Processor- West Plant

About the role

A job at Sasol is a career made by you, with purpose, development opportunities, benefits to support every stage of life and a working culture that embraces flexibility, diversity, and inclusion.

Purpose of Job: To provide support to maintenance managers and engineers by applying (expert) technical skills and making suggestions and independently implementing solutions to optimise systems.

Responsibilities

• Carries out Operations Department unit duties as outlined in assigned area of responsibility
• Responsible for executing the daily unit operations including unit start-up, unit shutdown, process adjustment, equipment prep for maintenance, unit sampling and analyses calculation, operations functions during plant turnarounds and operator performed maintenance tasks
• Maintains proper levels, temperatures, pressures, and flows
• Monitors and makes proper adjustments to the operating units control board instrumentation to maintain the unit within the prescribed control limits
• Obtains and records data readings
• Performs various cleaning and supply functions on various pieces of equipment
• Collects product sampling
• Communicates operating and environmental problems as appropriate
• Writes work orders
• Prepares equipment for maintenance repair
• Responsible for the overall safe, efficient, and environmentally sound operation of their respective units
• Makes changes in operations parameters based on knowledge, experience, instructions, sample results, etc., may pump or transfer, gauge and sample
• Investigates operating problems and takes appropriate action
• Maintains various logs, reports, charts, etc.
• Writes maintenance notifications and safety permits as required

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent with at least 3 years of experience applicable to Operations
• Technical, industrial, craft degree or other training applicable to Operations

Skills

• Acceptable and clean work history — required
• Pass all pre-employment requirements
• Ability to safely perform essential job functions
• Requires physical abilities to climb stairs and ladders and moderate to heavy lifting
• TWIC may be required