Shift Foreman

HF Sinclair's refinery in El Dorado, Kansas, is seeking a Shift Foreman to lead the operating workforce within an assigned area with minimal supervision. This role is responsible for overseeing safe production operations and environmental compliance during assigned shifts, while providing strong leadership and effective human resource management to build bench strength within the crew. The Shift Supervisor ensures oil flow plans and production targets are achieved, equipment is properly prepared for scheduled maintenance activities, and plant operations are seamlessly handed off between shifts through clear and effective communication.

By coordinating closely with counterparts, this position helps ensure operational continuity and supports the refinery's long-term organizational goals.

• Oversees all aspects of plant operations on shift for assigned area
• Gives work direction to the operators on shift, directing all operators during startups, shutdowns and emergencies
• Evaluates operator job performance and provides consistent coaching and discipline as appropriate.
• May approve and issue work orders
• Ensures unit operates within environmental, health and safety compliance; identifies potential unit problems and takes action to prevent incidents and accidents, reports any environmental incidents to HES and appropriate supervision.
• Initiates incident investigate activities including statement collection during assigned shift
• Reviews product quality with assigned crews to ensure quality products made and that daily oil flow targets are met; coordinates troubleshooting to solve operating problems.
• Insures operators perform PM/Pump Rotations and area has equipment ready for maintenance as planned, support resolution of process and mechanical issues
• Confirms crew compliance with operating procedures, and recording of on-shift event documentation in unit logbook; maintain organized filing system to keep up-to-date records, complete reports, schedules, etc., on time and accurately; and monitor inventories of supplies and reorder as necessary
• Takes responsibility that certification and other training metrics met, MOC’s reviewed, rounds completed and documented, procedures reviewed and followed, and other key shift performance metrics met.
• Minimize costs for running area, assuming shared responsibility for meeting Operations and Maintenance expense budgets; take action on or give suggestions to supervision on cost‑saving opportunities, optimize the cost efficiency for running the unit, and develop and implement opportunities to control/reduce overtime
• Trains shift organization in impact of their areas’ unit operation to other parts of their area, develops bench strength through technical and soft skill coaching.
• Facilitates decision making at the right level in the organization. Encourages unit level ability and accountability to make “right level” decisions, creating feedback loop of effectiveness of those decisions.

Special assignments, projects or tasks as assigned to the employee by their manager from time to time in their sole and complete discretion of management.

A minimum of 5 years of refinery operations background and general knowledge of maintenance protocol is required.

Supervisory, step‑up and/or Special Assignment experience.

A minimum of a High School Diploma is required.

Ability to direct and acquire work from a number of resources, in the absence of having direct supervisory responsibility of the resources. Ability to optimize production through identifying and solving problems related to the operation of our assets within assigned area. Ability to handle high visibility projects and activities, high pressure situations, and long hours while maintaining a positive and constructive attitude.

Team player with ability to effectively communicate with others through written and verbal communication. Ability to constructively interact with all levels of staff including engineers, operators, shift and maintenance personnel. Intermediate computer skills, intermediate reading and writing skills and the ability to perform intermediate mathematical calculations.

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