Open Positions at Sasol

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

• Capture, document and implement best practices.
• Optimise mechanical engineering systems, tools and standards (own, local and international) for use in all maintenance repair and project activities.
• Create, develop and update mechanical engineering systems, tools, specifications and standards.
• 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.
• Ensure that deviation management is in place.
• 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.
• Recommend mechanical engineering related concessions.
• Develop advanced knowledge in defined fields of mechanical engineering.
• Interpret and translate business requirements into a mechanical engineering strategy to enable OME to safely meet production targets.
• Translate OME project team strategy into team working model.
• 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 system.
• Report on budget utilisation, forecasting and changes.
• Ensure 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 COP.

Formal Education

• Mechanical Engineer University Bachelor's Degree

Working Experience

• Experience: 8+ relevant years

Certification and Professional Membership

• ECSA Registered Professional Engineer (wish)

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Purpose of Job

• To proactively contribute to the implementation of HR procedures and processes within the business. To deliver comprehensive, proactive and integrated HR advisory, process and transaction support services to the business, ensuring high levels of both efficiency and customer satisfaction

Key Accountabilities

• Leads the implementation and execution of HR solutions in the assigned client portfolio with high levels of customer service and in compliance with set standards and policies.
• Acts as a clear single point of contact for HR related issues.
• Continuously contributes to increased HR process efficiencies in business, demonstrates an in-depth understanding of HR processes and highlights any inefficiency and recommends corrective actions to the relevant HR team members and management.
• Support the provision of HR data and analytics through accurate and reliable calculations and reports.
• This includes using HR technology and systems to analyse and interpret relevant HR data.
• Provide relevant analytics facilitating effective decision making based on empirical information and accurate data.
• Compiles and presents meaningful HR reports through interpretation, comparisons and trend analyses.
• Supports the recruitment and on-boarding of employees whilst ensuring a positive experience for new employees.
• Takes an active part in the people selection process, in collaboration with the more senior Business Partners or HR Managers and the relevant line managers, facilitating an efficient and compliant process.
• Manages the employment contracting, enrolment and on-boarding process for new employees.
• Supports the implementation of Talent management processes as required and ensures these are executed efficiently.
• This may include educating line managers and employees on such processes and the desired outcomes, and making sure deadlines are adhered to and processes completed on time and generating accurate data.
• Support Employee Relations objectives through compliance with procedural and substantive fairness requirements, providing assistance in providing a first line labour relations consulting service and ensuring accurate, relevant and complete documentation and system management.
• Provides employees and line managers with a sound understanding of Compensation and Benefits principles, policies and procedures and can explain these in a clear and customer appropriate ways.
• Executes accurate calculation of remuneration, rewards and benefits and assists with salary benchmarking and compilation of comparative ratios to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness.
• Manages the efficient and effective implementation of staff movement (e.g.employee transfers, promotions, redeployment and rotation) and separation processes and procedures (e.g.resignation, retirement, retrenchment, dismissal, ill health, death and incapacity).
• Implements clearly defined change management processes and facilitates the successful implementation of change projects, utilising necessary material to support line management and employees in adhering to change expectations.
• This includes coaching and educating line management and employees in respect of the practical application of the change processes. Demonstrates the Sasol values.
• Supports and articulates vision and values and goals aligned to business direction. Continuously seeks to improve personal mastery, professional and business growth (ensuring technical / professional development in specialist area)

Formal Education

• Grade 12 
• University Bachelors Degree

Working Experience

• Experience: 4+ 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

Recruitment Description / 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

• Grade 12/ N3 with Mathematics, Physical Science and English
• Trade Test Certificate (Electrical or Electro Mechanic)

Min Experience

• Experience: 8+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• Utilise sound level of experience in electrical engineering to deliver electrical engineering operational support ensuring that the technical ability of plants meet the operating intent, whilst governing operational technical standards. Ensure 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.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop subject matter expertise to provide direct support to Operations, Engineering (Plant Support) and Projects and Engineering. • Display fundamental knowledge of business family technologies and business drivers.
• Combine unrelated data and information to create new insight and to interpret technologies.
• Utilise electrical engineering systems, tools and standards in all power electronic related projects.
• Solve problems on related BU level and impact value chains.
• Evaluate and improve the definition of problem statements and opportunities in the electrical fraternity.
• Ensure best practices on electrical systems and maintain compliance in own area and/or site wide.
• Set criteria for specific power electronic maintenance strategies from the specifications/standards and OME requirements.
• Know & understand equipment failure modes and failure trends of power electronics to manage predictability.
• Apply in depth knowledge in integration of electrical network and equipment necessities with regards to process requirements.
• Show ability to provide power electronic maintenance management support on complex electrical systems.
• Investigate and develop condition-based and electrical problem-solving methodologies to enhance predictability.
• Mitigate electrical risks through engineering out / improvement / renewal / re-design (enable or initiate).
• Manage deviations from electrical specifications or standards when necessary.
• Deliver integrated and in-time electrical technical support to the OME to improve stability.
• Provide and facilitate timely and thorough recommendations on short term, intermediate and long-term integrity issues to the OME and formally escalate.
• Provide technical support to address complex power electronic problems and minimise production impact.
• Assist plant support engineers with root cause analysis investigations for power electronic -related breakdowns and ensure that effective corrective actions are identified to be implemented to prevent re-occurrence of incidents.
• 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 electrical projects where the role of engineering or project manager is fulfilled.
• Identify technical advanced electrical equipment that can have a significant production impact.

Key Accountabilities Continued

• Facilitate knowledge sharing and innovation.
• Ensure personal development plans are completed, implemented and tracked within applicable career path. • Provide efficient and high-quality services to stakeholders.
• Maintain healthy and stable relationships with power electronic manufacturers. • 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 maturity and emotional intelligence.
• Operate successfully in a diverse work environment.
• Update work instructions and other governance documents related to power electronic equipment.
• Comfortable working with tools on power electronic equipment to do fault finding.
• Capable of performing and leading power electronic FAT and SAT activities during projects and shutdowns.
• Responsible for supporting OME procurement in the technical evaluation of power electronic manufacturers.
• Ensure that fault tree analysis is in place for technically advanced equipment.
• Compile Business Unit specific equipment roadmap to display renewal plan
• Take the lead or assist with electrical incident investigations when production losses are incurred.
• Interpret and translate business requirements into an electrical engineering strategy to enable OME to safely meet production targets.
• Be responsible for own performance management.
• Report on budget utilisation, forecasting and changes.
• Oversee the management of external service providers.
• Oversee the safety of external service providers during project execution.

Formal Education

• University Bachelor of Engineering (B Eng) degree or Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Electrical

Working Experience

• Experience: 5+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job
Manage and coordinate the Sasol group tax function including:

• Tax optimisation and strategic tax planning
• Tax technical advice and support
• Global direct and indirect tax compliance
• Tax risk management
• Tax dispute resolution
• Tax training /education

Key Accountabilities
Key Accountabilities Functional oversight of global taxation activities; including amongst others:

• Advice on tax impact of significant transactions and key strategic projects to ensure tax optimal
• Advice on ad-hoc tax matters across the different tax types across different tax jurisdictions
• Set standards, region-wide protocols and best practices for all taxation activities which comply with international regulations and legislation
• Agree budget for central Tax function and optimise service delivery within the agreed cost targets
• Assess impact of changes to tax law on business units tax charge and communicates changes in legislation
• Strategise and lead tax related legal disputes, litigations, objections, appeals, settlement negotiations across the different tax types across the group
• Lead the global tax function deliverables within the group to ensure fit for purpose and fully tax compliant
• Develop, plan for, implement and take accountability for the Global Tax strategy (incl. Transfer Pricing strategy) and operating model of Tax in response to the business strategy
• Manage transfer pricing, international tax and BEPS issues globally
• Provide input to all Corporate restructures, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestments to ensure tax optimal
• Provide tax input on bond issuances, bridging finance, convertible bond issuance across the Group
• Preparation, collation and presentation of reports to the Audit Committee and Boards of the various legal entities as well as Governance Committees (sub-committees of Board)
• Perform annual tax risk assessments for the group in conjunction with risk team and ensure measures in place to mitigate these risks
• Identify tax opportunities to add value and minimise our tax liability in the group within defined legal parameters
• Manage internal and external stakeholder relationships, including auditors, legal & tax advisors, Tax Authorities
• Lead tax advocacy and influence fiscal policy through submissions directly to NT and/or via BUSA, SAPIA, SAIT etc or in SCOF in Parliament
• Ensure the development and maintenance of appropriate infrastructure required for the efficient operation of the Tax team and ensure that service delivery is automated, efficient and scalable
• Identify, attract, appoint, grow, engage, reward and retain top talent to drive strategic execution
• Support changes in operating model structures from tax perspective
• Carbon tax, CBAM and other environmental taxes assessment of regulations and tax impact on business and support business to ensure compliance
• Digitalisation and automation – assessment of tax solutions, automation of tax processes and execution such as CBC reports, deferred tax, One Source, OneStream, VAT analytics etc.

Tax Compliance and Training

• Establish group wide tax compliance processes and procedures
• Review and monitor of annual tax returns for group companies across the different tax types (Income Tax, VAT, Provisional taxes, Withholding Taxes, Carbon Tax, Mining royalties etc.) in various jurisdictions
• As part of the RPC, provide accounting input relating to tax and deferred tax issues on a group basis
• Risks identified, debated and resolved timeously
• Minimum tax penalties paid in the Group
• Manage global tax compliance and queries globally
• Establish and chair the Global Tax forum and on a quarterly basis
• Set up and manage the monthly tax technical training for all tax team members

Formal Education

• Post Graduate Tax Degree

Min Experience

• 16 relevant years

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Short Description / Purpose of Job

• A Fire Fighter protects the Company assets, incl. legal partnership agreements, against the adverse consequences that may result from SHERQ related emergency incidents.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Apply SHE best practices during all activities pertaining to emergency management.
• Perform duties according to instruction.
• Partake in training to ensure mental and physical fitness in preparation of handling Incidents.
• Participate in KPA and PDP discussions.
• Ensure performance against KPA’s.
• Ensure own delivery on PDP actions.
• Work cooperatively with all stakeholders.
• React to emergency situation according to agreed time standard.
• Participate in plant emergency preparedness activities.
• Identify and propose improvements to emergency management activities.
• Identify and propose improvements in effectiveness and service delivery.
• Make suggestions and contributions to safety improvements.
• Participate in housekeeping activities.

Formal Education

• Grade 12 with mathematical literacy/equivalent or higher
• Medically fit, according to relevant Fire Fighter fitness level assessment
• Fire fighter 1 & 2 (NFPA 1001) - (Must)
• HPCSA Registered and current BAA (BLS) – (Must)
• HPCSA Registered and current ILS – (Wish)
• Hazmat awareness and operations (NFPA 1072/472) - (Must)                                  

Min Experience

• 0-5 years relevant experience

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Key Accountabilities

• Apply the Rock Engineering systems and tools 
• Conduct routine, ad-hoc or requested inspections to assess rock mass condition and control plan effectiveness 
• Monitor compliance to support and excavation standards 
• Participate in short term planning and production meetings 
• Provide coaching to mining personnel during routine inspections 
• Respond to red triggers and report to Rock Engineer by quickest means available 
• Assist with the proactive identification of significant ground-related hazards; and 
• Provide appropriate participation in or assistance with the investigation of fall of ground incidents and reportable falls of ground including the completion of the rock engineering aspects of the official accident report and inputs into the SAMRASS 3 report 
• Qualified as Strata Control officer and found competent by Chamber of Mines 
• Develop self in obtaining Rock engineer certificate of Competency 
• Be able to work independently within the safety framework of the mine 
• Safety mindset as top priority 
• Report writing to Rock Engineer Services department and Operations 
• Compliance and corrective actions must be issued and followed up 
• Integrity to be demonstrated 
• Facilitation skills and training capability to coach operation teams 
• Communication skills and assertiveness to discuss findings and report on deviations and control effectiveness. 
• Contribute and give inputs in the short-term planning meetings and work sessions with individual mine overseers and in team base at meetings

Formal Education

• High School / School Diploma or similar

Certificate

• Strata Control Officer Certificate

Working Experience

• Experience: 6+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To support process engineering strategy by meeting production/project targets, providing process engineering technical support, and identifying improvement opportunities. To identify and prevent risks of process/design deviation affecting safety, integrity, and availability.

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 startup 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

Formal Education

• University Bachelors Degree

Working Experience

• Experience: 6+ relevant years

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Purpose of Job

• To test or modify developmental or operational electrical machinery or electrical control equipment and circuitry in business/operational cluster 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. 
• Company values and goals supported and lived. 
• Achieving delivery targets e.g. tons, products, services; BU and Discipline Specific. 
• Ensures that self and team meet targets, due dates and quality standards. 
• Responsible to ensure that the MOC procedure is adhered to for all changes. 
• Support Asset Management philosophy. 
• The co-ordination of the execution of maintenance strategies. 
• Ensure that work standards are met according to quality standards & compliance. 
• Assist with RBI studies and the Maintenance strategy process to enhance equipment reliability. 
• Optimizes and control resources effectively. 
• Perform all tasks cost consciously. 
• Independently gather information and data accumulation. 
• Awareness, focus and control of cost / budget. 
• Independently gather information and data accumulation. 
• Achieve safety and risk objectives. 
• Apply safety in all practices, specifically project planning and execution. 
• Understand the company vision and values. 
• Demonstrate the desired behaviours in agreement with the Sasol Values. 
• Improve own skills and knowledge. 
• Take ownership for personal improvement and skills development. 
• Ensure that personal development plan is completed, implemented and tracked. 
• Apply the learning experience at the workplace management and values. 
• Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof. 
• Set and work towards own performance targets and goals as per personal performance agreement. 
• Update performance goals and performance agreement regularly. 
• Ensure work is completed as planned. 
• Manage own work planning and delivery according to targets. 
• Review compliance and follow up against the standards and objectives. 
• Adheres to standard procedures and practices with guidance. 
• Resolve work obstacles and issues positively and quickly. 
• Develop suitable technical proposals based on practical and theoretical knowledge. 
• Build customer relationships in order to understand their needs. 
• Demonstrates good understanding of customer needs. 
• Project a positive image of the department. 
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers. 
• Build effective partnerships with team to ensure high performance. 
• Provide technical input or advice to multidisciplinary project teams. 
• Demonstrate effective listening and communication skills when dealing with colleagues. 
• Improve present way of doing work by continuously asking questions. 
• Identify optimization opportunities. 
• Share and implement new ideas regarding work.

Formal Education

• Grade 12/N3 with Mathematics and Science
• Diploma in Electrical / Control Instrumentation
• Electro Mechanic Trade Test

License

• Valid drivers license

Working Experience

• Experience: 4+ relevant years