Company:
Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.
Industry: Oil and Gas
Deadline: Nov 12, 2025
Job Type: Full Time
Experience: 7 years
Location: Gauteng
Province:
Field: Oil and Gas / Energy
The Refinery Operations Engineer South will be responsible and carry the DoA of the Refinery Operations Engineer North and B&S as required due to annual leave or illness to ensure continuity.
- Professional Qualifications & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical, process or mechanical engineering degree.
Work Experience
- 7+ years of experience in refinery operations/process engineering roles in a refinery
- Familiarity with start-up, shutdown, and upset conditions, and how these impact plant safety, reliability and performance
- Experience working alongside Process Engineers to translate technical performance into operational actions (i.e. setting operating constraints, recommending maintenance actions)
- Experience working with refinery optimisation and production teams.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong understanding of refinery process units, operational constraints, and commercial drivers
- Understanding of refinery safety standards, hazard identification, and risk mitigation practices, including environmental regulations and compliance requirements for refinery operations
- Understanding of production planning concepts and how operational constraints impact the refinery LP
- Knowledge/Experience with running and interpreting the LP will be advantageous
- Ability to troubleshoot production deviations and implement corrective actions in collaboration with planning and technical teams
- Strong analytical skills to assess optimisation opportunities and identify efficiency improvements
- Ability to communicate to, and influence, all levels of the organization including operators and technicians to take action
- Collaborative mindset to work across multiple teams, ensuring alignment between planning and execution
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills to respond quickly to operational challenges
- Bias for action and ability to resolve issues under pressure to maintain production and safety targets
Application Deadline:
- 11 November 2025
