Team Lead Maintenance Planning

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Posting Date: Jun 2, 2025

Location: Secunda, South Africa

Company: Sasol

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

8646

Closing Date

09 June 2025

Geographical Area

Secunda, Mpumalanga 

OME

EMI: Mining 

Purpose of Job

To supervise a team, assign areas of responsibility, and monitor and guide planning and scheduling activities for maintenance to minimise delays and the downtime of assets.

Key Accountabilities

Develop and implement a planning strategy and operating model.

Ascertain that the planning strategy is developed within agreed timeframes.

Ascertain that the planning operating model is developed and implemented within agreed timeframes.

Ensure site compliance to relevant statutory standards and codes of practice.

Ensure necessary certifications are obtained for continued functioning of operations.

Ensure planning processes are continuously improved to support optimal service delivery and cost management.

Lead the documentation of core and critical processes within agreed timeframes and verify that they are benchmarked against best practices.

Monitor completion of process improvement projects and initiatives within agreed timeframes.

Facilitate achievement of productivity improvement targets.

Provide direct input into all new projects, developments, or changes to existing ways of working relating to own portfolio of services.

Provide specialist advice and support to relevant project milestones.

Ensure project deliverables are met within the agreed upon timeframes and quality criteria.

Manage scoping, planning, and scheduling of shut downs and maintenance plans (planned maintenance vs breakdowns, shutdown planning effectiveness).

Provide a maintenance planning function and a shutdown planning function for the entire site.

Maintain information databases with respect to breakdowns, stoppages, backlogs, and bottlenecks to inform future planning activities (SAP R/3 - ARTEMIS integration).

Manage relevant documentation and legal appointments effectively to ensure sustainable operations.

Manage all technical specifications and standards for safekeeping and communication.

Ascertain that documents are managed in accordance with best practices and document management system requirements.

Ensure that documents and information are made available to relevant stakeholders without delaying operational requirements.

Formal Education

Grade 12 

University Bachelors Degree/B-Tech 

Higher/Advanced Diploma 

 

Working Experience

Experience: 5+ relevant years

Required Personal and Professional Skills

TC_Analyse Alternatives and Recommend Solutions
TC_Planning and Organisation
LC_Commercial Agility
LC_Business Ownership
TC_Manage Organisational Effectiveness
LC_Drives Innovation
LC_Customer Centricity
TC_Troubleshoots Technical Issues
LC_Collaborative
TC_Review and Reporting
LC_Inspirational
LC_Builds Talent
LC_Developing Self
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.

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