Chief Technician Electrical

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.

Job Req ID

11053

Closing Date

21 January 2026

OME

OPP: Sasolburg and Natref Operations

Location

Sasolburg

• Purpose of Job

• • To oversee the installation, evaluation, and maintenance of electrical machinery or electrical control equipment. • To perform high level troubleshooting and solve complex technical challenges by employing pragmatic solutions to ensure business continuity.
• • Support engineering and maintenance strategies / ensure that plans are implemented that optimise sweating of assets and total cost of ownership. • Ensure that work standards are met according to quantity and due dates. Achieving and deliver on project and work output targets. • Compliance to Sasol Standard Site Procedures and Sasol Standards during execution of work. Optimizes and controls resources effectively. • Performing to all tasks cost consciously. • Independently gather information and data accumulation. Achieving safety and risk objectives. • Apply safety in all practices, specifically project planning and execution. Demonstrate safety consciousness at all times. • Awareness, focus and control of cost / budget. Understand the company vision and values. • Demonstrate the desired behaviours in agreement with the Sasol Values. Improve own skills and knowledge. • Share knowledge at all times. • Take ownership for personal improvement and skills development. • Ensure that a personal development plan is completed, implemented and tracked. Agree and review personal performance goals and the achievement thereof. • Set and work towards own performance targets and goals as per personal performance agreement. Update performance goals and performance agreement regularly. • Ensure work is completed as planned. • Manage own work planning and delivery according to targets. Review compliance against the standards and objectives. • Resolve work obstacles and issues positively and quickly (Speed of implementation). Develop suitable technical proposals solutions based on practical and theoretical knowledge. Build customer relationships in order to understand their needs. • Demonstrates a good understanding of customer needs. Project a positive image of the department. • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with managers and peers. Build effective partnerships with team to ensure high performance. • Provide technical input or advice to multi-disciplinary project teams. • Demonstrate effective listening and communication skills when dealing with colleagues. Improve present way of doing work by continuously asking questions. • Identify optimisation opportunities. • Share and implement new ideas regarding work and best practice. • Conduct complex investigations (plant upset due to electrical) • Write reports with recommendation on fault finding reports on electrical circuits • Be conversant on different types of protection relays and its related softwares. Be able to do configurations and settings on different types of relays. • Have experience on how to perform transformer, generator, cable and motor differential stabilities through primary injections including transformer restricted earth fault stability • Have experience in performing trip testing i.e. switchgear relays and transformer devices • Be conversant with different protection schemes Current, voltage and power • Be experienced on power system fault analysis and corrective actions • Be experienced on generators protection systems • Be experienced on execution of projects on electrical systems and related interfaces • Be able to provide expert input into RCAs • Be experienced on developing systems • Have an understanding of SCADA system • Generators recommissioning from GOs • Performing stand-by duties • Mentoring technicians

Formal Education

BTech in Electrical Engineering

Working Experience

Experience: 10+ relevant years

Required Personal and Professional Skills

BC_Manages Complexity

TC_Troubleshoots Technical Issues

TC_Engineering design

TC_Equipment Utilisation

BC_Situational Adaptability

TC_E_Electrical Fundamentals

BC_Decision Quality

TC_Electrical Systems

BC_Action Oriented

BC_Ensures Accountability

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.