{"id":41200,"date":"2018-06-28T12:15:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T10:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/?p=41200"},"modified":"2018-06-28T12:16:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T10:16:22","slug":"sasol-new-job-opening-apply-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistsouthafrica.com\/sasol-new-job-opening-apply-now.html","title":{"rendered":"Sasol New Job Opening &#8211; Apply Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The graduate development program, is based on a three year development plan. The opportunity is based on the requirements for the 1st year only with different requirements for each of the following years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title:\u00a0Sasol Mechanical Engineer Traineeship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Non-Permanent Employment \u2013 3 year fixed term contract<\/p>\n<p><strong>PURPOSE OF THE JOB<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn to use technical knowledge to assist business and deliver on targets.<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to effectively work with managers and peers.<\/li>\n<li>Continuously improve on knowledge relating to your field of work.<\/li>\n<li>Gather information from various sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>FUNCTIONAL OUTPUTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is intended that the Graduate Chemical Engineer focus on the following main elements in order to build skills within operations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Business Awareness,<\/li>\n<li>Plant Processes,<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring, Assessment and Optimisation of plant units, and<\/li>\n<li>Operational Safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Within this training period the EIT will have an opportunity to be assessed after every 6 months to demonstrate competencies developed and highlight areas which require focus and at the end of the 36 month period in order to be declared competent.<\/p>\n<p>After being declared competent at the end of the 36 month period, you will become eligible to apply for vacant Engineer gr.I positions. (Subject to the<br \/>\navailability of vacancies).<\/p>\n<p>Rotation to plant operations for 4-6 weeks of shift work.<\/p>\n<p>The structure of the period can be determined by the line manager, either a full shift cycle or only morning shift (therefore getting exposed to various shift groups).<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOB REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preference will be given to candidates residing in the &#8220;Govan Mbeki&#8221; (Trichardt, Evander, Kinross, Secunda, Bethal, Standerton, eMbalenhle) area, or with direct family members in the &#8220;Govan Mbeki&#8221; area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The position requires a minimum of a B.Eng \/ BSc. Degree in Mechanical Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Limited or no practical experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Business Results: (Graduate Development Program (GDP) Outcomes &#8211; based on the 1st year requirements)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fundamental understanding of business drivers, technical drivers and value chains.<\/li>\n<li>Understanding the importance of planning and integration.<\/li>\n<li>Be able to perform tasks related &#8220;Adherence To Plan&#8221; (ATOP), daily assurance meeting and &#8220;Standard Operating Procedures&#8221; (SOP&#8217;s).<\/li>\n<li>Know the importance of annual budgeting.<\/li>\n<li>Familiar with prioritization of projects.<\/li>\n<li>Be able to define a business opportunities, by using the correct indicators.<\/li>\n<li>Be able to define business risks, applying the business risk assessment tools such as the probability risk ranking matrix, specific job risk assessment,<br \/>\netc.<\/li>\n<li>Understand how your business unit fits within your Operating Hub and the Sasol value chain.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the impact of upstream- and downstream units on the operation of your allocated plant and vice versa.<\/li>\n<li>Understand how production targets and yields are set from a unit perspective, and how these are translated to facility, hub and group targets.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the daily plant rhythm and how it relates to all the planning activities.<\/li>\n<li>Familiar with, and attend respective meetings associated with planning: i.e. Adherence to Operations Planning (ATOP) and daily assurance meeting<br \/>\nand Standard Operating Procedure\u2019s (SOPS)<\/li>\n<li>Understand the tools used for basic scheduling and planning processes such as the Linear Programming (LP) model.<\/li>\n<li>Understand how annual budgeting is derived from scheduling (weekly, monthly) and what the inputs are.<\/li>\n<li>Attend weekly production planning meetings.<\/li>\n<li>Attend plan-do-review (PDR) meetings.<\/li>\n<li>Correctly preform economic evaluations of small projects, ideas and modifications.<\/li>\n<li>Establish how projects and value addition opportunities are justified within operations.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the important indicators for a business opportunity and how they are determined.<\/li>\n<li>Familiarize yourself with the terminology i.e. Internal rate of return (IRR), Hurdle rate, Nett Present Value (NPV), etc.<\/li>\n<li>Understand how funding is prioritized.<\/li>\n<li>Be able to develop a Business Case.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>KEY COMPETENCIES REQUIRED<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Language skills &#8211; English proficient<\/li>\n<li>Excellent communication skills<\/li>\n<li>Analytical thinking<\/li>\n<li>Problem-solving skills<\/li>\n<li>Computer literate (MS Office)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Engineer in Training (EIT):<\/strong> <strong>Mechanical (Non-Permanent Employee)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Operating entity:<\/strong> Secunda Chemicals Operations (Technical Support)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geographical area:<\/strong> Secunda, Mpumalanga, South Africa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opportunity Closing Date:<\/strong> Thursday, June 28, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The graduate development program, is based on a three year development plan. 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