Basic Function
HF Sinclair is seeking a Project Engineer, Refining to provide project engineering leadership and support for the Westline Connect program from project development through detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and closeout. They will be responsible for coordinating and leading technical execution activities to ensure project objectives are achieved safely, efficiently, and in alignment with approved scope, cost, schedule, quality, and operational requirements.
This role serves as the primary engineering focal point for assigned project scope, integrating efforts between operations, maintenance, reliability, process safety, environmental, project controls, construction, vendors, engineering contractors, and other stakeholders. Leads technical development, field verification, design reviews, risk identification, issue resolution, and project assurance activities to support safe, reliable, constructible, operable, and maintainable facilities.
This position is primarily based at the Parco Refinery in Sinclair, Wyoming, with responsibilities supporting both Parco and Casper facilities as required by project execution needs.
Job Duties
- Lead engineering execution for assigned projects from development through startup and closeout
- Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering efforts to ensure designs meet project objectives, operational requirements, maintainability standards, safety expectations, and applicable codes
- Review drawings, specifications, calculations, data sheets, equipment packages, vendor documentation, and engineering deliverables for quality, accuracy, constructability, operability, and scope alignment
- Lead field walkdowns, tie-in identification, battery-limit confirmation, existing-condition verification, and validation of engineering assumptions to support project development and execution
- Maintain alignment between field conditions, design documents, and approved scope by identifying discrepancies, coordinating resolutions, documenting decisions, and incorporating approved changes
- Facilitate design, constructability, hazard, operability, maintainability, and value-improvement reviews to support project quality and risk reduction
- Coordinate technical interfaces among operations, maintenance, reliability, inspection, process safety, environmental, construction, engineering contractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders
- Provide technical leadership and timely resolution of contractor submittals, vendor documentation, RFIs, technical queries, design deviations, and engineering changes
- Support execution of Management of Change (MOC), Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR), and other process safety requirements
- Promote safe project execution through field engagement, constructability planning, risk assessments, contractor coordination, and adherence to company engineering and safety standards
- Support construction activities by resolving technical issues, evaluating field conditions, coordinating engineering responses, managing design changes, and facilitating stakeholder communication
- Identify and manage technical, safety, quality, constructability, schedule, and execution risks; develop mitigation plans and drive actions to closure
- Support procurement through development and review of bid packages, bid evaluations, requisitions, supplier documentation, equipment selections, and technical clarifications
- Participate in equipment inspections, supplier meetings, factory acceptance testing, field acceptance testing, and vendor coordination activities as required
- Support development of project execution strategies, construction sequencing plans, commissioning plans, startup plans, and turnover strategies
- Lead assigned project work scopes with accountability for engineering quality, technical performance, stakeholder coordination, and achievement of project objectives
- Support mechanical completion, systems completion, punch-list management, turnover, commissioning, startup, performance testing, and final project acceptance
- Maintain accurate records of technical decisions, design changes, action items, review comments, lessons learned, and project documentation
- Communicate engineering progress, project status, key decisions, risks, and execution challenges to project leadership and stakeholders
- Provide technical leadership and continuity throughout the project lifecycle to support knowledge retention and successful project delivery
Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their manager, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion
Experience
Minimum of 5 years of progressive project engineering, discipline engineering, or capital project management / execution experience in a refinery, petrochemical, pipeline, terminal, or similar process-industry environment. Experience supporting brownfield design, field verification, tie-ins, construction, commissioning, and startup is strongly preferred. Owner-side experience working with engineering, procurement, and construction contractors is preferred.
Demonstrated experience supporting or leading brownfield capital projects through engineering, field verification, tie-in planning, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup activities is required.
Experience managing technical interfaces among operations, maintenance, reliability, inspection, process safety, construction, and engineering organizations is strongly preferred.
Experience working directly with EPC, EPCM, engineering, and construction contractors on major capital projects is preferred.
Education Level
A bachelor’s degree in an engineering field is preferred; however, candidates without a degree who possess at least 10 years of directly relevant industry experience will be considered qualified.
Required Skills
- Working knowledge of capital project development and execution stage-gate processes, including concept development, front-end loading, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and project closeout.
- Strong understanding of refinery and brownfield project execution principles.
- Ability to lead technical discussions, engineering reviews, and field activities while exercising sound engineering judgment and operating within delegated authority.
- Experience reviewing and interpreting PFDs, P&IDs, plot plans, equipment layouts, piping drawings, isometrics, civil/structural drawings, electrical drawings, instrumentation drawings, specifications, calculations, and vendor documentation.
- Practical understanding of brownfield facility modifications, tie-ins, shutdown planning, turnaround coordination, field verification, constructability, and work packaging principles.
- Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and drive closure of engineering comments, action items, RFIs, technical queries, and project issues without direct reporting authority.
- Knowledge of management of change, hazard reviews, process safety management practices, and refinery safety requirements.
- Knowledge of engineering standards, technical procedures, quality assurance practices, document control processes, and industry codes and standards.
- Experience coordinating with operations, maintenance, reliability, inspection, process safety, project controls, engineering contractors, construction contractors, and suppliers.
- Strong leadership, communication, organization, planning, prioritization, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to identify project risks, evaluate alternatives, and recommend practical solutions to support project objectives.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and common project information management systems.
- Familiarity with Bluebeam, SharePoint, SAP, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar engineering and project management software platforms is preferred.
- Ability to work effectively in office, field, refinery, construction, and operating-facility environments.
- Ability to travel between Parco, Casper, contractor offices, supplier facilities, and other project locations as required.
Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility
Work Conditions
Primarily based at the Parco Refinery in Sinclair, Wyoming, with regular office and field responsibilities. Travel to Casper Refinery in Casper, Wyoming, and other project, contractor, or vendor locations is required on an as-needed basis and may increase during field verification, major design reviews, construction, turnaround, commissioning, or startup activities. Work may occur in petroleum refinery, terminal, pipeline, warehouse, and construction environments involving chemicals, pressure vessels, tanks, rotating equipment, piping systems, confined-space areas, elevated structures, loud noise, vibration, weather exposure, and varying road conditions.
Benefits
HF Sinclair offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families. Our benefits include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Medical Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Paid Time-Off
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with match
- Educational Reimbursement
- Parental Bonding Time
- Employee Discounts
We are committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment, ensuring our employees have the resources needed to thrive professionally and personally. Benefit eligibility is governed by official plan documents, for more details visit Total Rewards.
Physical Requirements
Job conditions require standing, walking, sitting, twisting, stooping, crouching, kneeling, talking or hearing, making visual inspections, perceiving color differences, ability to wear personal protective equipment (beards not permitted), and strenuous physical activity. Job conditions may require making precise hand and finger movements, reaching or grasping, lifting and/or carrying up to 25lbs, pushing and/or pulling up to 25lbs, climbing up to 200ft, and the ability to operate and drive all assigned company vehicles at company standard insurance rates is essential, valid State drivers license and proof of insurance required.
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, 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 lubricants and specialty products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington and Utah. HF Sinclair provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to our refineries and the petroleum industry. HF Sinclair markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states and supplies high-quality fuels to more than 1,750 branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand to more than 350 additional locations throughout the country. HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming and also at its facility in New Mexico. 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.
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.
