Engineer, Mechanical

HF Sinclair•Tulsa, OK

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. This role involves managing multiple simultaneous projects with competing priorities in various phases across a wide range of manufacturing processes within the refinery. The engineer will develop project scopes in collaboration with operations, discipline engineering, and business representatives, and facilitate project meetings to review scope, design criteria, and drawings. They will oversee engineering execution, coordinate technical assurance activities, and drive the approval of equipment specifications and drawings. The position requires developing project cost estimates and schedules, maintaining budgets and forecasts, and working with procurement to develop and implement procurement strategies. The engineer will also assist with bid specifications, bid evaluation, and selection, and ensure equipment delivery through shop inspections and factory acceptance testing. Coordination of refinery personnel and contractors to ensure safe, timely, and budget-compliant field activities is crucial. The role includes assisting with start-up plans, providing technical support during start-up, supporting training, and ensuring documentation and knowledge transfer. Project closure, including financial accounts, is also a key responsibility. The engineer will participate in the Management Of Change (MOC) Process, incident investigations, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), and Pre-start up Safety Reviews (PSSR), and review vendor proposals for new or modernized processing equipment. Special assignments may also be given by the supervisor.

Requirements

Strong understanding of engineering principles, construction methods, and safety standards is required regardless of education pathway.
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.
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.

Nice To Haves

5-10 years of experience in project management working directly for an owner organization in a FEL staged gate project development process.
Working knowledge of capital projects staged gate development process in a Refinery or Chemical manufacturing complex.

Responsibilities

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
Assist with start-up plans and procedures, provides technical support during start-up, supports training activities and assures 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