Day Shift Production Foreman

SasolSecunda, ZA

24 days ago

Job description

Job title : Day Shift Production Foreman

Job Location : Mpumalanga, Secunda

Deadline : November 16, 2025

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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

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;

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 interpersonal skills

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