Electrical Foreman

Sasol Secunda, Mpumalanga

Category: Job Vacancy Posted: May 04, 2026 Closes: May 13, 2026 Views: 22

Job Description

  • Planning, control and management of operations/maintenance activity.
  • Ensure effective execution of operations/maintenance activities.
  • Ensure maximum task quality and efficiency, and overall effective use of equipment.
  • Manage and control costs.
  • During emergency situations, evaluate the abnormalities and take corrective action as to avoid downtime, equipment damage and/or SHERQ incidents.
  • Ensure own team adhere to operational/maintenance procedures and for people and plant.
  • Ensure maintenance planning is scheduled optimally to maximise production output.
  • Take action on first occurrence performance problems, misconduct, disciplinary and grievance cases.
  • Manage performance of own team.
  • Ensure sensitisation to diversity in the workplace.
  • Get results through empowering others to act.
  • Enable artisans to achieve competence for career progression.
  • Coaching and technical training of own staff.
  • Accountable for practical "declaration of competence" of employees to operate the plant.
  • Ensures team motivation and team wellness.
  • Lives company values and ensures compliance of team to the values.
  • Facilitate effective Communication up and down from management and also within own and other stakeholder teams.
  • Participate in selection of staff by being an active member on recruitment panels.
  • Ensure standard operating procedures are applied.
  • Ensure compliance to Process Safety Management.
  • Manage certain start-up and shutdown tasks.
  • Participate 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.
  • Ensure compliancen to relevant Sasol procedure, policies, legislation and business processes.
  • Manages behaviour based safety program.
  • Ensure adherence to SHERQ legal standards 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.
  • Ensure resources are available on site.
  • Understands customer requirement and ensures product/service meets customer requirements.
  • Ensure smooth transition of work from own shift to next shift.
  • Effective interaction with supporting activities.
  • Identifies and supports inter-dependencies with own and other departments within the value chain.
  • Give input into how to improve overall Equipment Effectiveness for the plant.
  • Continuously applies new ideas/work methods to improve results.
  • Deals with human resistance to change in own area.
  • 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.

Requirements

  • Grade 12/N3 with Mathematics, Physical Science and English
  • National Diploma or Trade Test with a valid Red Seal certification
  • Experience: 8 years as an Artisan or 6 years as a Technician