Job Description

Basic Function

Conducts complex oil flow planning, scheduling, optimization, economic analysis, and transportation assignments under minimal supervision.

Job Duties

(functions considered essential as defined by ADA)

• Manages the daily optimization activities to ensure the refinery is operating at plan feed rates and quality targets to maximize profit
• Issues day-to-day instructions to the refinery team and is a resource when questions arise
• Manages intermediate feedstock inventories to stay within operating envelope and oil flow plans
• Participates in daily/weekly teleconferences for products and feedstocks optimizations and provides ad-hoc analysis for real-time decision making
• Coordinates and implements corrective actions and adjusts oil flow plan to mitigate impact of unplanned events
• Maintains the refinery outage and turnaround schedule
• Partners with Operations to develop oil flow plans for planned outages and turnarounds and communicates the plan with the refinery team
• Backs up the Blending Specialist as needed
• Occasionally requires off-hours support to operations, Commercial, and third-party companies
• Maintains good working relationships with all Commercial teams
• Communicates with Operations regarding planned maintenance activities and adjusts operating conditions as needed to accommodate taking equipment off-line planned work
• Works with Operations to develop oil flow plans for planned outages and turnarounds and communicates the plan with the refinery team.

Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion.

Experience

A minimum of eight years of on-the-job experience in refinery operations, process engineering, or other relevant experience is required.

Education Level

A minimum of a Bachelor\'s Degree, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience in lieu of a four-year degree, is required.

Required Skills

• Understands supply chain economics and refining processes.
• Knowledge of petroleum qualities and lab testing methods is beneficial.
• Ability to provide clear direction to multiple parties regarding feasibility while keeping economic considerations in the forefront.
• Capability to deal with various issues at the same time and make decisions with incomplete information.
• Resilient under pressure.
• This position is on the front line guiding the site to meet customer commitments and maximize margin.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft products and ability to learn to use other relevant software (Petro, Spiral Software, BLEND).
• Strong communication skills, and ability to perform mathematical calculations.
• Ability to foster strong teamwork and maintain good working relationships.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility

Work Conditions

Primarily office based, but some field presence required at times. Petroleum refinery, and plant environment including but not limited chemicals, pressure vessels, tanks and rotating equipment. Subject to all weather and varying road conditions.

Physical Requirements

Job conditions sitting, talking or hearing, making visual inspections, making precise hand and finger movements, reaching or grasping, lifting and/or carrying up to 10lbs, and perceiving color differences. Job conditions may require standing and walking.

Our One HF Sinclair Culture:

At HF Sinclair, we are united through our One HF Sinclair Culture, which is underpinned by our five core values of Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Ownership and Inclusion. Developed to empower our people, our five core cultural values are at the heart of everything we do and extend to how we engage our stakeholders. These values influence our decisions, shape our behaviors and keep us connected across the entire organization.

We maintain a true Safety culture for our employees, communities, environments and customers. Our goal is to make sure everyone returns home safely each day. We have a long-standing commitment to Integrity and ethical behavior and do what is right for our employees, investors, communities and the environment. We encourage employees to Step Up and Stand Out by championing a culture of Teamwork and Ownership. We foster a culture of Inclusion by encouraging diversity of experiences, viewpoints and backgrounds. What makes each of us different, together makes us stronger.

About HF Sinclair Corporation

HF Sinclair Corporation ("HF Sinclair"), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent energy company that produces and markets high value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, renewable diesel and other specialty products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington and Utah and markets its refined products in 19 states principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states. HF Sinclair supplies high quality fuels to more than 1,300 Sinclair branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand at more than 300 additional locations throughout the country. In addition, subsidiaries of HF Sinclair produce and market base oils and other specialized lubricants in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, and export products to more than 80 countries. Through its subsidiaries, HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming. HF Sinclair also owns a 47% limited partner interest and a non-economic general partner interest in Holly Energy Partners, L.P., a master limited partnership that provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to the petroleum industry, including HF Sinclair subsidiaries.

Equal Opportunity Employer

HF Sinclair Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other prohibited ground of discrimination.

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