Foreman Rotating Equipment

Location: Sasolburg, Free State, ZA

Company: Sasol

Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company with a 70-year heritage. Through our talented people, we use our expertise and selected technologies to safely and sustainably source, manufacture and market chemical and energy products globally. When you join Team Sasol, you are joining a company that puts people at the center of everything we do.

Sasol invests in its employees along every stage of the career path and offers development opportunities to help you cultivate your career in a culture that embraces diversity and inclusion.

Job Req ID

2966

Closing Date

06 December 2023

OME

Energy Ops – Regional Ops & Asset Services

Geographical Area

Sasolburg

Purpose of Job

Accountable for first line leadership and management of team members to enable the work of self and team members and building their expertise and skills, and deliver frontline team results such as Safety, Production, Maintenance, Quality, Cost and Motivation

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

Business Results:

• Planning, control and management of operations/maintenance activity.
• Ensure effective execution of operations/maintenance activities.
• Ensure maximum task quality and efficiency, and overall effective use of equipment /opportunity.
• Manage and control costs.
• During emergency situations, evaluate the abnormalities and take corrective action as to avoid downtime, equipment damage and/or SHERQ incidents.
• Ensure own team adhere to operational/maintenance procedures and for people and plant.
• Ensure maintenance planning is scheduled optimally to maximise production output.

Recruitment Description Continued

Leadership and Values:

• Ensures safe work practices for his team is established and followed to the point where zero harm is sustainably achieved.
• Take action on first occurrence performance problems, misconduct, disciplinary and grievance cases.
• Performance management Manage performance of own team.
• Champion diversity in the workplace, and realise the potential from a diverse team.
• Ensure sensitisation to diversity in the workplace.
• Team skill level, succession and career progression Get results through empowering others to act.
• Enable artisans to achieve competence for career progression.
• Coaching and technical training of own staff.
• Accountable for practical “declaration of competence” of employees to maintain the plant and operate specialised tools and equipment.

Recruitment Description Continued

• Ensures team motivation and team wellness.
• 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 Process Safety Management.
• Manage safe work practices and ensure equipment safety during permit sign-on and sign-off.
• Participate in potential deviation analysis, root cause analysis and risk assessments.
• Manage compliance to the work permit system.
• Ensure task risk assessments are conducted in area of responsibility on all activities and that the team is trained on the content of the assessments.

Recruitment Description Continued

• Ensure compliance to relevant Sasol procedure, policies, legislation and business processes.
• Ensures the team participates in the behaviour based safety program.
• Ensure adherence to SHERQ legal standards 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.

Recruitment Description Continued

Relationships, Teamwork and Collaboration:

• Understands customer requirement and ensures product/service meets customer requirements.
• Management of stakeholder relationships and contracts.
• Liaison with service and support functions.
• Effective interaction with supporting activities.
• Identifies and supports inter-dependencies with own and other departments within the value chain.
• Give input into how to improve overall Equipment Effectiveness for the plant.

Recruitment Description Continued

• 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.
• Avail self and team for standby and overtime as required.

Formal Education

Grade 12 with Maths, Science, and English / Full N3 qualification with Maths, Science, and English.

Qualified Artisan Occupational Trade Qualification Mechanical Fitter

Formal Education

Occupational Trade Qualification/Certificate

Min Experience

Experience: 5+ relevant years

Behavioural (BC) |Technical (TC) |Leadership (LC)

TC_Operational and Safety Factors

TC_Analyse Alternatives and Recommend Solutions

BC_Self-development

TC_Performance Management

BC_Balances Stakeholders

BC_Ensures Accountability

BC_Collaborates

TC_Plant Equipment Maintenance

BC_Customer Focus

TC_Review and Reporting

BC_Decision Quality

BC_Develops Talent

BC_Cultivates Innovation

BC_Inspires Engagement

Sasol is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.  Inspired by our Purpose of “Innovating for a better world”, Sasol acknowledges that diversity is intrinsic to the fabric of our organisation and is the key to our growth and success.  Sasol is committed to the full inclusion of all suitably qualified individuals.  Preference will be given to applicants from designated groups and people with disabilities according to Sasol’s Employment Equity Plan.  This includes reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

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