About Sasol

Sasol is a South Africa-based global chemicals and energy company. It was founded in 1950 and is known for pioneering the commercial production of synthetic fuels using the Fischer-Tropsch process. Sasol is listed on both the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s operations include upstream activities like exploring for and producing oil and natural gas, as well as downstream activities such as manufacturing, refining, and marketing a wide range of fuels and chemicals.

Purpose of Job

• The incumbent will translate the mandate of the Digital Development group into an industrial engineering mandate and manage the performance of the team. This will include guiding and directing the industrial engineering team to identify improvement opportunities via system analysis, as well as developing and implementing lean, practical and focussed business solutions. The team should also strive to appropriately use digitalisation tools (automation, data science, statistics), thereby supporting the digital transformation of Operations.

Key Accountabilities

• Translate Digital Development group’s mandate into an Industrial engineering mandate
• Manage the performance of the industrial engineering team and be accountable for the quality of team’s deliverables
• Guide and direct the industrial engineering team to identify improvement opportunities with business value
• Lead and coordinate delivery of intelligence and services in line with industrial engineering
• Evaluate and interpret industrial engineers’ analysis and proposed business solutions and approve release to business
• Considers impact on Sasol as a whole when suggesting improvements (integration and systems thinking)
• Business family leader for industrial engineering in ROAS, which includes ensuring effective development of candidate engineers
• Support the digitalisation transformation of Secunda Operations by using digitalisation tools (such as automation, data science and statistics) where appropriate
• Ensure that the general industrial engineering skill set, and particularly the digitalisation capabilities, of the team is continuously developed and expanded
• Review Sasol policies and specifications for applicability and implementation within area of responsibility
• Take responsibility to drive initiatives which improves delivery and competitiveness Drive high performance culture and innovative thinking
• Develop technical and industrial engineering skills for own team through coaching
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and innovation
• Ensure personal development plans are completed, implemented and tracked within applicable career path
• Be responsible for own performance management system
• Ensure safety objectives and required training is completed
• Translate and cascade goals and long-term plans through effective two-way communication in the organisation
• Manage engineering knowledge by transforming, packaging, transferring and maintaining knowledge

Formal Education

• University Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or
• BTech/Advanced Diploma plus MEng

Working Experience

• Experience: 8+ relevant years