Underground Manager
Job Location:
Sasolburg - South Africa
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Job Summary
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.
12687
13 July 2026
MIN: Mining
Sasolburg Free State
- Ensure that Production and cost targets and budgets are met. Develop managerial leadership and promote a safetyethic through-out the shaft.
Implements operational projects ensures engineering compliance develops and implements engineering Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in appointed area of responsibility.
- Ensures adherence to Engineering principles and legislation
- Compliance to engineering governance bodies (standardisation committees)
- SOP / COP implementation and adherence
Safe Production Supervise / manage execution of engineering and maintenance strategies / plans that optimise sweating of assets and total cost of ownership.
- Maintenance cost growth vs PPI R/t
- Downtime /shift (Infrastructure and in-section equipment)
- % delivery against OE initiatives
Safe Production Tactically manage production operations and make appropriate adjustments todeliver agreed volumes at optimal productivity and cost in normal time.
- Rand per ton (R/t) Tons per CM per shift (t/cm/shift) Reserve utilisation %
- Volumes vs monthly TQF (Incl Quality) and vs annual budget % ash % fines
- Illima tons as % of budget Stonework progress metres (distance blasted per shift) or actual vs target Pit room(incl flexibility horizontal drilling coverage)
SHE Responsible for tactical plans to support strategy to strive towards best in class safetyperformance and continuous improvement of key safety metrics to maintain license to operate.
- SHE compliance rates vs targets (especially major findings) % outstanding actions on findings
- Zero harm Zero fatalities LWDCR
- # incidents dust overexposure noise overexposure water releases
Give inputs into annual budget including volume capex and cost requirements and control cost toensure production volumes are achieved within budget.
- Delivery against budget and reporting calendar vs target
- Working capital & cash position vs target cash flow vs forecast
- Price and TCO performance vs index and benchmarks
Recruitment training coaching and career development
- Vacancy rates vs. Staff Establishment (vacancies incl. Absence due to TSD / PSD) AWOP Successors forcritical positions
- Key role turnover rate vs. industry average absenteeism employee engagement and enablement score (%)Tons/man/year Monthly bonus targets
- Training days for department planned task observations
Operating Environment
- This position has a legal appointment and is accountable for managing the operational A63 solutions andgovernance within the area of appointment at a mine within a highly regulated industry
- Remote locations Equiment and infrastructure are underground and may be located over a wide area the availability must be managed to ensure production targets are met
- Complex interfaces with contractors and suppliers also exits
- Information from various sources needs to be analyzed interpreted and integrated to make trade-off decisions in the best interest of the area of responsibility
Major Challenges/ Problem Solving
- Supporting the mine in delivering on safe production within the budgeted allowances for engineeringmaintenance balancing production targets with maintenance practices
- Managing relationships between the mining and engineering departments
- Ensuring that the various sets of legal requirements and engineering principles are met with in the operationalenvironment
- Influx of new technology that requires highly skilled workforce to manage the complexity
- The management of service providers operating in the area of responsibility providing sufficient supervision
- The management of the procurement and supply side of the operational environment
- / Eng / in Mining Engineering
- Mine Managers Certificate of Competence for Coal Mining
- 9 years relevant underground coal mining experience
- At least 3 years supervisory experience
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 Sasols 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.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Sasol is a global chemicals and energy company. We are a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa and the New York Stock Exchange in the United States.
