Chief Foreman

Sasol; Secunda; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sasol is seeking an experienced engineering maintenance professional to lead maintenance strategies within the mining area, ensuring production targets are met while adhering to QCDSM principles. The role emphasizes safety, cost control, and lifecycle management of critical equipment.

You will implement SOPs, supervise maintenance planning, and drive continuous improvement in equipment reliability and process safety within Secunda, Mpumalanga.

Qualifications

• Formal education and trade qualifications are required for engineering maintenance roles.
• Experience and certifications support safe and compliant operations.
• Knowledge of electrical reticulation and plant infrastructure is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage and carry out engineering and maintenance strategies and overhaul plans to meet KPI targets.
• Control maintenance costs and ensure equipment availability and downtime management.
• Develop and implement SOPs, ensure compliance with engineering governance and safety standards.
• Carry out condition monitoring, failure trend analysis and root-cause elimination.
• Support cross-functional teams to achieve targets and optimize maintenance planning.

Skills

Action Planning

Engineering Technology

Engineering design

SHE Policies, Procedures and Standards

Engineering Development

Ensures Accountability

Action Oriented

Collaborates

Manages Complexity

Self-development

Education

Completed Matric or Grade 12 / N3 (Engineering) / N4 (Engineering) or equivalent

Complete Trade Test (Electrical / Mechanical)

Flameproof and Gas testing Certificate

Job description

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

13322

Closing Date

17 November 2026

OME

MIN: Mining

Location

Secunda, Mpumalanga

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.
• Manage delivery against OE initiatives.
• 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 Eduction

• Completed Matric / Grade 12 / N3 (Engineering) / N4 (Engineering) or equivalent
• Complete Trade Test (Electrical / Mechanical)
• Flameproof and Gas testing Certificate

Working Experience

• Experience: 10+ relevant years
• Experience: 5 Years experience on 11Kv Electrical reticulation
• Sound knowledge on building and engineering structures including sewage treatment plants
• Sound knowledge on Winders

Required Personal And Professional Skills

• TC_Action Planning
• TC_Engineering Technology
• TC_Engineering design
• TC_SHE Policies, Procedures and Standards
• TC_Engineering Development
• BC_Ensures Accountability
• BC_Action Oriented
• BC_Collaborates
• 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.

Thank you once-more for your interest in Sasol as your employer of choice, and we wish you all the best with your career aspirations and future applications with us.