Flare and Relief Specialist

Flare and Relief Specialist

Puget Sound Refinery, located in Anacortes, Washington is currently seeking a Flare and Relief Specialist. This role conducts engineering duties for an assigned Engineering discipline and functions as a technical specialist, formulating and developing advanced engineering concepts.

Job Duties

• Lead a team of contract engineers in performing both assurance and design for flare and relief studies
• Identify over pressure/under pressure scenarios and perform calculations, including relief device sizing
• Coordinate unit flare and relief assurance reviews and develop/update/manage documentation
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to solve technical challenges
• Provide technical assurance to site change management activities, operating procedures and maintenance and turnaround activities

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 seven years of experience in process engineering or related roles
• An understanding of the refinery process and the elements of process safety is required

Education Level

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline is required

Required Skills

• Proficiency in fundamental Chemical Engineering Skills (Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Kinetics, Thermodynamics, Mass Transfer, etc.)
• Proficiency in identification of over pressure/under pressure scenarios
• Working knowledge of relevant sections of ASME VIII, ASME XIII, API Standards 520/521/537
• Knowledge of refinery operations

Preferred Skills

• Working knowledge in engineering software is preferred

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility

• May be responsible for the supervision of personnel as well as contractors

Work Conditions

• Office and plant based with up to 15% travel required
• Subject to varying weather conditions and required to work in all temperatures, including outdoors

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

Physical Requirements

• Job conditions require standing, walking, sitting, talking or hearing, making visual inspections, lifting or carrying up to 50 lbs, climbing up to 200 ft, perceiving color differences, required to wear personal protective equipment as needed and a respirator in emergency situations (beards are not permitted), ability to operate and drive all assigned company vehicles at company standard insurance rates is essential, valid State driver's license and proof of insurance required.
  
  Job conditions may require making precise hand and finger movements, twisting, stooping, crouching, kneeling, reaching or grasping, and working in confined spaces as permitted.

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.

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…