Operational Excellence & Training Specialist

Executes the ongoing development, sustainment, and improvement of conduct of operations principles and operational excellence.  Supports the corporate Learning and Performance training programs in developing and revising content.

• Promotes the vision for operational reliability, drives efforts and stewards programs to measure and improve operational reliability and safety performance.
• Facilitates sharing of learnings and best practices from within the organization, including but not limited to the operational networks as well as from industry.
• Assists in coordinating efforts with other corporate departments to prioritize work and execute lean and efficient fleet improvements.
• Plays a key role in site operational review including in plant field work.
• Supports the development and maintenance of operations owned corporate standards.
• Assist sites in gap closure and improvement plans.
• Supports the delivery of corporate training curriculum. Provides secondary support to primary instructors/facilitators for training sessions on various topics including front line leadership training.
• Supports the review of existing training programs for continued improvement.
• Support operator development program enhancements and the training development initiatives.
• Assists the operational networks in regularly scheduled online and face to face meetings.
• Works with the operational networks to create and track network goals.
• Challenges the network to align on decisions necessary to support fleet initiatives such that the network defines and own the work processes and associate initiative details.
• Special assignments or tasks may be assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time at the sole and complete discretion.

A minimum of eight years of experience in a refinery location in process engineering or operations roles and a minimum of three years of work experience in operations supervision. 

A minimum of an Associates Degree or equivalent is required.

PREFERRED EDUCATIONAL LEVEL:Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is preferred.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and influence without direct supervisory oversight.
• A strong desire to lead operational process improvements.
• Ability to work on multiple parallel projects and convert high level instruction into actions and results.
• Proficient with general software applications such as MSWord, MSExcel, PowerBI, etc.
• Ability and interest in creating MS PowerPoint presentations.
• Experience with refinery process control system alarm philosophy and operating windows.
• Experience with shift management including shift turnover and shift logs.
• Familiarity with operator rounds and rounds data processing.
• Direct knowledge of refinery operating practices including use of procedures, equipment preparation for maintenance, safe work permitting, lockout tagout, unit startup, unit shutdown, and process unit maintenance during turnaround.

Limited to no direct oversight of employees but an ability to lead and influence without direct supervisory oversight.

Office and refinery based with up to 50% travel by land and air required. Petroleum refinery, warehouse/plant environment, out-of-doors environment, and driver environment based including but not limited to chemicals, pressure vessels, tanks, rotating equipment, and working in confined spaces. Subject to working in varying weather and road conditions.

Job conditions require standing, walking, sitting, twisting, stooping, crouching, kneeling, talking or hearing, making visual inspections, making precise hand and finger movements, reaching or grasping, lifting and/or carrying up to 50lbs, pushing and/or pulling up to 50lbs, climbing up to 150ft, ability to operate and drive all assigned company vehicles at company standard insurance rates is essential, perceiving color differences.

ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, & SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES:Our primary values at HF Sinclair are: We put health and safety first; We care about the environment. All HF Sinclair employees are expected to work safely every day and be safety & environmental leaders. This includes active participation in the following:

• Stops and/or reports any unsafe work or conditions.
• Follows safety & environmental policies and procedures.
• Supports safety & environmental goals and initiatives.
• Participates in safety & environmental meetings, training, emergency drills and hazard recognition programs.
• Reports all accidents, injuries and near misses, and participates in associated investigations.
• Participates in industrial hygiene, medical surveillance and behavior-based safety programs.

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.

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 other specialty products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington and Utah and markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states. HF Sinclair supplies high-quality fuels to more than 1,500 branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand at more than 300 additional locations throughout the country. 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. Through its subsidiaries, HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming and also at its facility in Artesia, New Mexico. HF Sinclair provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage and throughput services to its refineries and the petroleum industry.

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.

Work location details: This position may be US based remote, based in the Dallas or Salt Lake City offices, or one of the HF Sinclair refinery locations.