Closing Date: 6 April 2023
Org Structure No: 80013123
OME: Energy Operations
Business Unit: Energy Ops - Sasolburg & Ekandustria Ops
City / Town: Sasolburg
Purpose of Job
Effective maintenance of the plant Instrumentation and Control Systems to ensure availability and reliability of plant equipment and facilities, through coordinated preventative and corrective maintenance activities.
Key Accountabilities:
- Manage a team of Instrumentation & Control maintenance members and with duties which are executed in accordance with the applicable regulations and engineering standards.
- Ensure development of team to deliver a high-quality maintenance service
- Manage multi-level interfaces and integrate effectively
- Ensure equipment availability to meet the production plan
- Execute critical maintenance activities and maintain the functionality of instrument and control systems
- Establish and report on agreed performance criteria
- Ensures that self and team meet targets, due dates and quality standards
- Ensure financial discipline and governance in the department. Continuously optimize maintenance activities
- Ensure equipment availability agreed upon supports the production plan
- Cost optimization by ensuring maintenance plans effectiveness in line with three, five- and ten-year renewal strategies
- Compile and manage annual maintenance, shutdown and MSM budgets
- Control cost to ensure the maintenance budget is achieved within budget
- Manage operations risks by making sure that all risks are identified, analysed and mitigated to acceptable levels
- Execute SHE strategy to achieve zero harm. Continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain license to operate
- Manage, revise and improvement of Asset Management standards for maintenance to deliver on expectations of reliable and functional equipment, bring down the total cost of ownership, reduces maintenance and increases reliability.
- Manage asset life cycle and plans
- Oversee the management of Maintenance and the Work Management Process
BSc. Eng./ B. Tech (Eng.) Light current: Process Control and Instrumentation
Knowledge and Experience:
- Minimum 8 years total relevant Operations experience
- 6 years management experience required (acting will be considered relevant)
- Vast knowledge and experience on all control systems and operational management associated with Ethane and Phenolic plant knowledge.
- Burner Management Systems and SANS 329 requirements
- Compressor and Anti-Surge Control management
- Asset Management and Reliability Engineering
ECSA registration (Wish)
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 and to make several decisions simultaneously in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
People Leadership: Authentically and inclusively engages people to follow; leads culture transformation. Builds capability and leverages diversity for competitive advantage.
Partnership Leadership: Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes. Builds teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries.
Situational Leadership: The ability to effectively deal with a variety of situations and circumstances that arise unexpectedly and requiring management action.
Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
Total Quality Management: The strategy for continuously improving the quality of process output, based on five fundamental principles of Customer Focus, Continuous Improvement, Measurement, Total Involvement and Systematic Support.
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 Sasols Employment Equity Plan. This includes reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
NB:
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