Talent Acquisition: How has the Price of Oil Altered O&G Industry Recruitment Strategies for 2015? - part 2

HOW HAS THE PRICE OF OIL ALTERED
O&G INDUSTRY RECRUITMENT
STRATEGIES FOR 2015?
Moderator: Brett Kummer Global Recruitment Functional Lead, Fluor
Jeff Gill Human Resources – People and Organizational Effectiveness, Sasol
John Gates Head of Talent Acquisition, Marathon Oil
Nick Tran Military Recruitment Program Manager, Cameron
TALENT ACQUISITION
STRATEGIES & OPPORTUNITIES: MANAGING
IN A TURBULENT OIL & GAS WORLD

How Do We Move
From Hiring
Onsies/Twosies To
Hiring In Bulk?
April 2015

Copyright ©, 2015, SasolConfidential
Together, shaping tomorrowbetter together ... we deliver

About Sasol
• An international integrated energy and chemicals company
• 33,000 people in 37 countries
• Develop and commercialize technologies
• Build and operate world-scale facilities to produce a range of product streams, including liquid
fuels, high-value chemicals and low-carbon electricity
• Based in Johannesburg, South Africa
• US Headquarters Houston, Texas

Together, shaping tomorrow
Existing operations in Lake Charles, LA

Lake Charles Operations overview and history
• Lake Charles site originated in 1961 as the Petrochemical Division of Conoco, later renamed
Conoco Chemicals
• Acquired by Du Pont in 1982
• MBO formed Vista in 1984 (2,000 employees)
• Acquired by RWE-DEA in 1991 (1,900 employees)
• PVC business sold to Georgia Gulf in 1999
• Acquired by Sasol in 2001 (850 employees)
• Re-organized to Regional Operations Model in 2013 (1,000 employees)

City of
Westlake
City of Lake CharlesCity of Sulphur
Thriving Downstream and Petrochemicals hub
NISCOEntergy
Georgia Gulf
MG Industries
Phillips 66 Refinery
Biolab
PPG
Air Products
EXCEL Paralubes
Arch
Certainteed
Basell
Louisiana Pigment
Citgo Refinery
Southern Ionics
Calcasieu Refining
Alcoa
Trunkline LNG
Firestone
Air Liquide
Westlake Petrochem
Targa
Grace Davison
Sabine Pass LNG
Cameron LNG

Robust transportation infrastructure
Barge and marine
Port of Lake Charles
• 13th-busiest in the U.S.
Port of Houston
• Approximately 100 miles
Railroad
Access to three rail lines:
• KCS
• Union Pacific
• BNSF
Road
Major East-West, coast-to-coast
interstate
Pipeline
Well-supplied with pipeline
infrastructure
Site has access to major highway, rail, pipeline and port infrastructure

Ethane Cracker and Derivatives Project
• Capacity: 1.5 million tons of ethylene per year
• Ethylene oxide – synthetic fibers and soft drink cans
• Ziegler and Guerbet alcohols – laundry detergents, hand lotions, fragrances, glass cleaners
• Ethoxylates - detergents, paints, inks, coatings, adhesives
• Linear low density polyethylene – films, plastic bags, food packaging
• Contractors:
• Fluor Technip Integrated: Primary engineering, procurement, construction and management
contractor
• WorleyParsons: Project management
• Louisiana-based contractors:
• Cajun Constructors, Inc.
• James Industrial Constructors
• ISC Constructors, LLC
• MMR Constructors, Inc.
• Turner Industries
• Anticipated employment:
• More than 5,000 construction jobs at peak construction
• More than 500 full-time positions
• Thousands of indirect jobs across Louisiana

workforce planning
Ready for
Start-up
(RFSU)
CommissioningTrainingHiringRecruiting

Ramp up vs. recruiting team

TRS – Bulk Staffing Solutions
30 years’ expertise with more than 4,000 customers
Database of 140,000 hourly and professional employees in the US
18 established locations across 6 continents
250+ qualified vendor/sub-tier agency suppliers
TRS partners with LA Works and FastStart
Interview days will be planned 6 months in advance according to the Primavera schedule
Job Posting/
Advertising
• TRS & LA
Works posts
and advertises
positions
Candidate
Sourcing
•TRS sources and
screens
candidates
Testing
•TRS/LA Works
schedules and
proctors
electronic
assessments
Interviewing
• TRS schedules
and participates
in interviews,
makes offer

Ongoing programs expanded
• Instrumentation, Machinist, Millwright, Electrical, PTEC, Welding, Pipefitting - Concern
over instructors. Reciprocating compressor refurbished and donated by Sasol for Millwright
training upgrades.
• PTEC expansion to include Console training – Delta V Controllers being added with
connections to a new Polaris Hot Unit. Options to use new equipment and curriculum for
existing operations personnel and new processor training as well.
New
• Lab Analyst Program – Defined and submitted for Associate Degree approval. Will begin in
Fall 2015 with a state grant.
• Non-Destructive-Testing (NDT) certifications – Grant was approved.
• Scaffolding addition being considered.
SOWELA and Sasol Workforce Preparation Activities

• PTEC
• Instrumentation
• Millwright
• Electrical being considered
SOWELA Interns at LCCC

New building under
construction.
Regional training
center with focus on
industry/construction
training.
Expected to be
complete by
November 2015.

Construction began in November

Jeffrey.gill@us.sasol.com
281.588.3209

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