Foreman

About this role

Sasol, a global integrated chemicals and energy company, is hiring a Foreman in Secunda, Mpumalanga. The role sits in the mining operations area and focuses on keeping equipment running so that mining teams can meet their production targets.

What you’ll do

• Plan and run day-to-day engineering and maintenance work, including overhaul plans, and decide when equipment should be repaired or replaced.
• Manage the maintenance budget and keep maintenance costs under control while production volumes are met.
• Keep equipment available by managing downtime and tracking reliability measures, and make sure the maintenance programme is followed.
• Run condition monitoring programmes, analyse failure trends, and act on predictive maintenance recommendations.
• Develop and apply engineering standard operating procedures, and make sure engineering rules, legislation and governance standards are followed.
• Lead safety performance, drive safety improvements, and check safety, health and environment compliance against targets.
• Recruit, train and coach your team, manage vacancies, and support career development and team performance.

What you need

• Fitter or Electromechanics (EM) trade certificate.
• High school certificate or a similar school diploma.
• 4+ years of relevant working experience.
• Skills in action planning, engineering technology, engineering design, SHE policies and standards, and engineering development.
• Skills in taking accountability, communicating clearly, managing complexity, driving results and improving work processes.

Is this job for you?

This job suits an experienced maintenance or engineering person who has worked on mining or plant equipment and has led people before. You should be comfortable with budgets, safety targets and planning work across several teams.

Tips before you apply

• Have your trade certificate, school certificate and proof of experience ready to upload.
• Show your 4+ years of experience with clear examples, such as equipment you maintained, overhaul projects you ran, and downtime you reduced.
• Highlight your team leadership, budget control and safety record, since these areas are central to the role.