Production Foreman

Job Req ID

8235

Closing Date

23  April 2025

OME

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

Key Accountabilities Continued

• 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 interpersonnel skills

Required Personal and Professional Skills