Production Foreman

Sasol; Secunda; On-site; ZAR 550,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global chemical and energy company in Secunda seeks a Shift Production Leader responsible for managing production shifts, ensuring quality and safety standards are met, and leading a performance-driven team. Candidates should have a minimum of 8 years of production experience, with supervisory responsibilities preferred. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years production experience.
• Prior supervisor experience in a manufacturing plant is advantageous.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure agreed production volumes are achieved safely and efficiently.
• Manage and lead the production shift.
• Promote adherence to quality, safety, and legal requirements.

Skills

Production Resource Management

Production Risk Management

Project Quality Management

Equipment Utilisation

Commercial Agility

Drives Innovation

Customer Centricity

Collaborative

Inspirational

Builds Talent

Developing Self

Production and Procedure Management

Partnerships

Delivery Excellence

Education

Grade 12 with Maths, Science, English

NQF 4 Occupational Trade Qualification

Supervisory qualification

Job description

Overview

Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company with a 70-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 Req ID 9504
Closing Date 1 October 2025
OME MSA: Energy Marketing & Sales
Location Secunda

Purpose of Job

To ensure that agreed, on-specification, production volumes are achieved, efficiently and safely. To ensure that production contributes to the increase of the business growth. To lead and manage a production shift to ensure supply of product through the acquisition and effective & innovative usage of resources and to continuously ensure adherence to all quality, safety and legal requirements.

Key Accountabilities

• Planning, control and management of operations activity Ensure effective execution of operations activities
• Ensure maximum task quality and efficiency, and overall effective use of equipment
• Ensure maximum productivity is achieved on all daily activities
• Managing and Supporting Area Manager to adhere to Production budget
• Manage and control costs on shift, overtime, PPE, etc.
• During emergency situations, evaluate the abnormalities and take corrective action as to avoid injuries, downtime, equipment damage and/or SHERQ incidents
• Ensure own team adhere to operational procedures for people and plant
• Ensure maintenance planning is scheduled optimally to maximise production output
• Issue Permits and ensure compliance to Permit RSA requirements
• Promote a culture that adhere to Process safety elements
• Promotes a culture that adhere to Life saving rules
• Monitor and control key production parameters
• Act on first occurrence performance problems, misconduct, disciplinary and grievance cases.
• Create and drive a High-Performance culture team
• Manage performance of own team
• Ensure sensitisation to diversity in the workplace
• Accountable for practical "declaration of competence" of employees to operate the plant
• Ensure training compliance on shift
• Enable artisans to achieve competence for career progression
• Coaching and technical training of own staff
• Get results through empowering others to act
• Monthly meeting with learning practitioner
• Ensures team motivation and team wellness
• Lives company values and ensures compliance of team to the values
• Facilitate effective communication to and from management and also within own and other stakeholder teams
• Participate in selection of staff (for own team) by being an active member on recruitment panels
• Ensure standard operating procedures are applied at all times
• Manage start-up and shutdown tasks
• Participate (or conduct on own team) in potential deviation analysis (PDA), root cause analysis (RCA) and risk assessments
• Manage execution of work permit system
• Conduct Task Risk Assessments and ensure that team conducts Task Risk Assessments (where applicable)
• Ensure compliance to relevant Sasol procedure, policies, legislation and business processes
• Manages EBS program
• Ensure adherence to SHERQ legal standards (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001) and implement SHERQ processes for own area of responsibility
• Ensure that MOC process is followed, and that modified plant/maintenance procedures are implemented by artisans
• Interface with MPI for all production plans and schedule
• Interface with different plants for daily production requirements
• Decision making
• Understands customer requirement and ensures product/service meets customer requirements
• Ensure smooth transition of work from own shift to next shift
• Write proper shift logs and ensure proper shift hand over on shift
• Give input into how to improve overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for the plant
• Continuously applies new ideas/work methods to improve results Deals with resistance to change in own area
• Support all ongoing projects such at Clean fuels 2 and other internal projects
• Provide information/assist with projects with technical/support functions
• Avail staff for training and development required due to the change initiative
• Ensure implementation of organisational change initiatives within own team
• Effective interaction with supporting activities e.g. P&SM, technical, engineering
• Identifies and supports inter-dependencies (synergies) with own and other departments within the value chain

Formal Education

Grade 12 with Maths, Science, English and NQF 4 Occupational Trade Qualification;

OR

NQF 4 Qualification (with the NQF 4 Occupational Trade Qualification); Supervisory qualification advantageous

Minimum of 8 years production experience, prior supervisor experience within manufacturing plant will be added advantage.

Excellent written and verbal communication; good planning and organisational skills; trouble shooting; good interpersonal skills

Required Personal And Professional Skills

TC_Production Resource Management
TC_Production Risk Management
TC_P_Project Quality Management
TC_Equipment Utilisation
LC_Commercial Agility
LC_Drives Innovation
LC_Customer Centricity
LC_Collaborative
LC_Inspirational
LC_Builds Talent
LC_Developing Self
TC_Production and Procedure Management
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.

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.