Fresh Jobs at Engen

Who Are You

• You are an experienced data scientist with proven experience in solving high impact business problems by providing actionable insights from large data sets and market intelligence
• Ability to effectively apply a combination of statistical knowledge, programming skills and business acumen to identify, prioritize and solve high impact business issues
• You have a reputation as a strong communicator 
• You influence people from different levels of the organization
• You are innovative and curious
• You are self-directed and results orientated
• Ability to drive decision making through analytical insights
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build solid relationships with individuals at all levels, in multiple geographies and business functions, both internally and externally
• Simplify complex situations; strong analytical & problem-solving skills
• Must be able to multi-task and project manage many tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work under continual deadlines
• Strong project and process management with proven ability for planning, scheduling & coordinating

What You Have Done Before

Baseline:

• NQF Level 7 Degree in one of the following disciplines:
• Computer Science/ Information Technology/Software Engineering/Data Science/ Actuarial Science/ Mathematics)
• 8 years’ experience in Data Science Analytics or Statistics 
• 2 years’ Experience in Supply Chain/Logistics environments or similar
• 2 years’ Experience in Business Analysis & Data Visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, QlikView etc)
• Proficiency in using query languages such as SQL, Hive, Pig or similar
• Experienced with analytical tools (R, Python, Stata and frameworks (ML algorithms, time series forecasting, scientific sampling techniques
• Excellent applied statistics such as modeling, testing, regression, time series forecasting and sampling
• Highly proficient in dealing with large data sets and comfortable in moving between financial and behavioral indicators and big data analytics

Advantageous:

• 7 years experience in supply chain, marketing & customer experience or research analysis
• 8 years experience in Oil & Gas and/or Lubricants

Exciting Challenges You Might Face

• A highly motivated self-starter who is curious and passionate about creating insights for the business that were not previously known

What You Will Be Doing

• Apply a combination of statistical knowledge, programming skills and business acumen to identify, prioritize and solve high-impact business challenges
• Effectively communicate findings to leadership and translate them into recommended actions with ongoing tracking mechanisms
• Provide in-depth analysis and research into the Lubricants Supply Chain to identify innovative opportunities and provide actionable insights to enhance customer experience, improve efficiencies and reduce costs 
• Analyse customer requirements and behaviours to develop strategies that enhance the supply chain offering to market 
• Conduct in-depth research on competitor behaviour and data to provide ongoing intelligence to ensure Engen remains ahead of the competition
• Support Lubricant teams in developing, maintaining and improving real time dashboards for key KPI's and business metrics
• Integrate digital analytics data with traditional data sources & build predictive models to target the right customers. 
• Present data in a clear manner to technical and non-technical audiences through the use of Data Visualisation Tools and Computer Animation
• Stay current and adapt to new and emerging data science, artificial intelligence, cognitive learning and machine learning technology

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Purpose of the Job

Co-ordinate and direct the execution plans, operational planning and execution activities to ensure world class collaborative planning and control of supply and demand and optimisation in the network ensuring smooth product delivery to the customers

Who you are

• You are passionate about problem-solving
• You have built team-work practices
• You are an expert in planning and scheduling. 
• You use maintenance management tools to ensure effective maintenance of assets.
• You lead the scheduling of multi-discipline maintenance activities across multiple areas. 
• You have excellent analyses skills
• You have a passion for asset maintenance.

What you've done

Baseline:

• NQF Level 6 (Diploma in Engineering: Mechanical/electrical/Instrumental/Industrial)
• Minimum 4 years’ maintenance experience in planning and scheduling within petrochemical environment.
• Knowledge and experience in use of planning and Scheduling Software (SAP/Primavera)

Advantageous:

• Trade test qualification
• Planning and organizing Skills
• Communication skills

What you'll be doing

• Proactively engaging maintenance and operation teams.
• Building teamwork.
• Develop and publish weekly schedule as per identified templates.
• Perform resource levelling and leveraging. 
• Develop and publish a master integrated schedule as per agreed scheduling occurrence.
• Forecast peak activities and scheduling conflicts.

Exciting Challenges

• Coordinate Maintenance activities within technical environment.
• Develop detailed work packages from preventive maintenance routine (PMR) findings and corrective maintenance activities for all maintenance teams.