New Jobs at Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.

Base Business:

• Lead and manage a team of Control Systems Specialists (CSS) and a Control Systems Analyst (CSA), overseeing daily work allocation, shift scheduling, and ensuring continuous after-hours support. Supervise, mentor, and coach team members while providing technical guidance and direction.
• Advise, manage, and plan for all key technology decisions and necessary changes in control systems.
• Software license management and outsourcing of application support.
• Provide input into the business planning cycle, ensuring assets are properly maintained, and upgrades are planned. Build business cases for new technology implementation.
• Develop, document, and sustain standard processes for support, including proactive and predictive tools.
• Repair, maintain, and support Refinery Control Systems e.g. Yokogawa DCS and ESD, PLCs, SCADAs and all other Black Box Solutions.

Maintenance Strategies:

• Interface and coordinate system maintenance and support activities with OT specialists.
• Remote client-server operating system hardware, base application support, security, and troubleshooting.
• Plan, develop, and implement procedures to facilitate software and hardware system upgrades.
• Ensure calibration of tank gauges and provide adequate support for the tank team.
• Define Sparing Philosophy and ensure availability of critical spares in partnership with key stakeholders.
• Ensures condition monitoring and preventive maintenance requirements are adhered too.
• Ensures deviations addressed proactively to drive equipment availability
• Data analysis of system generated trends, reports etc
• Able to identify problems and recommend solutions through integrating field observations, trouble shooting and Stakeholder engagement
• Critical inquiry to validate assumption.

Project Design:

• Engage with IT: OT specialists and plant engineering staff to ensure alignment of industrial technologies.
• Support the design and configuration of advanced control loops in collaboration with the ADCON (Advance Control) engineering group.
• Develop DCS control graphics and LOGIC configurations from functional control specifications.
• CAPEX & OPEX - Cost stewardship and efficient execution of maintenance activities
• Efficient & effective use of resources to ensure objectives are achieved and work delivered on time, in scope and within budget. 
• Able to work on multiple tasks and/or requests with different priorities. 
• Manage complex schedules and communicate possible delays in meeting deadlines. 
• Ensure that MOC process is followed, and that modified plant/maintenance procedures are implemented according to set standards
• Propose, initiate and track field and capital projects in area of responsibility
• Initiate the replacement of obsolete instrumentation equipment by following an Asset Management Life Cycle Approach
• Implementation of maintenance projects and supports capital projects

Safety Critical Equipment:

• Owns execution, auditing and management of Emergency Shutdown Systems
• Coordinate the team with mandatory ESD checks
• Provides input to Reliability on Instrumentation SCE’s.
• Provides input to PSM on Safety Instrumentation System (SIS) metrics monthly

Advisor:

• Act as an advisor for system integration and provide expert input into the maintenance and troubleshooting of critical systems – Company Wide
• Communicate effectively during regular management sessions, offering timely feedback to supervisors and peers.
• Develop organisational capability by supervising, training and coaching artisans, technicians and apprentices on how the control systems function and in diagnosing operating problems. 
• Technical Advice and consultation on studies, projects, Process Hazard Analyses (PHA’s), Management of Change (MOC’s).
• Owner & Initiator of MOC’s 
• Lead and participate in Investigations
• Provide Subject Matter Expert advice and guidance maintenance Coordinators, technicians and project staff.

Safety:

• Embrace and promote safety and environmental initiatives, actively engaging with the workforce through safety observations and plant/unit audits.

Professional Qualification and Certifications:

• National Diploma (Instrumentation & Control Systems) preferred, or N5 Electrical discipline Qualification (Instrumentation & Control Systems/Light Current), and refining experience.
• Trade Test Instrumentation is an advantage

Minimum Experience required:

• 10+ Years’ experience Petrochemical Industry experience in Controls & Instrumentation
• SME in Astron Refinery plant, equipment and processes strongly advantageous

Work Experience:

• 10 or more years Control Systems / Instrumentation experience in a refinery or chemical processing environment
• 7 years’ supervisory experience

Knowledge and skills:

• Significant operational experience in refinery environment / relevant industry
• Demonstrated experience in industrial automation and control system modifications, enhancements and expansions
• Demonstrated DCS, SCADA and PLC support and upgrade knowledge and experience
• Knowledge of motor control and power systems
• Knowledge of Process Instrumentation.
• Experience in a support and coordination role - for industrial computer systems and networks
• Demonstrated experience in troubleshooting - problem solving, and resolving technical issues
• Ability to articulate highly complex information.

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• The position is directly accountable for every aspect of the Sales and Marketing activity and related profitability for commercial fuels.
• Responsible for area value chain optimization plans to maximize gross margin.
• Plans and executes marketing strategies, processes, programs, standards and operations across the various classes of trade for fuels, lubricants and additional profit centers, consistent with the business plan and the AE way
• Partners with customers to achieve profitable operations, improved profitability and grow sales volume targets (base and new volume) for the Fuels and Lubricants business
• Monitors monthly performance and agreed action plans to ensure Volume and Margin targets are achieved. Manages associated operating expenses and CAPEX budgeting against given set of customers.
• Achieve the EBITDA target for the Fuels and Lubricants business
• Support Management of  Direct Opex to achieve required savings targets
• In the Direct channel, carefully monitors the market and competitor moves and strategies to identify new business opportunities, volume growth opportunities and solutions for customers related to growing business.
• Ensures consistent and disciplined execution of processes /procedures /programs and systems towards achieving business plan commitments within the sales area and channel, across class of trade for fuels, lubricants and additional profit centers as appropriate, consistent with the business plan and the AE way
• Drive Inventory Management by improving Forecast Accuracy %.
• Drive customer satisfaction and continuous improvement on SLA’s.
• Complies with the OE/HES Corporate standards and incorporates into daily guidelines. Ensures that the customer is aligned with all AE processes as well as government regulations such as HES, licensing and local ordinances.
• Collaboration with internal (Terminals Logistics, Supply, Credits etc.) and external (maintenance vendors etc.) stakeholders

Qualifications and Experience required:-

• Senior Certificate with relevant commercial tertiary qualification.
• This position requires 3-5yrs Commercial Sales experience (preferably in a Manufacturing environment) and extensive product knowledge.
• Must be in possession of a good understanding of the oil industry in RSA, the environment in which the company operates, and the overall Marketing objectives and vision in order to ensure alignment of goals with strategic direction.
• The incumbent needs to have a clear view of customer profitability and NOI drivers.
• Incumbent will exhibit a clear understanding of Marketing operations within South Africa and the ability to develop strong relationships with customers.
• Demonstrates an ability to enforce all terms and conditions of all product agreements.
• Incumbent must have strong financial, analytical skills, and a solid working knowledge of SAP, PC software applications (i.e. Excel, Word, Outlook & PowerPoint)
• Needs minimal supervision & at times will operate under tight or stringent deadlines.
• Strong negotiation and consultancy skills required.
• Collaboration with other functional groups in order to execute for enterprise value
• Must demonstrate and role model Key Leadership behaviors:
• Results: Business case driven and stretch goal oriented while constantly challenging the cost of how we do things.
• Speed: Tolerate higher risk, demonstrate urgency & decisiveness.
• Simplicity: Set priorities and ensure work is fit for purpose

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The role includes the following operations or activities:

• The operator role can be in any area in the plant’s operating area i.e. blending, filling, bulk loading, dispatching, warehousing, forklift operations
• Roles include activities in Health, Safety and Environment, Compliance, Forklift and Warehouse operation, Stock count and re-conciliation activities
• Achieve set KPIs and daily targets.

Financial Perspective

• Stock count and reconciliations: Counts items received , Participate in the monthly stock count, Accountable for daily reconciliation of raw materials consumed in manufacturing and packaged goods manufactured or despatched.
• Forklift truck and Warehouse operations: Operate the forklift, Stack items at the warehouse, Pick items, Load and Offload items, Receipt items, Forklift maintenance checks
• Blending operations: Tank gauging, Pipeline set up, Tank washing , Decants additives, Base Oil, Isotank offloading process

Customer Perspective

• Filling operation: Operate a Filling Line process, Receives empty containers, Line wash management, Sample, draw product samples, Mass/Weight checking,  Filters, check, clean and replace filters on manifolds as and when required, Videojet operation Performs daily pre- and post-operation maintenance on Videojet machines. Label items, Label incoming raw materials with correct CSCA product codes.

• Bulk Loading operations: Vehicle tank checking, Weighing of tankers, Receives empty vehicles, Sample, draws product samples, Tanker loading, Tank sealing, Pipeline and tankship movements, Pipeline set up.

Internal Processes

• Health, Safety and Environment: Adhere to set polices and standards ,  Housekeeping, Safety procedures, Meetings.
• Compliance

Professional Qualification and Certifications:

• Minimum Matric qualification
• Forklift license

Work Experience:

• Blending, Filling, Dispatching, Warehousing and Bulk loading skills
• Petroleum Experience (Oil and Gas) or FMCG