Engineering assistant Jobs in Dallas, TX

HF Sinclair is seeking an Engineering Specialist in Dallas, TX, who will provide technical recommendations to support and improve site operations, provide training and education to increase knowledge of Process Engineers and Production staff, review unit health with site engineers, review KPIs, monitor performance, and identify potential unit deterioration. Key interfaces include site process engineering and site production staff, technology contractors, and catalyst and chemical vendors.

Job Duties

Provide specific recommendations to support short-term unit operations and long-term unit improvements, aligned with economic drivers and reliability of unit operations. Collaborate internally and externally with requests for information, training, and technical expertise related to technology. Review and verify the scope of planned and potential capital projects, focusing on technical aspects and ensuring performance aligns with project objectives. Formal, documented support will be provided on capital projects at the end of FEL1 or FEL2. Assure unit improvements requiring a teaching assist (TA) are aligned with TA goals. Review and assurance of catalyst selection for technology focus and assist in documenting unit improvements with new catalysts. Follow fixed bed catalyst responsibilities per Catalyst Management Standard. Establish practices and recommend technologies to help sites improve reliability. Stay abreast of evolving technology and best practices and share updates with Technical Networks. Provide support to sites during unit startup, shutdown, or emergency events upon request from leadership. Execute special assignments or tasks assigned by supervisor. Provide mentoring, training and support to increase knowledge of technology focus at all levels of the company. Engage unit engineers with new assignments to assist in onboarding to technology. Coordinate with Process Supervisor group to assist in technology-specific training / curriculum for engineer development as information evolves. Provide shared leadership for Technical Teams. Provide input to team leads on monthly and F2F agendas. Periodically lead monthly technical topic training. Assure unit KPIs are correct for good unit health monitoring and that limits are set appropriately. Review the unit KPIs each month, discuss unit health and KPIs with unit engineers and supervisors monthly. Document and disseminate key discussion topics and agreed actions. Site visits conducted as needed to provide support for facilities. Generally, one visit per site per year is expected, however, additional visits will be made as needed to support the site. Routine visits, timing, and purpose will be coordinated with unit technical supervisors. The site Technical Managers will also be visited when traveling to sites. Site visits should be documented along with monthly health checks, sharing key discussion topics and agreed actions.

Experience

A minimum of 10 years of technical experience in the refining industry is required.

Preferred Experience

Heavy emphasis on crude and vacuum unit operations, crude desalting, crude preheat, general fractionation, and propane / solvent de-asphalting (PDA / SDA / ROSE).

A minimum of a bachelors degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, is required.

Required Skills

• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Seeq
• PI
• PARCView
• HYSYS
• Other process simulation software

Work Conditions

Office and plant based and may require up to 30% travel. Outdoor duties under wet and / or oil contaminated conditions, at both below grade and elevated positions. Industrial environment, including, but not limited to, chemicals, pressure vessels, tanks and rotating equipment. Subject to random drug testing. Required to work in all temperatures including outdoors. Subject to varying weather conditions.

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, Medical Insurance, Vision Insurance, Dental Insurance, Paid Time-Off, 401(k) Retirement Plan with match, Educational Reimbursement, Parental Bonding Time, and Employee Discounts. Benefit eligibility is governed by official plan documents; for more details visit Total Rewards.

At HF Sinclair, we are united through our One HF Sinclair Culture, underpinned by our five core values of Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Ownership and Inclusion. These values guide our decisions and behaviors and help us engage with stakeholders. We maintain a true Safety culture for our employees, communities, environments and customers, and are committed to Integrity and ethical behavior. We encourage employees to Step Up and Stand Out by championing Teamwork and Ownership, and to foster Inclusion by embracing diversity of experiences and viewpoints.

About HF Sinclair Corporation

HF Sinclair Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent energy company that produces and markets high-value light products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries and markets refined products in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest and other Plains states. The company supplies fuels to over 1,500 branded stations and licenses the Sinclair brand at more than 300 locations. Subsidiaries produce and market base oils and other lubricants in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, and export to more than 80 countries. HF Sinclair also produces renewable diesel at facilities in Wyoming and New Mexico. The company provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services.

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.

Nearest Major Market : Dallas

Nearest Secondary Market : Fort Worth

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