Supervisor Wells Support

Company

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 Requisition Identification

11568

Closing date

12 March 2026

Operating Model Entity

Regional Operations and Asset Services

Location

Temane

Purpose of Job

To lead the commissioning and start-up team effort and operations to ensure production volumes by applying expert technical knowledge and ensure maximum equipment availability through managing personnel, systems and processes

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for operation of Wells, Flowlines and In-field Compressors;
• Manage tools of trading: Vehicles, Reading Tablets, mobile Air Compressors, Radios, Portable gas detectors and others;
• Lead wells operations team and day to day wells activities;
• Manage Chemicals and other Consumables, inventory and interface with Materials Management;
• Develop and Review First Line Maintenance task lists for Wells Operations;
• Develop Task list for routine Inspection and First Line Maintenance;
• Develop and Review Wells Checklists, Process Reading and Inspection sheets;
• Prepare Maintenance Long outstanding report and report Wells uptime;
• Manage, issue Permit-To-Work and Exemptions;
• Lead and Follow Up on Management of Change;
• Capture and Maintain Wells Health, Safety and Environment data and report back to wells;
• Lead, manage Works managements processes;
• Interface with Maintenance on planned activities, including General Shutdown;
• Participate on Wells Maintenance Strategy review;
• Be responsible for validating content of Wells Operations training modules;
• Manage and lead a commissioning production team taking overall responsibility for managing performance and team training and development; Coordinate all maintenance and Wells commissioning activities; Commissioning status feedback reporting to management;
• Ensure Wells operating specifications and product quality requirements;
• Assist and reinforce operational team regarding inspection of the Wells and associated equipment;
• Ensure Equipment safe-making and handover to maintenance;
• Execute Plant Distributed Control System (DCS) Functions;
• Perform Wells Emergency Shutdown (ESD) Controls functions tests;
• Actively participate in Maintenance planning and scheduling;
• Prepare Audit Evidence Packs;
• Touch & Tagging and Issue Permit to Work;
• Interface with Maintenance and Wells Services and attend and give inputs on the Planning meetings;
• Provides adequate feedback to Area Manager Production on work progress;
• Participates in root cause analyses, and provides feedback to RCA teams;
• Participates in risk assessments according to legislation and company requirements to improve safety;
• Maintains good housekeeping and adheres to waste disposal procedures;
  Understand and know the business, drives and KPIs;
• Contribute to the development of training modules;
• Identifies personal training and development needs and incorporates into Individual Development Plan with group leader's approval;
• Conduct on the job coaching of commissioning and production team and learners;
• Conducts routine inspections to maintain and improve installation sustainability;
• Attends and interacts in Deviations Analysis and Root Cause Analysis to improve installation safety and stability;
• Play an appropriate main role during emergency situations to get the Well back online;
• Give and receive feedback to other disciplines (partners on daily issues);
• Stakeholder relationship management;
• Gives input at “toolbox talks” to improve plant and Wells safety;
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities in own work area;
• Improve practices and/or equipment.

Formal Education

Working Experience

Required Personal and Professional Skills