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Master Artisan Electro Mechanic

Sasol • Other • Sasolburg, Free State, South Africa • $50 - $200 / year • 10h ago

Sasol Sasolburg, Free State, South Africa

Job Req: 5795

Closing Date: 19 November 2024

Geographical Area: Sasolburg, Free State

Purpose of Job

To support production by leading the provision of effective electro-mechanical equipment maintenance and reliability while overseeing and ensuring adherence to procedures/codes, utilising all available support resources to increase stability and maintain sustainability of the plant, mine and/or equipment.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

Planning, control and management of operations/maintenance activity and ensuring effective execution of operations/maintenance activities.
Ensure maximum task quality and efficiency, and overall effective use of equipment.
Manage and control costs (where allocated budget responsibility is assigned).
During emergency situations, evaluate the abnormalities and take corrective action to avoid downtime, equipment damage and/or SHE incidents.
Ensure own team adheres to operational/maintenance procedures and for people and plant.
Ensure maintenance planning is scheduled optimally to maximise production output.
Take action on first occurrence performance problems, misconduct, disciplinary and grievance cases.
Manage performance of own team and ensure sensitisation to diversity in the workplace.
Enable artisans to achieve competence for career progression. Coaching and technical training of own staff and accountable for practical "declaration of competence" of employees to operate the plant.
Ensure team motivation and team wellness, live company values and ensure 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 PSM (Process Safety Management). Manage certain start-up and shutdown tasks. Participate (or conduct on own team) in potential deviation analysis (PDA), root cause analysis (RCA) and risk assessments. Manage execution of work permit system.
Conduct Task Risk Assessments and ensure that team conducts Task Risk Assessments (where applicable). Ensure compliance to relevant Sasol procedure, policies, legislation and business processes. Manage behaviour based safety program. Ensure adherence to SHERQ legal standards (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001) 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.
Ensure resources (e.g. raw materials, people) are available on site.
Ensure understanding of customer requirements and ensure product/service meets customer requirements.
Ensure smooth transition of work from own shift to next shift.
Effective interaction with supporting activities e.g. P&SM, technical, engineering. Identify and support inter-dependencies (synergies) with own and other departments within the value chain.
Give input into how to improve overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for the plant. Continuously apply new ideas/work methods to improve results. Deal 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.