Job Openings at Sasol

The Senior Data Scientist is responsible for preparing and analysing large data sets in order to apply appropriate data science techniques (statistics / simulation / optimisation/ machine learning, etc) to drive predictive & prescriptive intelligence for business applications.

Responsible for the design, engineering, development, operationalisation and modification of complex and/or specialised data science products in accordance with sound analytical principles and standards to drive critical value-adding business decisions.

The Senior Data Scientist will forge strong relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders to understand business needs; develop data science products in a way that maximises user buy-in while recognising and capitalising on new improvement opportunities to extract business value. He/she will also support the embedding of data capabilities and way of working within the business.

He/she will stay abreast of new/alternative techniques and/or tools for relevant application in the Sasol Energy business.

In addition, the senior data scientist will support and mentor junior data scientists in team.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

1. Lead and influence the design, engineering, development and modifications of Data Science products in accordance with sound analytical principles and data science standards to satisfy business requirements.
2. Translate business questions and opportunities into specific quantitative questions that can be answered with available data using appropriate data science techniques (statistics / simulation / optimisation/ machine learning, etc).
3. Define, apply and update Data Science best practices and standards.
4. Ensure that solutions are sustainable and adequately packaged for support handover.
5. Play Lead Data Scientist role on multiple projects that may apply Agile/Waterfall project execution.
6. Validate own and other's work to identify possible areas for improvement of efficiency, effectiveness to ensure and improve the quality and accuracy of the data science products.
7. Provide guidance to inexperienced team members as and when required.
8. Conduct written and verbal presentation to share insights and recommendations to audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication.
9. Actively seek customers where support could be offered and proactively identify real business needs.
10. Research trends in data science tools and techniques for continuous improvement.
11. Participate in and contribute to the Sasol Data Science CoP sessions and share own ideas / knowledge / experience within the Sasol Data Science community.

Formal Education

4-year Bachelor’s degree ideally in Statistics / Mathematics / Data Science / Operations Research / Engineering. Master’s degree in above will be advantageous.

Min Experience

1. At least 8 years of relevant business experience with excellent record of project delivery using more than one of the following data science modelling techniques (statistical, machine learning, simulation, optimisation).
2. Fluency in computer programming and data structures, with advanced capabilities in using data science toolkits such as R & Python. Excellence in R is ideal.
3. Demonstrated experience in implementing ML algorithms in the production instance together with the necessary end-to-end data pipelines to address specific business problems.
4. Experience in Agile project delivery is required
5. Experience as a data scientist with one of the big tier consulting firms.
6. Previous data science delivery in retail / go-to-market sector with focus in one or more areas of price & promotion optimisation / margin or cost optimisation / inventory optimisation /sales and operations planning will be preferred.
7. Experience in any of the following (Cloud (preferably Azure), Databricks, SQL, Docker, Spark, RShiny, PowerBI, Git)

Competencies

1. Analytics: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics
2. Collaboration: The action of working with someone to produce something
3. Critical reasoning: The action of critically thinking about something in a logical, sensible way and taking all factors into consideration.
4. Data Management: Knowledgeable of the theory, purpose, architecture and design of the management, administration and relationships of the organization's data.
5. Execution capability: The underlying ability to execute a strategy/project or day to day work
6. Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
7. Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting
8. Tech Savvy: Knowledge of the Information Technology Industry including trends, emerging technology, best practices, competition, regulations, and legislation.

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Short Description/ Purpose of Job

Utilize a sound level of experience in electrical Engineering to: manage and/or execute the design, engineering, development and modification of electrical systems in accordance with established engineering principles and standards to satisfy the business requirements. This will require a broad base of electrical engineering knowledge and competence, relating to electrical network planning/design and process plants.

Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Apply detailed knowledge in defined fields of electrical engineering:

• Electrical network analysis in Digsilent Powerfactory. Conduct power system analysis studies e.g. load flow studies, fault level studies and motor starting studies.
• Detail knowledge, the integration and understanding the failure mode(s) of Switchgear, Transformers, Cables, Motors, Protection Relays etc. and the specification of these equipment in an electrical power system.
• Selection of electrical equipment for use in hazardous locations.
• Specialized engineering solutions.
• Perform efficient and high-quality Engineering Site Support (including Standby duties) in order to assist plant personnel during support activities, Root cause Analysis and investigations.
• Should be able to perform commissioning activities - Provide Technical inputs and support as well as the ability to do fault finding and to lead and coordinate these commissioning activities.
• Experienced and proficient with the various protection relays used on the Sasolburg site (e.g. RE_543, RE_615,_RE_630, REA-arc protection relays, SPAJ140C / SPAM150C, etc.)
• Governance & Site Support and contribute to site wide standardization, including Geographical Load forecasting and the development of special solutions.
• Assist to create, develop and update electrical engineering systems, tools and standards.
• Deliver electrical engineering equipment support to ensure that the technical ability of the business meets operating results.
• Support and give technology guidance to business units and equipment owners. Audit current systems and technologies and do gap analysis with alignment planning.
• Develop, track and govern maintenance strategies for new and legacy systems. Audit maintenance procedures and installations.
• Detail Engineering calculations to, review the schematic drawings and relay logics, calculate protection settings and grading development for existing and new installations and review protection setting and grading study proposed by external consultants.
• Provide alignment and inputs into strategic sourcing initiatives/ forums, development of standard documentation in collaboration with international best practices and standards.
• Develop technical and engineering skills of EITs (Engineer in Training) through coaching.
• Ensure compliance with legal, safety and operational reliability requirements.

Projects:

• The ability to formulate and execute the electrical Engineering scope for Tier 5 and Tier 4 multidisciplinary and single discipline projects (in both brown or green field project environments).
• Ensure and maintain awareness of best practices.
• Utilize electrical engineering systems, tools and standards in all projects.
• Contribute to project technical development strategies and execution as well as contracting and selection of suppliers.
• Develop and manage project execution planning with respect to electrical engineering.
• Review, comment, guide and govern the design process and deliverables from ECs, OEMs and other engineers.
• Ensure project success through adherence to cost, schedule and quality targets for project scope.
• Comment on or develop technical design packages for projects (front end loading, concept, basic and detail engineering).
• Ensure quality assurance on technology and execution of new installations and maintenance projects.
• Implement QA/QC of technology and equipment installation, as well as all relevant strategies leading to the point of execution and project closeout.

Formal Education

University Bachelor's Degree: B Eng / BSc Eng in Electrical Engineering

Min Experience

8+ years relevant Petro-chemical experience as an electrical engineer.

Certification & Professional Membership

Registered with ECSA as a Professional Engineer

Competencies

1. Emotional Intelligence: Show influence, negotiation, maturity and emotional intelligence. Operate successfully in a diverse work environment (culture, roles, positions and levels.) Participate in interpersonal skills required for productive working relationships and to work with, or through, others inside and/or outside (including suppliers) the organization to get work accomplished.
2. Analytics: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics
3. Compliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
4. Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.
5. Critical reasoning: The action of critically thinking about something in a logical, sensible way and taking all factors into consideration.
6. Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
7. Project Management: The process of planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a well-defined objective, usually within constraints of time, resources, and cost. Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting

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Short Description / Purpose of Job

• Provide a comprehensive project controls service to subsurface and well delivery, supporting the VP Project Controls and Project Managers and acts as a central point of accountability and communication for all project controls activities.
• Manage the people, processes and tools used to plan, manage and mitigate cost and schedule issues and any risk and change events that may impact the project.
• Integrate activities between the various project controls disciplines including cost estimating, cost controlling and planning and ensuring that accurate and timely project controls are maintained

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Lead the project controls team to ensure accurate and timely project controls. Review teams plans frequently to lend assurance to the delivery of intended project objectives. Manage deliverables and milestones of the team and align both to established project controls and standards.
• Establish relationships with all internal stakeholders, with contractors and with service provider personnel.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of appropriate project controls manuals for the PPA projects and ensures adherence to the policies, standards, procedures and governance requirements contained therein.
• Prepare projects controls requirements for gate reviews and ensure adherence thereto.
• Integrate activities between the various project controls disciplines including cost estimating, cost controlling and planning. Oversee the integration with the financial and commercial requirements.
• Establishes and monitors performance against integrated control base (covering cost, schedule and scope). Maintain integrity of the control base by ensuring that commitments remain within the approved control base and that appropriate change management processes are timeously applied. Timeously indicate deviations from the control base.
• Measures performance of the project and of contractors against key metrics. Implement corrective controls for deviations and escalate deviations when necessary.
• Ensure reporting on the project that is accurate, timeous and transparent.
• Compile forecasts and review forecasted data based on the latest data, received.
• Consolidate, report, and provide accurate feedback on project progress by liaising with project planners and managers.
• Track and report on risks and on remaining project contingencies and risk allowance.
• Support the project management and commercial teams with appropriate project controls inputs into RFQ documents and in assessing bids and awarding contracts.
• Gather information, track, report and support any required claims and disputes against suppliers, vendors and work contractors.
• Implement corrective controls for project control deviations when necessary.
• Ensure the implementation of all Steering Committee / Board decisions regarding cost and schedules and oversee their implementation and compliance.
• Ensure that necessary health checks are performed to provide assurance on delivery of intended objectives.

Formal Education

Degree /University Bachelor's Degree

Post Graduate Honours Degree would be an advantage

Min Experience

12+ relevant years

Certification & Professional Membership

None

Competencies

1. Analytics: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics
2. Business Leadership: Demonstrates commercial acumen, a global mind-set and exercises sound judgement. Achieves results through others and holds them accountable.
3. Critical reasoning: The action of critically thinking about something in a logical, sensible way and taking all factors into consideration.
4. Data Management: Knowledgeable of the theory, purpose, architecture and design of the management, administration and relationships of the organization's data.
5. Financial Management: Demonstrated knowledge and application of Financial Management, the strategic and functional management of the set of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions affecting the way the company's finances are directed, administered, and controlled.
6. Integration: The consolidated view with various parts, circumstances, legislation, landscapes or aspects linked or coordinated.
7. Negotiating: The ability to compromise in a cooperative effort to reach mutually satisfactory conclusions and results.
8. Partnership Leadership: Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes. Builds teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries.
9. People Leadership: Authentically and inclusively engages people to follow; leads culture transformation. Builds capability and leverages diversity for competitive advantage.
10. Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
11. Project Coordination: Knowledge and experience with Project Coordination is planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish an objective this include an administrative, liaison and support role that supports one or more projects. Usually used during smaller non capital projects.
12. Project Management: The process of planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a well-defined objective, usually within constraints of time, resources, and cost.
13. Reporting: The ability to access information from databases, forms, and other sources, and prepare reports according to requirements.
14. Risk Management: The process of measuring or assessing risk and then developing strategies to manage the risk.  Strategies employed may include transferring the risk to another party, avoiding the risk, reducing the negative effect of the risk, and accepting some or all the consequences of a particular risk.
15. Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting
16. Strategic Leadership: Provides vision and direction aligned to One Sasol. Leads organisational change, innovation and sustainability.
17. Verbal Communications: Any exchange of words, either written or spoken, used to transmit information
18. Written Communications: Sending of messages, orders or instructions in writing through letters, circulars, manuals, reports, telegrams, office memos, bulletins, etc. It is a formal method of communication and is less flexible

RSA Employment Equity candidates will take preference as per our DoL and EE targets and priorities

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Short Description / Purpose of Job

A Maintenance Assistant supports the Maintenance team by providing effective equipment maintenance assistance and reliability while adhering to procedures/codes, to increase stability and maintain sustainability of equipment

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

1. Safety procedures, works instruction, emergency preparedness
2. Hand tools (Drill, screw driver, grinder, paint brush, portable tools)
3. Use trade related hand tools safely
4. Dexterity (Handyman skills)
5. Interpret written information
6. Working at heights
7. Working in confined spaces
8. Collecting equipment/spares from stores
9. Clean up site
10. Use 2-way radios as a form of communication when performing rigging tasks
11. Exposure with pumps, turbines and/or compressors
12. Painting equipment
13. Cleaning and working with solvent
14. Good housekeeping practices
15. CUSTOMER AND RELATIONSHIP RESULTS
16. Assist artisans to perform plant inspections and repairs as required to ensure equipment reliability.
17. Provides adequate feedback to customers on work progress.
18. Conducts My IMS inspections to maintain and improve plant sustainability.
19. Works well in a team

INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT RESULTS

1. Ensures the correct history feedback is captured to improve renewals/upgrades and critical spares are replaced
2. Attends and interacts in toolbox talks to improve plant safety.
3. Attends and interacts in PDAs and RCAs to improve plant safety and stability.
4. Spot continuous improvement opportunities in own work area

Formal Education

High school Diploma

Min Experience

0 - 2 years

Competencies

1. Execution capability: The underlying ability to execute a strategy/project or day to day work
2. Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
3. Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting.

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Short Description / Purpose of Job

1. To cost effectively ensure the availability and integrity of safe and reliable assets to production.
2. Effective maintenance of the plant to ensure availability and reliability of the plant equipment and facilities.
3. Maintenance responsibilities will be coordinated through preventative and corrective maintenance through systems.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

1. Ensure equipment availability to meet the production plan.
2. Establish and report on agreed performance criteria.
3. Ensures that self and team meet targets, due dates and quality standards.
4. Ensure financial discipline and governance in the department. Continuously optimize maintenance activities.
5. Ensure equipment availability agreed upon supports the production plan.
6. Compile annual maintenance budget. Compile annual long-term maintenance budget. Control cost to ensure the maintenance budget is achieved within budget.
7. Manage operations risks by making sure that all hazards are identified, analysed and mitigated to acceptable levels.
8. Manage, revise and improvement of Asset Management standards for maintenance.
9. Manage asset life cycle and plans.
10. Maintain assets within agreed operations envelope conditions and set standards.
11. Input into 5 year rolling capital plan.
12. Liaison with technology license holder.
13. Identification of technical problems/opportunities.
14. Benchmarking for optimal solutions and practices.
15. Participating in plant design for maintainability and operability and excepting equipment after installation.
16. Effective Shut down management.
17. Management of standards.
18. Translate and cascade operational goals and long-term plans through effective two-way communication in the organisation.
19. Demonstrate One Sasol behaviour – ensure area under control is managed to the benefit to the larger Sasol value chain.
20. Manage multi-level interfaces and integrate effectively.
21. Interact with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
22. Manage operations knowledge by transforming, packaging, transferring and maintaining operations knowledge.

Formal Education

University Bachelor's Degree Electrical Heavy Current

Min Experience

8+ relevant years

Certification & Professional Membership

None

Competencies [Talent team will assist]

1. Compliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
2. Data Management: Knowledgeable of the theory, purpose, architecture and design of the management, administration and relationships of the organization's data.
3. Decision Making: Ability to know when and what decisions should be made and to make several decisions simultaneously in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
4. Partnership Leadership: Persuades and influences stakeholders; builds relationships and partnerships for win-win outcomes. Builds teams and creates synergies through working across boundaries.
5. Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
6. Total Quality Management: The strategy for continuously improving the quality of process output, based on five fundamental principles of Customer Focus, Continuous Improvement, Measurement, Total Involvement and Systematic Support.

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Short Description / Purpose of Job

 Manage and / or execute the design, engineering, development and modification of complex and / or specialised electrical systems (typically Tier 1 or a programme of projects) in accordance with established engineering principles and standards to satisfy business requirements.Manage and guide subordinates, providing technical direction to several smaller projects. Comfortable working with limited or no structure (ie. creates own direction).

Specialist or broad base of electrical engineering knowledge and competence in particular relating to electrical network planning/design and process plants.
Comprehensive knowledge of the project execution model.Detailed knowledge in defined fields of electrical engineering (e.g. electrical network modelling & analysis, selection of equipment for use in hazardous areas, transformers, switchgear, motors,
    VSDs, protection, etc.). Ability to formulate and execute (manage and do) the electrical engineering scope for large multidisciplinary projects (i.e. Tier 1).
 

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

1.  Utilise electrical engineering systems, tools and standards (own, local and international) in own work and projects
2. Create, develop and update electrical engineering systems, tools and standards.
3. Excellent organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
4. Active practising of interpersonal skills required for productive working relationships and to work with, or through, others inside and/or outside (including suppliers) the organisation to get work accomplished. 
5. Critical to this role are influencing, negotiating, maturity and emotional intelligence.
6. Operate successfully in a diverse (culture, roles, positions and levels, etc.) work environment. 
7. Fosters teamwork and collaboration.
8. Provide input concerning best practices, lessons learnt and training to the Standards & Practices, Electrical Engineering. Tools and standards and workflows.
9. Develop Technical execution strategies including licensing, in-house technology development and appropriate use of ECs.
10. Drive the development of and manage the engineering execution plan with respect to electrical engineering including management of own subordinates.
11. Coach and guide less experienced engineers. Functional delivery and contributions.
12. World class quality deliverables based on agreed to electrical engineering track quality plan.
13. Sign-off of critical deliverables. Compliance to environmental, safety and legal specifications.
14. Application and in-depth understanding of technical processes core to Sasol's competitiveness and advantage or in engineering conceptualisation and commercialisation.
15. Knowledge of applicable engineering technologies/Technical acumen and technical integration

Formal Education

University Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Electrical

Min Experience

  8+ years in the field of electrical engineering  

Certification & Professional Membership

Competencies

1. Analytics: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics
2. Business Acumen: An intuitive and applicable understanding of how a company or unit makes money.  Displays a thorough understanding of what drives profitability.  Maintains a market-focused approach to business.  Keeps an overall big picture understanding of the business and its interrelationships enabling a person to make better business decisions.  The ability to make good business judgments and quick decisions in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome.
3. Collaboration: The action of working with someone to produce something
4. Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.
5. Integration: The consolidated view with various parts, circumstances, legislation, landscapes or aspects linked or coordinated.
6. Partnering: The development and perpetuation of successful and mutually-beneficial relationships where customers and others become business partners with common goals, positive attitudes, cooperative work styles, open communications and team spirit.
7. Project Coordination: Knowledge and experience with Project Coordination is planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a objective this include an administrative, liaison and support role that supports one or more projects. Usually used during smaller non capital projects.
8. Reporting: The ability to access information from databases, forms, and other sources, and prepare reports according to requirements.