Engineer, Mechanical

Basic Function

HF Sinclair is seeking a Mechanical Engineer responsible for managing refinery capital projects from front‑end loading (FEL) through detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and final turnover to operations.

• Manages 7 to 10 simultaneous projects with competing priorities in various phases on a wide variety of manufacturing processes in the refinery
• Develops project scopes in collaboration with operations, discipline engineering, and business representatives
• Facilitates project meetings to develop and review project scope, design criteria and drawings
• Oversees engineering execution utilizing either on‑site design staff or local engineering companies
• Responsible for coordinating technical assurance activities with company subject matter experts
• Drives the approval by the appropriate technical authority of equipment specification and drawings
• Develops project cost estimates and schedules for each phase and for final funding
• Accountable for meeting project cost and schedule requirements
• Maintains budgets and schedule forecast with assistance from project controls
• Works with site and corporate procurement to develop/implement a procurement strategy for each project
• Assists with development of equipment and material bid specifications, bid evaluation and selection
• Ensures delivery of specified equipment by facilitating shop inspections and factory acceptance testing
• Coordinates refinery personnel and contractors to assure that field activities are completed safely, on time, within budget and in accordance with the design requirements
• Sets the expectations for construction contractors by spending time in the field
• Assists with start‑up plans and procedures, provides technical support during start‑up, supports training activities and ensures documentation and knowledge transfer
• Provides appropriate files to maintenance and operations for record keeping
• Creates or assembles all documents for project closure
• Closes project financial accounts
• Coordinate and or participate in the Management Of Change (MOC) Process, incident investigations, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), and Pre‑start up Safety Reviews (PSSR)
• Review proposals of outside vendors regarding the purchase of new or modernization of existing processing equipment
• Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion

• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 to 15 years of relevant field experience in construction supervision, project execution, or progressive construction management roles may be considered.
• Strong understanding of engineering principles, construction methods, and safety standards is required regardless of education pathway.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management or related technical field preferred.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• 5-10 years of experience in project management working directly for an owner organization in a FEL staged gate project development process.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Ability to manage a project is essential. Working knowledge of commonly used engineering concepts and ability to apply this knowledge analytically.
• Ability to stay abreast of new technology developments and processes is essential.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others, strong verbal communication skills, advanced level of reading and writing, ability to perform advanced mathematical calculations.
• Advanced ability to work effectively with multiple groups throughout the refinery.
• Strong spreadsheet and word processing applications knowledge; strong interpersonal, time-management and organizational skills; ability to provide training to multiple groups on a variety of applicable assigned discipline topics.

• Working knowledge of capital projects staged gate development process in a Refinery or Chemical manufacturing complex.

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

Office and plant based with up to 10% travel required. Subject to varying weather conditions and required to work in all temperatures,…