Manager Pipeline Control Center

Job description:

HF Sinclair Midstream located in Artesia, NM is seeking a Manager of Control Center Operations. This position ensures the pipeline systems are operated at all times in a safe and efficient manner and in accordance with regulations and company policies and values.

Job Duties

(functions considered essential as defined by ADA)

- Provides strategic direction for control center operations, aligning team objectives with organizational goals. Leads cross-functional initiatives to enhance operational efficiency, safety performance, and regulatory compliance. Champions a culture of continuous improvement and innovation

- Develops KPIs for control center operations and regularly reports performance to senior leadership

- Oversees the control center shift foremen and pipeline controllers in the remote operation of pipeline assets on a 24-hour basis from a control center.

- The ability to make appropriate risk-based operational decisions.

- Ensure safe, efficient, and continuous operation of pipeline assets.

- Monitors product movements in relation to the pipeline schedules and works with the pipeline schedulers to resolve any discrepancies. Ensures all steps are being taken to protect the quality of the product.

- Ensures operating procedures are being followed, up to date, meet regulatory requirements and are reviewed regularly.

- Ensures pipeline controllers are trained appropriately on new or modified operations.

- Participates in the coordination of maintenance activities ensuring that they are consistent with operational requirements and control room personnel are aware of ongoing maintenance activities.

- Manages the overall operation and maintenance of the control center

- Prepares and manages the control center annual operating budget.

- Mentors, coaches and disciplines personnel.

- Monitors the enforcement of operational, integrity management, and safety procedures.

- Analyze operational data to detect anomalies and optimize performance.

- Prepare reports for throughput, product quality, and regulatory compliance.

- Maintain accurate logs and documentation for audits and internal reviews.

Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their superior, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion.

Experience

A minimum of 10 years of pipeline operations or equivalent experience in refinery, terminal, or field operations experience with at least 3 years of leadership experience is required.

Education Level

A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience, is required.

Required Skills

Knowledge of pipeline control center SCADA software, pipeline hydraulics, flow diagrams, and basic knowledge of overall pipeline operations is required. Strong analytical and computer skills are necessary. Familiarity with fluid handling equipment and associated components, SCADA equipment, and regulations governing the pipeline industry especially Control Room Management Regulations is required. The ability to effectively communicate with others, in both written and verbal communications, is required. Advanced reading and writing skills, along with the ability to perform complex mathematical calculations is required.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility

Directly supervises 4 shift foremen and 2 Optimization Specialist. Indirectly supervises 30 control center controllers.

Work Conditions

Pipeline control room based with up to 10% travel by land and air required.

Benefits

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, the following:

- Medical Insurance

- Vision Insurance

- Dental Insurance

- Paid Time-Off

- 401(k) Retirement Plan with match

- Educational Reimbursement

- Parental Bonding Time

- Employee Discounts

We are committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment, ensuring our employees have the resources needed to thrive professionally and personally. Benefit eligibility is governed by official plan documents, for more details visit Total Rewards.

Job conditions require sitting, talking or hearing, making visual inspections, making precise hand and finger movements, reaching or grasping, lifting and/or carrying up to 40lbs, 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, perceiving color differences. Job conditions may require standing and walking.

Our One HF Sinclair Culture:

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.