Position Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

We are currently recruiting for a Turnaround Manager. This position is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and reports to Senior Manager Projects, Turnarounds & Construction.

Purpose of Job

• Leads TAR Scoping, Planning and Execution within the Americas
• Attract, lead, develop, and retain highly skilled and competent resources within planning, scheduling, and execution functions
• Provide effective management and execution of TARs to meet all SHE requirements while ensuring competitive, reliable, and efficient delivery
• Develop and maintain and improve key practices and approaches to deliver high performance
• Ensure business and operational goals and objectives met throughout life cycle of based on TA milestone delivery
• Keep management updated with timely and accurate information throughout each phase of all turnarounds
• Champion the continuous improvement process (collection of lessons learned, post-TAR critiques, process improvements)
• Maintain updated long-range plans to allow site Strategy Team to make informed decisions for timing of event execution and capital allocation

Key Accountabilities

• Turnaround Management – lead dedicated team of turnaround event managers, engineers, planners, schedulers
• Drive a One Team mindset across the organization for a stakeholders involved with turnarounds
• Develop strong culture within department of Zero Harm, Quality, and Performance (cost & schedule)
• Drive turnaround team to project milestones. Work with appropriate stakeholders to eliminate barriers for team and elevate delays or missed milestones to Steering Team for action
• Ensure transparency to Steering Team throughout all phases of TAR to eliminate surprises and allow for earlier mitigation actions to be taken when necessary
• Ensure the safe and environmentally compliant delivery of turnarounds within the Americas and be an industry leader in overall performance and management
• Accountable for compliance to capital project governance processes and the governance/compliance with engineering and construction standards, as required
• Build, maintain and improve TAR procedures
• Develops talent to serve Technical Services function as well as the talent pipeline for other functions within Sasol, where applicable
• Actively engage in readiness assessment reviews throughout all phases of turnaround to identify gaps and develop closure plans

Formal Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Electrical, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering preferred or 12 years relevant field experience in lieu of a degree

Working Experience

• Minimum of 8-10 years of practical engineering and managerial experience in the refining/petrochemical industry
• Turnaround experience strongly preferred

Required Personal and Professional Skills

• Strong interpersonal and personal management skills
• Strong and positive people leadership
• Customer-centric, internal and external
• Proactively drives competitive edge in a value-based and high-integrity manner
• Collaborative mindset, works well with others

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.

Sasol is committed to promoting better, healthier lives for you and your family. Below is an overview of our benefits and compensation programs:

• Medical, including prescription drug benefits, Dental, and Vision (start day one of employment with no waiting period) • Retirement Pension Plan • Savings and Investment plan (401k) with eligible company match • Paid vacation and holidays • Disability benefits • Other special programs, i.e., EAP (employee assistance program), wellness, pet benefits, caregiver support benefit, Aflac, Legal Guard, and many others • Comprehensive compensation program

Sasol (USA) Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, as well as any other characteristic protected by applicable law, regulation or local ordinance.

Sasol treats work-authorized job applicants equally in recruiting and hiring without regard to their citizenship status or national origin unless required by law, regulation, executive order, government contract, or determination by the Attorney General. Please note Sasol will not sponsor, obtain, and/or petition for temporary visa status (for example, E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN) for candidates for this position and/or personnel hired for this position.