Technician II Mechanical

Sasol; Secunda; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A global integrated chemicals and energy company located in Secunda is seeking a candidate to provide technical support to managers and engineers. This role requires strong experience in mechanical maintenance, with a focus on ensuring quality and safety standards. The successful candidate will be tasked with data management, reporting, and fostering relationships with customers to address their needs. Candidates with 5+ years of relevant experience and a Post School Tertiary National Diploma are preferred. The position is full-time and offers a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ relevant years in Mechanical Maintenance Environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to managers and engineers.
• Ensure work standards are met according to quality and due dates.
• Conduct basic processing and reporting.
• Manage complex schedules and communicate possible delays.
• Build customer relationships to understand their needs.
• Plan, organize and report own work effectively.

Skills

Troubleshoots Technical Issues

Manages Complexity

Plans and Aligns

Engineering design

Equipment Utilisation

Directs Work

Situational Adaptability

Action Oriented

Planning and Organisation

Engineering Implementation

Education

Post School Tertiary National Diploma/ Beng-Tech/ BTech

Job description

Overview

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.

Ref number: 10871

Closing date: 17 December 2025

OME: OPP: Secunda Ops

City/Town: Secunda

Purpose of Job

Provide technical support to managers and engineers with respect to information gathering, data accumulation, basic processing and reporting.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure that work standards are met according to quality, quantity and due dates.
• Conduct basic processing and reporting.
• Perform all tasks cost consciously.
• Ensure that self and team meet targets, due dates and quality standards.
• Cost awareness and control. Awareness, focus and control of cost / budget.
• Independently gather information and data accumulation.
• Manage complex schedules and communicate possible delays in meeting deadlines.
• Resource utilization and efficiency. Optimizes and control resources effectively.
• Independently implement solutions based on cost awareness.
• Ensure optimal resource utilization.
• Ensures that self and team meet targets, due dates and quality standards.
• Achieve safety and risk objectives. Apply safety in all practices, specifically project planning and execution.
• Ensure safe project execution and implement safe work procedures.
• Understand the company vision and values. Demonstrate the desired behaviours in agreement with the Sasol Values.
• Personal development and effectiveness. Improve own skills and knowledge. Take ownership for personal improvement and skills development. Apply the learning experience at the workplace. Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof. Ensure that personal development plan is completed, implemented and tracked. Set and work towards own performance targets and goals as per personal performance agreement. Update performance goals and performance agreement regularly.
• Plan, organize, control and report own work. Ensure work is completed as planned. Manage own work planning and delivery according to targets.
• Policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods: application and compliance. Review compliance and follow up against the standards and objectives. Develop suitable technical proposals based on practical and theoretical knowledge. Apply and comply with all legal and company standards, procedures and methods.
• Problem solving and decision making. Resolve work obstacles and issues positively and quickly. Demonstrates good understanding of customer needs. Build customer relationships in order to understand their needs. Share key information and ideas or learning with customers and teams. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers. Project a positive image of the department. Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers. Practice effective manager and peer working relationships. Team and colleague communication. Demonstrate effective listening and communication skills when dealing with colleagues. Continuous improvement. Improve present way of doing work by continuously asking questions. Make suggestions to optimise equipment, systems and processes. Share and implement new ideas regarding work.

Qualifications

• Formal Education: Post School Tertiary National Diploma/ Beng-Tech/ BTech
• Min Experience: 5+ relevant years in Mechanical Maintenance Environment

Required Personal And Professional Skills

• TC_Troubleshoots Technical Issues
• BC_Manages Complexity
• BC_Plans and Aligns
• TC_Engineering design
• TC_Equipment Utilisation
• BC_Directs Work
• BC_Situational Adaptability
• BC_Action Oriented
• TC_Planning and Organisation
• TC_Engineering Implementation

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.