Stanley Biyela

10+ years' petrochemical operations expertise as a Process Artisan, advancing into engineering maintenance leadership as Acting Foreman with Sasol Synfuels. I oversee day-to-day maintenance execution, downtime control, and root cause elimination to improve equipment availability, KPI delivery, and QCDSM outcomes. I lead Permit-to-Work, emergency response control, and condition-focused operational compliance to support Zero Harm objectives.

Strengths include maintenance strategies, SOP/COP implementation, failure trend analysis, SAP reporting, and predictive maintenance execution support.

Contact Process Artisan GR 1 at Sasol Synfuels (2017-01 – Present)

• Panel Operations Hydrotreaters and Naphtha plants (DHT, DSC, CTN) and Flares
• Oversee the production processes to ensure smooth operations and to improve Quality of products
• Product Sampling
• Confined space Access Controller duties
• Acting Foreman duties
• Permit issuer and Recipient duties
• Emergency Controller duties
• Commission and Decommissioning of process plants
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Behaviour based Observer

Process Technician 2017 at SLCNG PTY LTD (2015-01 – 2017-12)

• Data Analysis
• Compiling and Auditing SOP's
• PRS Monitoring
• Commissioning of Natural Gas Compressors
• Emergency Controller duties

First Aider at Sasol (2023-01 – Present)

• Inspection Reports 100% Clean Fuels Refinning DHT/DSC PROJECT 2024
• Catalyst activation and pre-sulphiding
• Re-directing of chemical dosing of Dimethyl Disulphide to the selective Cracker reactors
• Optimisation of Distillation Hydrotreater off-gasses to Flare
• CFII Modifications and Test Run.

NQF Level 2, 3 & 4 in Chemical Operations – Sasol Global Learning Academy

Matric National Certificate – Sinqobile High School