Foreman

Sasol Limited; Secunda; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Sasol is seeking a Foreman to oversee engineering maintenance within the Mining segment, ensuring targets are met through effective planning, preventive maintenance, and condition monitoring. You will lead a team, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with SOPs and safety standards.

The role emphasizes developing talent, driving continuous improvement, and coordinating cross-functional activities to achieve production targets in a challenging mining environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years relevant experience.
• National Senior Certificate or equivalent required.
• Mining engineering maintenance experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee engineering maintenance strategies and overhaul plans to meet KPI targets.
• Manage maintenance costs against budget and ensure equipment availability.
• Ensure adherence to maintenance programmes and SOPs within area of responsibility.
• Coordinate planning and execution of predictive maintenance and condition monitoring.
• Drive safety performance and compliance with SHE policies and standards.
• Recruit, train and develop staff and manage vacancies and turnover.

Skills

Action Planning

Commercial Agility

Customer Centricity

SHE Policies

Inspirational

Builds Talent

Developing Self

Partnerships

Delivery Excellence

Education

National Senior Certificate / Full N3/NCV Level 4

Job description

Foreman

Posting Date: Sep 15, 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

13174

OME

MRS: Mining

Purpose of Job

To oversee 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

• National Senior Certificate /Full N3/NCV Level 4 with Mathematics Physical/ Engineering Science and Business English

Working Experience

• Experience: 6+ relevant years

Required Personal and Professional Skills

TC_Action Planning

LC_Commercial Agility

LC_Customer Centricity

TC_SHE Policies, Procedures and Standards

LC_Inspirational

LC_Builds Talent

LC_Developing Self

LC_Partnerships

LC_Delivery Excellence

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.