Team and colleague communication.
• Demonstrate effective listening and communication skills when dealing with colleagues.
• Ensure transition of work own shift to next shift.
• Feedback from other shifts.
• Improve present way of doing work by continuously asking questions.
• Share and implement new ideas regarding work.

Formal Education

• Advanced Diploma/ BTech or Unversity Bachelors Degree

Working Experience

• 2+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To oversee the engineering maintenance processes within the appointed area of responsibility to enable various mining teams to reach production targets within the principles of QCDSM

Key Accountabilities

• Manage and carry out engineering and maintenance strategies and overhaul plans on a day to day basis that ensure that departments KPI's are met deliver maintenance, if and when to replace / repair equipment.
• Manage maintenance cost vs R/t in appointed area Maintenance budget.
• Ensure availability of equipment by effectively managing downtime / shift / MTTF / MTTR (infrastructure and inspection equipment).
• Ensure adherence to maintenance programme.
• Implements operational projects, ensures engineering compliance, develops and implements engineering Standard Operating Procedures (SOP in appointed area of responsibility.
• Ensures adherence to Engineering principles and legislation.
• Compliance to engineering governance bodies (standardisation committees) SOP / COP implementation and adherence.
• Assess economics / engineering viability of no major engineering business cases and provides specific, inspection expertise and coaching.
• Manage delivery against OE initiatives.
• Carry out condition monitoring programs in appointed area of responsibility. Compliance to Condition monitoring program schedules.
• Conduct failure trend analysis and root cause elimination.
• Execution of Predictive Maintenance recommendations (backlog).
• Support departments to achieve set targets by coordinating planning within appointed area of responsibility.
• Control costs to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget.
• Ensure best in class safety performance and continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain required RCR.
• Ensure SHE compliance rates vs. targets (especially major findings, % outstanding actions on findings) Zero harm, Zero fatalities, LWDCR.
• Ensure the effective recruitment, training, coaching and career development.
• Manage vacancy rates against staff establishment (vacancies incl. Absence due to TSD / PSD, AWOP, Successors for critical positions).
• Manage team bearing in mind key role turnover rate vs. industry average, absenteeism, employee engagement and enablement score (%, Tons/man/year, Monthly bonus targets) training days for department.
• Planned Task observations.

Formal Education

• National Senior Certificate / N3 with Mathematics, Phyical Science and English
• Electro Mechanic Trade Certificate

Working Experience

• 6+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To organize day-to-day operations; perform various administrative tasks and provide administrative support to an assigned team.
• To coordinate all administrative processes and activities to ensure the teams activities run smoothly.
• To avail the provision of high-quality service to team members.

Key Accountabilities

• Prepare safety files for shaft responsible for to ensure communication reach employees

Capture information on database with regards to:

• Safe Declaration
• Plan Task Observation
• Communication
• Standard Operating Procedure Communication
• Work instructions
• Assist during risk assessments with typing
• Assist during incident investigations with typing
• Provide up to date presentations for VPC meetings for shaft
• Scanning of documentation received from shaft and saving of information on sharepoint
• Ability to communicate clearly with employees receiving files
• Provide administrative support in order to optimize workflow procedures in the office.
• Maintaining hard copy & electronic files and records so they remain updated and easily accessible.
• Planning and co-ordination of appointments, meetings and maintain calendar.
• Where applicable treat information with the utmost confidentiality.
• Attends meetings, write effective meeting minutes and distribution thereof.
• Supports the shaft with filing and administration duties.
• Optimize and control resources cost effectively within budget.
• Ensure performance and quality of internal capabilities.
• Maintains files and  attendance reports,
• Maintains databases for work captured for shaft.
• Co-ordinates and implements office procedures and frequently has responsibility for specific projects and tasks.
• Demonstrate the ability to use technology and equipment.
• Adhere to all safety standards and procedures.
• Application, adherence and compliance of legal requirements, policies, practices, standards, procedures, guidelines and methods.
• Provide solutions aligned with business unit goals and values aligned legal requirements.
• Manage work planning and delivery according to timelines.
• Serve stakeholders through quality information, service solutions and value creation.
• Provide efficient and high quality services to internal and external customers.
• Apply a collaborative and consultative approach which consistently meet business needs.

Formal Education

•  National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)

Knowledge & Experince

• Microsoft Office Experience

Working Experience

• Experience: 3+ relevant years preferably in Safety, Health and Environmental teams

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Purpose of Job

• To provide coaching and guidance to personnel in order to create high performance teams capable of reaching targets related to mining operations and activities, in a safe manner.
• To execute statutory duties according to relevant Mining regulation.

Key Accountabilities

• Carries out on a day to day basis planning, organizing, control and leadership that ensure that departments KPIs are met to produce safe coal by ensuring tons / cm / shift.
• Availability of Equipment Downtime / shift / MTTF /MTTR (infrastructure and inspection equipment) Adherence to Overhaul / maintenance program – plan vs. actual Implements operational projects, ensures operating compliance to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP in appointed area of responsibility).
• Ensures adherence to Operating principles and legislation.
• Compliance to governance bodies (standardization committees) SOP / COP implementation and adherence.
• Ensures availability of spares, equipment and resources required to ensure optimal precautions, including governance of Electronic time keeping.
• Total cost of ownership (TCO) Electronic time keeping system adherence.
• Provides first line solutions to employees reporting to him / her on any technical related problem Problems resolved.
• Failure trend analysis and root cause elimination.
• Support departments to achieve set targets by coordinating planning within appointed area of responsibility Rand per ton (R/t, Tons per CM per shift (t/cm/shift) Volumes vs. monthly TQF (Including Quality).
• Control costs to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget.
• Delivery against budget and reporting calendar vs. target.
• Ensure best in class safety performance and continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain required RCR.
• SHE compliance rates vs. targets (especially major findings, % outstanding actions on findings) Zero harm, Zero fatalities, LWDCR.
• Provide on the job training, coaching and career development.
• Training days for department.
• Planned Task observations.
• Coaching of employees Engagement of employees.

Formal Education

• National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)/ N3

Working Experience

• 6+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To provide continuous input and support into maintenance, refurbishment, and project planning activities applicable to various business units. To apply the planning principles at an operation level following the Work Management Process (WMP).

Key Accountabilities

• Successful execution of overhaul/ maintenance program – plan vs actual
• Work Management Process (WMP) KPI’s reporting
• Schedule compliance to Work Management Process (WMP)
• Accurate asset and sub-assembly life cycle data
• Open work order control as per agreed targets
• Train and coach fellow employees and learners
• Compile monthly maintenance planning deviation reports
• Discuss progress, exception reports, follow-up actions at agreed Forums
• Downtime per shift (Target vs actual)
• Runtime per shift (Target vs actual)
• Implementation of new technologies and methodologies as determine by Sasol Mining strategy
• Monitor and report on performance of new technologies and methodologies
• Ensure current and updated task list for strategies and repetitive maintenance work adherence
• Participate in standard setting by Industry Forums
• Compliance to governance Forums (standardisation Engineering User Group)
• Understand the planning role and apply planning principles
• Perform SAP transactions (Plant Maintenance)
• Ensure activities within Engineering specific area of responsibility comply with applicable planning procedures and processes
• Ensure the statutory process is maintained and adhered to
• Be familiar with materials, services, financial and related work procedures and processes
• Evaluate and verify correctness of notification information and take corrective action on deviations
• Ensure accurate and quality work order feedback information
• Ownership role for the Work Management Process (WMP)

Formal Education

• Grade 12 with Mathematics, Science and English / Technical N3 with English and Relevant Trade NQF L4

Or

• Grade 12 with Mathematics, Science and English / Technical N3 with English and Internal technical training

Working Experience

• Experience: Three (3) Years Operational experience 

        Or

• Experience: Five (5) Years Planning experience as Planner Assistant  

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Purpose of Job

• To manage and coordinate mining operations and activities to ensure the achievement of performance and cost targets, in compliance with safety policies. To promote a safety ethic throughout the shaft.

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for coordinating the delivery of the Mozambique Basin Assets Master Plan, aligned with all key internal and external stakeholders 
• Ensure that all assets plans are developed and kept up to date, focused on development and production, but also integrating the Public Affairs aspects into the plan. 
• Develop and oversee robust schedules for PPA and E&P producing fields to support execution efficiency, by minimizing scheduling conflicts, logistical problems and rework. Develop schedules for strategic non-O&G E&P projects e.g. housing project 
• Develop detailed activity plans to enable the VP: Mozambique Operations to ensure safe and sufficient execution / delivery of all projects 
• Discuss / agree key activities and milestones of asset plans with all relevant stakeholders, and coordinate the meeting of requirements for key stakeholders including operating partners and Group 
• Develop and maintain tracking metrics and dashboard 
• Develop and embed plan tracking tools and defined associated milestones to be tracked 
• Continuously track plan, highlight potential deviations and propose corrective measures 
• Facilitate budget coordination, build rolling capital plan, performance and tracking for Mozambique. 
• Ensure that budget and planning cycle milestones are met, that budgets are realistic and aligned with the indicated deliverables in the rolling capital plans and that cash flow is managed within expected tolerances. 
• Coordinate special projects identified by VP Mozambique Operations and/or E&PI. 
• Take lead in framing all projects under VP Mozambique and manage business track activities in those projects 
• Oversee the gas marketing function for the Mozambique Basin producing assets 
• Ensure facilitation of the multidisciplinary meetings (and tracking the resultant action plans) on the evolving reserve maturation view and the impact on the supply-side out to 2050. 
• Accountable for the combined supply and demand forecast picture for E&PI. Key interface with the Group P&O function and Energy as key off taker.

Formal Education

• University Bachelors Degree

Working Experience

• 10+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• Support process engineering strategy by meeting production targets, providing process engineering technical support, and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Manage OWAP monitoring and deviation prevention on unit level and ensure that unit is optimally operated within agreed upon operating envelopes.
• Provide technical input into compilation and execution of test-runs, trials, studies, improvement initiatives, and daily assurance process.
• Identify and prevent risks of process deviation affecting safety, integrity, and availability.
• Provide input into driving and supporting Process Safety management studies, initiatives, and defined compliance plans.
• Conduct equipment inspections and enable equipment functionality and integrity.
• Define and manage process safety information.

Key Accountabilities

• Define OWAP and optimum operating window in which the value chain should be operated
• Monitor and identify improvement opportunities to ensure operation within the OWAP
• Translate loss accounting into improvement plans
• Monitor and interpret performance on technical drivers, constraints and levers on value chain level taking upstream and downstream units into account
• Support shutdown with respect to value chain integration, idea generation and process equipment integrity
• Monitor adherence to and effectiveness of VPP
• Analyse effectiveness of data provided for production planning and scheduling processes
• Report value chain and system heat maps, losses and integrity concerns
• Assimilate and contextualise data for input into improvement initiatives through technical investigations via the asset management process
• Understand optimum operating windows, deviations and preventative measures
• Do data assimilation and contextualization to identify opportunities for input into process related improvement plans/technical landscape
• Contribute technical inputs into VPP and identify risk of deviation
• Pro-actively monitor risk identification for own business unit operations
• Ensure process integrity of equipment, inspections and recommendations of improvement opportunities during shutdowns
• Monitor effectiveness of VPP and adherence to yields supplied for planning and scheduling processes
• Issue reports as per requirements / business need
• Monitor energy usage and identify improvement opportunities
• Improve plant reliability, volume and unit cost
• Ensure value chain basic documentation and systems are in place and at required standard
• Give input into Technical Hazops, PFD and MFD reviews
• Give inputs into process engineering operating manuals, including start up and shutdown procedures as well as training manuals
• Ensure that process engineering fundamental tools are in place and relevant
• Compliance with internal guidelines & policies e.g., MOC processes
• Actively identify process safety threats and deliver on mitigation plans
• Provide process engineering support and input for small project process design
• Participation in design and safety reviews
• Ensure appropriate governance is applied with regards to the process scope of work
• Support start up and commissioning of business unit
• Work independently, know when to seek help, network across boundaries and disciplines
• Ensure KPA and PDP is in place and have regular work discussions
• Ensure governance compliance and risk management
• Comply to internal Sasol guidelines, policies and procedures
• Identify process safety threats and provide mitigation plans
• Adhere to SHE strategy to achieve zero harm
• Share knowledge within team
• Coach others
• Actively participate in peer reviews by reviewing work of other engineers
• Build teams and create synergies through working across boundaries
• Engage in discussions with internal and external stakeholders to ensure accurate technical support is provided

Formal Education

• B.Sc Eng (Chem0 or B.Eng (Chem)

Working Experience

• Experience: 3+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To test or modify developmental or operational mechanical / electro-mechanical machinery or control equipment in Sasol Group plants or laboratories to maintain them in the best possible condition.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure that work standards are met according to quality, quantity and due dates.
• Conduct basic processing and reporting.
• Perform all tasks cost consciously.
• Ensures that self and team meet targets, due dates and quality standards.
• Cost awareness and control.
• Awareness, focus and control of cost / budget.
• Independently gather information and data accumulation.
• Ensure that work standards are met according to quality, quantity and due dates.
• Manage complex schedules and communicate possible delays in meeting deadlines.
• Resource utilization and efficiency.
• Optimizes and control resources effectively.
• Independently implement solutions based on cost awareness.
• Ensure optimal resource utilization.
• Ensures that self and team meet targets, due dates and quality standards.
• Achieve safety and risk objectives.
• Apply safety in all practices, specifically project planning and execution.
• Ensure safe project execution and implement safe work procedures.
• Understand the company vision and values.
• Demonstrate the desired behaviours in agreement with the Sasol Values.
• Personal development and effectiveness.
• Improve own skills and knowledge.
• Take ownership for personal improvement and skills development.
• Apply the learning experience at the workplace.
• Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof.
• Ensure that personal development plan is completed, implemented and tracked.
• Set and work towards own performance targets and goals as per personal performance agreement.
• Update performance goals and performance agreement regularly.
• Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof.
• Plan, organize, control and report own work.
• Ensure work is completed as planned.
• Manage own work planning and delivery according to targets.
• Policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods: application and compliance.
• Review compliance and follow up against the standards and objectives.
• Develop suitable technical proposals based on practical and theoretical knowledge.
• Apply and comply with all legal and company standards, procedures and methods.
• Problem solving and decision making.
• Resolve work obstacles and issues positively and quickly.
• Demonstrates good understanding of customer needs.
• Build customer relationships in order to understand their needs.
• Share key information and ideas or learning with customers and teams.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers.
• Project a positive image of the department.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers.
• Practice effective manager and peer working relationships.
• Team and colleague communication.
• Demonstrate effective listening and communication skills when dealing with colleagues.
• Continuous improvement Improve present way of doing work by continuously asking questions.
• Makes suggestions to optimise equipment, systems and processes.
• Share and implement new ideas regarding work.

Formal Education

• National Diploma/ B Eng Tech/ BTech in Mechanical

Working Experience

• Experience: 5+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To support production by leading the provision of effective electro-mechanical equipment maintenance and reliability while overseeing and ensuring the adherence to procedures/codes, and utilising all available support resources to increase stability and maintain sustainability of the plant, mine and/or equipment.

Key Accountabilities

• Planning, control and management of operations/maintenance activity and ensuring effective execution of operations/maintenance activities.
• Ensure maximum task quality and efficiency, and overall effective use of equipment.
• Manage and control costs (where allocated budget responsibility is assigned).
• During emergency situations, evaluate the abnormalities and take corrective action as to avoid downtime, equipment damage and/or SHE incidents.
• Ensure own team adhere to operational/maintenance procedures and for people and plant.
• Ensure maintenance planning is scheduled optimally to maximise production output.
• Take action on first occurrence performance problems, misconduct, disciplinary and grievance cases.
• Manage performance of own team and ensure sensitisation to diversity in the workplace.
• Enable artisans to achieve competence for career progression.
• Coaching and technical training of own staff and accountable for practical "declaration of competence" of employees to operate the plant.
• Ensures team motivation and team wellness and lives company values and ensures compliance of team to the values.
• Facilitate effective Communication up and down from management and also within own and other stakeholder teams.
• Participate in selection of staff (for own team) by being an active member on recruitment panels.
• Ensure standard operating procedures are applied.
• Ensure compliance to PSM (Process Safety Management).
• Manage certain start-up and shutdown tasks.
• Participate (or conduct on own team) in potential deviation analysis (PDA), root cause analysis (RCA) and risk assessments.
• Manage execution of work permit system
• Conduct Task Risk Assessments and ensure that team conducts Task Risk Assessments (where applicable).
• Ensure compliancen to relevant Sasol procedure, policies, legislation and business processes.
• Manages behaviour based safety program.
• Ensure adherence to SHERQ legal standards (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001) and implement SHERQ processes for own area of responsibility.
• Ensure that MOC process is followed, and that modified plant/maintenance procedures are implemented by artisans.
• Ensure resources (e.g. raw materials, people) are available on site.
• Ensures understanding of customer requirements and ensures product/service meets customer requirements.
• Ensure smooth transition of work from own shift to next shift.
• Effective interaction with supporting activities e.g. P&SM, technical, engineering. Identifies and supports inter-dependencies (synergies) with own and other departments within the value chain.
• Give input into how to improve overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for the plant.
• Continuously applies new ideas/work methods to improve results.
• Deals with human resistance to change in own area.
• Provide information/assist with projects with technical/support functions.
• Avail staff for training and development required due to the change initiative.
• Ensure implementation of organisational change initiatives within own team.

Formal Education

• National Senior Certificate(Grade 12)/ N3 with Mathematics, Physical Science and English
• NQF4 Trade Test (Valid Electro Mechanic Trade Test Certificate- Qualified EM/Millwright)
• Flame proofing and gast testing where applicable

Working Experience

• 8+ relevant years
• Knowledge of the work management process and implementation thereof (wish)
• Understanding and use the plant/mine maintenance documentation system, etc job cards, task list notification
• Understand failure modes of discipline specific equipment
• Computer literate (wish)
• Coal Mining Underground experience (Fiery mine experience) is an added advantange

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Purpose of Job

• To operate basic mechanical /electro-mechanical equipment and machines, and carry out routine tasks following strict, detailed instructions to meet performance targets.

Key Accountabilities

• Proven competence in pre-identified areas per discipline of the plant/mine/equipment/systems.
• Understand and use the plant maintenance documentation system
• Understand planning work management system.
• Relevant plant/mine specific/basic process knowledge (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.

Formal Education

• National Senior Certificate/ N3 with Mathematics, English & Physical Science
• Mechanical Occupational Trade Certificate (Red Seal)

Working Experience

• Experience: 5+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To operate basic mechanical /electro-mechanical equipment and machines, and carry out routine tasks following strict, detailed instructions to meet performance targets.

Key Accountabilities

• Proven competence in pre-identified areas per discipline of the plant/mine/equipment/systems.
• Understand and use the plant maintenance documentation system
• Understand planning work management system.
• Relevant plant/mine specific/basic process knowledge (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.

Formal Education

• Matric/N3 with Maths, English & Physical Science
• Occupational Trade Qualification (Mechanical Red Seal)

Working Experience

• Experience: 3+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• A Process Artisan operates process equipment, systems and processes for a specific plant / unit within the Sasol environment to achieve production requirements in a safe manner.

Key Accountabilities

• Conduct basic first line fault finding
• Carry out all tasks as allocated by Foreman
• Carry out plant inspections and take logs
• Knowledge of Work Management system
• Knowledge of permit to work system
• Report all at risk behaviors and unsafe conditions to the Foreman and / or SHE rep
• Adhere to all safety regulations and approved work standards
• Prepared to be called out when on standby, depending on plant requirements.
• Provides adequate feedback to supervisor on work progress
• Participates in risk assessments according to legislation and company requirements to improve safety
• Maintains good housekeeping and adheres to waste disposal procedures
• Work Independently
• Understand and know the business, drives and KPIs
• Apply and maintain safety in a working environment
• Conducts IMS inspections to maintain and improve plant sustainability
• Work effectively in a team
• Play an appropriate main role during emergency situations to get the plant back online
• Give and receive feedback to other disciplines (partners on daily issues
• Gives input at toolbox talks to improve plant safety.

Formal Education

• Matric or N3 with Pure maths, English and Physical Science
• NQF 4 Chemical Operations

Working Experience

• 4+ relevantv years of experience
• Experience in plant operations with Panel operation .