Chief Foreman

Sasol Limited; Secunda; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Sasol Limited seeks a Chief Foreman to oversee engineering maintenance within the assigned mining area, driving reliable equipment and cost-effective operations.

The role requires extensive experience in maintenance planning, adherence to SOPs, and strong leadership to deliver targets safely and efficiently.

Qualifications

• Senior National Certificate / N3 with Mathematics and Physical Science (required).
• Experience: 10+ relevant years in maintenance/engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage maintenance strategies and overhaul plans to meet KPI targets.
• Control costs and allocate budget while ensuring equipment availability.
• Develop and implement SOPs; ensure engineering governance and compliance.
• Lead condition monitoring, failure analysis and predictive maintenance initiatives.
• Coordinate planning and staffing to achieve production targets within safety standards.

Skills

Action Planning

SHE Policies

Accountability

Decision Making

Complexity Handling

Self-development

Education

Senior National Certificate / N3 with Mathematics and Physical Science

Job description

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Chief Foreman

Posting Date: Sep 8, 2026

Company: Sasol

Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company with a 75-year heritage. Through our talented people, we use our expertise and selected technologies to safely and sustainably source, manufacture and market chemical and energy products globally. When you join Team Sasol, you are joining a company that puts people at the center of everything we do.

Sasol invests in its employees along every stage of the career path and offers development opportunities to help you cultivate your career in a culture that embraces diversity and inclusion.

Job Requisition ID

13136

Purpose of Job

To manage the engineering maintenance processes within the appointed area of responsibility to enable various mining teams to reach production targets within the principles of QCDSM

Key Accountabilities

• Manage and carry out engineering and maintenance strategies and overhaul plans on a day to day basis that ensure that departments KPI's are met deliver maintenance, if and when to replace / repair equipment.
• Manage maintenance cost vs R/t in appointed area Maintenance budget
  Ensure availability of equipment by effectively managing downtime / shift / MTTF / MTTR (infrastructure and inspection equipment).
• Ensure adherence to maintenance programme.
• Implements operational projects, ensures engineering compliance, develops and implements engineering Standard Operating Procedures (SOP in appointed area of responsibility.
• Ensures adherence to Engineering principles and legislation.
• Compliance to engineering governance bodies (standardisation committees) SOP / COP implementation and adherence.
• Assess economics / engineering viability of no major engineering business cases and provides specific, inspection expertise and coaching.
• Carry out condition monitoring programs in appointed area of responsibility.
• Compliance to Condition monitoring program schedules.
• Conduct failure trend analysis and root cause elimination.
• Execution of Predictive Maintenance recommendations (backlog).
• Support departments to achieve set targets by coordinating planning within appointed area of responsibility.
• Control costs to ensure production volumes are achieved within budget.
• Ensure best in class safety performance and continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain required RCR.
• Ensure SHE compliance rates vs. targets (especially major findings, % outstanding actions on findings) Zero harm, Zero fatalities, LWDCR.
• Ensure the effective recruitment, training, coaching and career development.
• Manage vacancy rates against staff establishment (vacancies incl. Absence due to TSD / PSD, AWOP, Successors for critical positions).
• Manage team bearing in mind key role turnover rate vs. industry average, absenteeism, employee engagement and enablement score (%, Tons/man/year, Monthly bonus targets) training days for department.
• Planned Task observations.

Formal Education

• Senior National Certificate / N3 with Mathematics and Physical Science?

Working Experience

• Experience: 10+ relevant years

Required Personal and Professional Skills

TC_Action Planning

TC_SHE Policies, Procedures and Standards

BC_Ensures Accountability

BC_Action Oriented

BC_Manages Complexity

BC_Self-development

Sasol is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Inspired by our Purpose of “Innovating for a better world”, Sasol acknowledges that diversity is intrinsic to the fabric of our organisation and is the key to our growth and success. Sasol is committed to the full inclusion of all suitably qualified individuals. Preference will be given to applicants from designated groups and people with disabilities according to Sasol’s Employment Equity Plan. This includes reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.