Lead - Electrical, Instruments & Control Systems at Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.

Job Description

• Reporting to the Manager, Reliability & Maintenance, this role manages Electrical, Instrumentation (including Analysers) & Control Systems maintenance & reliability at the Refinery.
• There are 3 Supervisors reporting into this role and an organisation of around 25 Astron employees.
• The Lead will be a member of the Reliability & Maintenance Leadership Team.
• The role may include some travel to conduct Vendor / Original Equipment Manufacture (OEM) Audits or attend Training.
• The role takes responsibility for actions, projects and people; takes initiative and works under own direction; initiates and generates activity and introduces changes into work processes; makes quick, clear decisions which may include tough choices or considered risks.
• Manages work direction and team coordination of the Electrical, Instrumentation, Analyser & Control Systems groups to successfully execute routine maintenance activities (at the Cape Town refinery) in order to optimize plant reliability, availability and safe plant operation.
• Manages and maintains general contractor services and supply agreements in terms of resource and facilities outsourcing to maximize benefits and returns of the Refinery.
• Continuously improve plant reliability through monitoring, failure investigation and corporate Best Practice reliability & maintenance programmes.
• Executes Loss Prevention System (LPS) Manager Stewardship functions by formally reviewing Loss Prevention System (LPS) activities and ensuring execution of the process. Provides coaching to reports and contractors to sustain excellent reviewing Loss Prevention System (LPS) performance. Fosters and promotes Zero Harm and High Reliability Organisation (HRO) behaviours within the workgroup
• Accountable for the compilation and control of the annual budget related to this position.
• Effectively utilizes company and contractor manpower, materials and other resources to meet refinery strategic plans and ensuring sufficient materials and equipment are available at optimum levels to achieve.
• Leads & Develops staff using appropriate Astron Energy Human Resources processes and tools and partnering with Learning & Development. Provide frequent periodic feedback on individual and workgroup achievements. Sets expectations and targets for individual reports via Performance Scorecard goal setting & review process, to support and enable continuous improvement in order to achieve and sustain 1st quartile corporate refining performance. Ensures that corporate compliance requirements are met. Drives efforts to develop and maintain competency framework, and participation in apprenticeship and Graduate Intern development programmes.
• Key Stakeholders include Refinery Leadership Team (RLT), Extended Leadership Team (ELT) and 3rd party Vendor Management and staff.

Key Challenges of the role include:

• Technical Troubleshooting, managing Risk
• Helping to prioritise work; direct focus of the organisation towards scorecard deliverables, removing barriers
• Improving Contractor work efficiency
• Improving Services Planning and Scheduling in work flow
• Cost stewardship
• Decision making vested in the role include vendor selection to provide key site services; driving accountability with the Service providers to identify & delivery on efficiency improvement opportunities and coordination with Planning & Scheduling to drive schedule adherence and re-prioritisation depending on planned and break-in work.
• The incumbent must have specialised in one or more of three key disciplines the role supports - Electrical, Instrumentation & Analysers and Control Systems, and must be able to apply specialist and detailed technical expertise; uses technology to achieve work objectives; develops job knowledge and expertise (theoretical and practical) through continual professional development; demonstrates an understanding of different organisational departments and functions.
• Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of how one issue may be a part of a much larger system. Analyses numerical data and all other sources of information, to break them into component parts, patterns and relationships; probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem; makes rational judgements from the available information and analysis;

Professional Qualification and Certifications:

• B.Sc / B Eng / B Tech Electrical Engineering (Heavy or Light Current), Mechatronics, Instrumentation or Control Systems; or
• N3 with Trade Test in one the following disciplines (Electrical, Instrumentation or Controls); plus a recognised track record of relevant experience of 10+ years
• MBA / MBL added advantage
• Work Experience: 10 + Years in technically relevant field of which 5+ years in Supervisory / Leadership role

Knowledge and skills:

• Analytical thinking and problem solving
• Stakeholder engagement & collaboration
• Service provider management
• CHESM
• Operational Excellence
• Planning & Aligning, prioritisation
• Risk Management
• Decision Making and Results orientated.