{"id":3798817,"url":"https://alion.io/job/sasol-section-rock-engineer-x4","title":"Section Rock Engineer x4","company":{"id":2700654,"name":"Sasol","domain":"sasol.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/sasol-com","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"middle","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Secunda, South Africa"],"countries":["ZA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":4,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-05T10:33:04Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-05","last_verified_at":"2026-11-08T03:42:07Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"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.\nSasol 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.\nJob Requisition ID\n13533\nClosing Date\n11 November 2026\nOME\nMIN: Mining\nLocation\nSecunda, Mpumalanga\nPurpose of Job\nThe Section Rock Engineer fulfils duties as described in MHSA 14.1.8 legal appointment. The role of the Section Rock Engineer is to assist mine operations in applying rock engineering and strata control principles for the safe and economic design of mine workings and compliance to Sasol Mining ground management system.Furthermore, is to assist the operations in aligning with Mandatory Code of Practice to prevent falls of Ground. This will include the scheduling of assessments required to verify the effectiveness of designed support and optimised for the applicable ground conditions.\nKey Accountabilities\nDifferent aspects are stipulated in the next section in stipulating key accountabilities from which recruitment assessments will be applied.\nPeople resource management\nEnsure legal appointment is up to date with the applicable operation and signed of by the Sect 4.1 appointee.\nEstablish work relations with operation management in effectively fulfilling the responsibility of subject matter input, planning and design.\nAssess work groups and systems at the operation and determine where and how the RESS must contribute and align input.\nAssist in filling the positions as per staff establishment.\nTake all steps to ensure that all persons under your charge are fully conversant with the provisions of the MHSA, MHSA Regulations and the Minerals Act Regulations.\nBe responsible for the proper discipline of all persons directly under your charge in the Rock Engineering Support Services\nProvide and maintain a working environment that is safe and reduce risk to the health of employees within your area of responsibility;\nAssist in developing training material to allow for proper and adequate health and safety training to be provided;\nGuide and management the allocation of responsibilities within the team consisting of Senior Strata control officer, Strata control officers and employees as part of development.\nIdentify, develop and mentor succession RESS members into the team and confirm responsibilities and development plan.\nManage the allocation of tasks, responsibilities and day to day HR related matters including time and attendance, leave scheduling and standby as required by operations.\n\nMacro Stability of workings\nApply Rock Engineering systems and tools for the design of macro ground management environment. This includes the implementation of a system for the legally appointed Surveyor and Integrated Planning to design pillars according to safety factor requirements. This includes independent completion of MSA (Mine Stability Assessment) to verify the design of pillar dimensions by the Survey manager.\nEnsure to assess the actual monthly off-set plans from survey to report on possible small pillars, off-line mining, excessive mining height and road widths that could impact the pillar safety factor for the purpose of regional stability and future mine closure legal requirements.\nCapture risk levels and guide mitigating actions where assessments indicate nonadherence to design applied. Action mitigation through panel risk assessment sessions\n\nControlled Impact on Surface Environment, Structures and Land Use\n\nAs part of mine design and section deployment ensure that inputs are supplied timeously in undermining applications as regulated by Regulation 17 of the Mine Health and Safety Act.\nFlag any findings on the actual mining underneath surface structures including wetlands, road, water and electricity distribution infrastructure, buildings, land use and other to the Survey manager and Integrated Planning for further action.\nAssist in optimising reserve utilisation with the application of required safety factors as part of panel design and guided by the Mandatory Code of Practice.\n4. Micro Stability in workings\nEstablish the ground control districts of the operation for managing various ground conditions for excavation stability, planning and annual support cost budget as prepared by integrated planning and financial.\nAnnually review the ground control districts with updated geological and empirical applied controls. Adjust the districts accordingly and track compliance through the risk actual risk assessments.\nEnsure a system is implemented to perform ground management risk assessments in panels where operational sections including stone work deployed.\nDraft or ensure drafting and review of excavation parameters, stabilising controls and residual risk to be applied by the operational sections. Ensure sign off by the line supervisors and mine manger appointed for the responsibility area.\nPerform or ensure the performing of scheduled control verifications in the operational sections including production, stonework, pillar extraction and Tier1 projects.\nGuide the assistance to the Mine manager Services in assessing back areas and recommend corrective actions to signed of by the section rock engineer as well as operations for action plan.\nApply, facilitate and take part in issue-based risk assessments relevant to Ground Management at your operation. This includes Tier 1 mining scenarios, safe operating practices, sealing of old areas and water storage, Outburst risks, mine specific operation and excavation projects or where required by the Section 4.1 legal appointee.\nReview and track progress of agreed mitigation actions as determined in the issue-based risk assessments.\nProvide appropriate participation in or assistance with the investigation of fall of ground incidents and reportable falls of ground including the completion of the rock engineering aspects of the official accident report and inputs into the SAMRASS 3 report..\n\nPlanning\nExercise a critical role as part of legal appointment as per Regulation 14.1.8 of the Mine Health and Safety Act in input into mine planning.\nSchedule the involvement of the RESS (Rock Engineer Support Services) in the different categories of planning at the operation. This includes long-term planning, technical planning, deployment planning and ad hoc section changes.\nPrepare for the relevant planning session in supplying subject matter inputs and alignment with various stakeholders.\n\nFormal Education\n3-4 year Relevant B Tech, Advanced Diploma or degree in Mining Engineering or Geology (Must)\nMin Experience\n4+ years relevant strata control and ground management experience\nCertification & Professional Membership\nRock Engineering certificate of competency in Coal or Metalliferous (Must)\nRegistered with SANIRE (South African Institute of Rock Engineering) (Wish)\nCompetencies\nAnalytics: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics\nCompliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.\nContinuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.\nData Management: Knowledgeable of the theory, purpose, architecture and design of the management, administration and relationships of the organization's data.\nProblem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.\nRelationship Management: The conscious aim to develop and manage long-term and/or trusting relationships with internal or external customers, distributors, suppliers, or other parties in an environment which can include marketing, selling, servicing and other areas where a relationship is crucial to on-going success.\nReporting: The ability to access information from databases, forms, and other sources, and prepare reports according to requirements.\nRisk Management: The process of measuring, or assessing risk and then developing strategies to manage the risk. Strategies employed may include transferring the risk to another party, avoiding the risk, reducing the negative effect of the risk, and accepting some or all of the consequences of a particular risk.\nKey Leadership Activities\nDisplay and instil Safety mindset as top priority;\nWorking with Colliery Leadership team through integrated planning process\nDialogue, planning and work sessions with General manager and Mine managers of operations;\nDevelop managerial and leadership skills as per Personal development Plan\nTechnical Leadership expertise and experience in ground management;\nDelegate duties and oversee work executed by the RESS (Rock Engineer Support Services) employees at the operation;\nBe able to work independently within the safety framework of the mine;\nSasol Values to be demonstrated at all times;\nSasol 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.\nOur 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. 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