Shunter – Driver
📍 Location: Secunda, South Africa
🏢 Company: Sasol – MSA: Energy Marketing & Sales
📑 Job Req ID: 9798
📅 Closing Date: 1 October 2025
📝 Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time
About Sasol
Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company with a proud 70-year heritage. With operations spanning across the globe, we leverage our talented people, cutting-edge expertise, and advanced technologies to safely and sustainably source, manufacture, and market chemical and energy products.
When you join Team Sasol, you become part of a company that places people at the center of everything we do. We are committed to cultivating talent, driving innovation, and building a workplace that embraces diversity, inclusion, and continuous development.
At Sasol, every career journey is nurtured with growth opportunities, learning initiatives, and mentorship, ensuring our employees thrive while making a meaningful contribution to society.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and safety-conscious Shunter to join our operations team in Secunda. The Shunter plays a critical role in organising and safely manoeuvring trains from the exchange yard to designated loading and off-loading points across various business units.
This role is hands-on, operational, and essential to ensuring efficient rail movement, compliance with safety standards, and accurate coordination of rolling stock and commodities.
Key Responsibilities
As a Shunter, your core duties will include but not be limited to:
Rail Movement & Safety
- Adhere to all principles of safe rail movement and Sasol’s operational standards.
- Apply basic health, safety, and environmental (HSE) knowledge to daily duties.
- Ensure compliance with all plant-specific rules and safety procedures.
Operational Functions
- Demonstrate knowledge of the site layout and apply correct shunting procedures.
- Correctly display and interpret hand signals during rail operations.
- Operate railway vehicles, lines, and hand points safely.
- Conduct air brake and vacuum tests in compliance with regulations.
- Perform inspections of loads to verify safety, compliance, and readiness.
Equipment & Communication
- Operate handbrakes and test two-way radio communication systems.
- Accurately perform coupling and uncoupling of vehicles.
- Identify different rolling stock types using profile codes.
- Recognise commodity types through symbolic signs, data sheets, and colour coding.
Planning & Execution
- Formulate the train profile based on operational requirements.
- Execute train movements in accordance with the designated plan, ensuring adherence to operational timelines.
- Read, understand, and apply special notices related to rail operations.
Minimum Requirements
To be successful in this role, you should have:
- Education: Grade 12 / High School Diploma (or equivalent).
- Experience: Minimum of 2 years’ relevant rail or logistics operations experience.
- Licenses: Valid driver’s license (advantageous).
Required Competencies & Skills
Sasol seeks candidates who demonstrate a combination of technical expertise and behavioural strengths.
Core Behavioural Competencies:
- Communicates Effectively – Clear verbal and written communication in operational environments.
- Interpersonal Savvy – Builds collaborative relationships across teams and stakeholders.
- Plans and Aligns – Organises tasks and activities to achieve operational deadlines.
- Action Oriented – Demonstrates initiative, urgency, and proactivity.
- Ensures Accountability – Takes ownership of responsibilities and outcomes.
Technical Competencies:
- Process Safety & Environmental Knowledge – Applies operational safety and compliance principles.
- Logistics Interfaces & Administration – Understanding of rail logistics and documentation procedures.
- Costing and Budgeting Awareness – Basic appreciation of financial impacts within rail operations.
- Railway Systems Knowledge – Proficiency in shunting procedures, hand signals, and rail equipment use.
- Logistics Analysis – Ability to monitor, record, and report on operational performance.
Why Join Sasol?
- Industry Leader: Be part of one of South Africa’s most respected and innovative companies.
- Career Development: Access to structured training, skills development, and career progression pathways.
- Inclusive Culture: Join a workplace that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels.
- Safety First: A company with an unwavering commitment to safety, sustainability, and environmental stewardship.
- Employee Support: Competitive total reward packages with opportunities for professional and personal growth.
Employment Equity
Sasol is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Inspired by our purpose of “Innovating for a better world”, we acknowledge that diversity is intrinsic to our success. Preference will be given to candidates from designated groups and persons with disabilities, in line with Sasol’s Employment Equity Plan.
Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Application Process
Interested candidates are invited to apply via the official Sasol Careers Portal. Please ensure that all required documentation is submitted before the closing date.
📅 Closing Date: 1 October 2025
📍 Location: Secunda, South Africa
📑 Job Req ID: 9798
⚠️ Note: If you do not receive correspondence within 60 days of the closing date, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.
✨ At Sasol, your journey is more than just a job – it’s a career path built on purpose, innovation, and impact. Join us today as a Shunter and help us move South Africa forward.
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