Job Description

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Full time
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Engineering

Job ID

R200001285

Closing date

12/09/2025

Last Updated

05/09/2025Join us as a Reliability & Maintenance Principal Engineer, where you will champion a strong safety culture within the organisation, promoting adherence to the Oil Operating Management System policies, procedures, and standards.
This role will report to the Operations & Maintenance Manager (Oil Assets) with a dotted line to the Reliability & Maintenance Manager.

The main tasks and responsibilities include:

Evaluate industry improvements in maintenance efficiency and turnarounds systems, processes and technology; recommend changes to Asset and Departmental Standards, practices and tools; develop implementation plans and support Assets where required.
Develop and monitor appropriate maintenance efficiency and effectiveness KPIs at departmental level.
Preventive and Corrective Maintenance: Implement preventive maintenance strategies, identify opportunities for corrective action, and ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards.
Input and coach on contracting strategy for long-term maintenance and turnaround contractors.
Develop Communities of Practice across Assets to support sharing of good industry practice for maintenance efficiency and turnarounds.
Provide oversight and assurance of Glencore Oil Industrial Asset's maintenance execution processes, identifying and escalating risks to safe, responsible, reliable operations where appropriate.
Own and implement the Glencore Oil Turnaround Standard across the portfolio, providing oversight and assurance for larger events: from planning to execution, including scope definition, scheduling, resource allocation, and cost control.
Steward actions relating to implementation and improvement of our maintenance efficiency and turnarounds: identify areas for improvement and implement best practices.
Act as the central point of contact for corporate communities of practice review of maintenance and turnaround aspects of Corporate Standards and Policies.
Lead or participate in Incident Investigations for Tier 1 and 2 incidents where required.
Participate in technical due diligence of new assets when required.

Qualifications and requirements:

Degree in Mechanical Engineering (preferred)
Extensive experience (15+ years) in reliability & maintenance management within the oil and gas or petrochemicals industry, with a strong background in upstream, midstream, or downstream operation.
Experience in developing and implementing long-term maintenance and service contacts would be advantageous.
Experience in developing and executing audit and assurance plans and protocols is desirable.

Our ideal candidate disposes of:

In-depth knowledge of oil business operations, maintenance practices, safety regulations, and industry standards.
Proven experience in driving operational effectiveness, reliability and continuous improvements across multiple assets.
Demonstrated leadership skills in operating and coaching maintenance efficiency and turnarounds.
Ability to work well under pressure.
Advanced knowledge of MS Office tools, especially Excel.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Excellent written and communication skills with proven experience of engaging and influencing a range of stakeholders.
Advanced English language ability, both written and spoken, able to engage effectively with teams and various groups.

How to apply:

Please apply on the Careers Portal: Applications Close: 12 September 2025

https://www.glencore.com/careers/career-opportunities
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Who we are

Glencore is one of the world's largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that support decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today.
With over 150,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of more than 50 offices.
Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.
Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
We will support the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through our efforts to decarbonise our own operational footprint. We believe that we should take a holistic approach and have considered our commitment through the lens of our global industrial emissions. Against a restated 2019 baseline, we are targeting to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial emissions by 15% by the end of 2026, 25% by the end of 2030, 50% by the end of 2035 and we have an ambition to achieve net zero industrial emissions by the end of 2050, subject to a supportive policy environment. For more information see our 2024-2026 Climate Action Transition Plan and the About our emissions calculation and reporting section in our 2023 Annual Report, available on our website at glencore.com/publications.
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