Maintenance & Engineering Planning Assistant

Sasol Limited; Durban; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Sasol invites applications for a Maintenance & Engineering Planning Assistant based in Durban. You will provide planning input for maintenance, shutdowns and projects across business units, aligning with work management principles and Sasol's standards.

Responsibilities include using SAP Work Management, developing schedules, coaching colleagues, reporting progress and ensuring cost-effective planning while supporting SHE targets.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 2+ years of relevant operational experience.
• Experience with SAP Work Management or similar planning tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning input for maintenance, shutdowns and projects.
• Apply work management principles and ensure schedule adherence.
• Utilize SAP Work Management to create task cards, priorities and scopes.
• Coach and train fellow employees and learners.
• Report progress and actions in agreed review forums.
• Support SHE targets through coordinated planning within area of responsibility.

Skills

BC_Communicates Effectively

TC_Action Planning

BC_Manages Complexity

BC_Plans and Aligns

BC_Directs Work

TC_Office Administration

TC_Planning and Organisation

TC_Attention to Detail

BC_Ensures Accountability

TC_Multi-tasking

Education

High School / School Diploma or similar

Tools

SAP

Job description

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Maintenance & Engineering Planning Assistant

Posting Date: Sep 14, 2026

Location: Durban, South Africa

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

13173

Energy Ops - Natref Operations

Purpose of Job

Provide a continuous input and support into maintenance, shutdown and project planning activities at various business units and to apply the planning processes at an operational level while ensuring and adhering to work management principles. Follow the Work Management work instruction and RACI.

Key Accountabilities

• Using company software and procedures to complete tasks: Examples: SAP (Financial System), SAP Work management system (Job cards/Planning priorities/Scoping/ Maintenance Strategies/PR’s/PO’s etc.)
• Carry out engineering planning activities for specific sections/ departments that optimise sweating of assets ensure maintenance schedules are adhered to and reduce total cost of ownership.
• Ensure work management process schedule adherence.
• Adherence to Predictive maintenance program – plan vs. actual per department.
• Ensures that engineering planning activities are achieved in the most cost-effective manner possible.
• Department operating within budget (Budget / Actual).
• Trains and coach fellow employees and learners.
• Report on progress, corrective action, make information available in format as agreed by the planning department to the business units engineering personnel Monthly maintenance planning aviation reports.
• Discuss progress, exception reports, follow up actions at agreed forums.
• Reporting on work management process compliance.
• Support departments to achieve set SHE targets by coordinating planning within appointed area of responsibility.
• Rand per ton (R/t, Tons per CM per shift (t/cm/shift).
• Volumes vs. monthly TQF (Including Quality).
• Work management process schedule adherence.
• Implements new methodologies and technology, within the planning environment aligned with the Natref strategy and reports back on effectiveness.
• Implementation of new technology and methodologies as determined by Sasol Mining strategy.
• Monitor the performance of new technology and methodologies and reports back.
• Accountable for striving towards best-in-class safety performance and continuous improvement of key safety metric.
• SHE compliance rates vs targets (especially major findings, % outstanding actions on findings.
• Participate in industry bodies and standard setting.
• Compliance to engineering governance bodies (standardization committees).
• Provide solutions aligned with business unit goals and values aligned legal requirements.
• Demonstrate the desired behaviours in agreement with the Sasol/Natref Values.
• Expert utilisation and direction.
• Ensure that personal development plan is completed, implemented and tracked.
• Set and work towards own performance targets and goals as per personal performance agreement.

Formal Education

High School / School Diploma or similar

Working Experience

2+ relevant year operational experience

Required Personal and Professional Skills

BC_Communicates Effectively

TC_Action Planning

BC_Manages Complexity

BC_Plans and Aligns

BC_Directs Work

TC_Office Administration

TC_Planning and Organisation

TC_Attention to Detail

BC_Ensures Accountability

TC_Multi-tasking

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.

Our automated process is designed to efficiently assess a large volume of applications. Should you not hear from us within 60 days of the advert closing then kindly consider your application unsuccessful. 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.