Controls Engineer Midstream

About the role

Join HF Sinclair Midstream at a pivotal point in our journey to modernize our operations and enhance long-term reliability across the enterprise. As part of the Process Controls Engineering team within Operation’s Technical Services, you will work alongside an experienced leadership team known for developing engineers, leaders, and high-performing technical organizations. You will apply your automation & controls engineering expertise to optimize, standardize, and modernize pipeline control systems, truck loading terminals, tank batteries, and related infrastructure. Work with operations, maintenance, engineering, IT, and project teams to advance operational excellence, system lifecycle management, and long-term reliability across our midstream operations. This role is designed with a strong emphasis on work-life balance, featuring primarily planned work hours, minimal after-hours support, and no routine on-call expectations.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize end-to-end system integration solutions between field devices, PLCs, Terminal Management Systems (TMS), SCADA, OT applications, communication networks, and business systems
• Standardize and improve PLC and HMI applications through flexible templates, reusable code, and engineering best practices
• Apply, maintain, and improve control processes and version control systems
• Serve as the automation and controls technical lead within projects from concept through safe, on-time delivery
• Support risk management, commissioning, lifecycle management, cross-functional coordination, and hazardous area considerations
• Evaluate and identify new technologies, processes, and ideas that enhance efficiency, reliability, and long-term maintainability of our assets
• Develop technical documentation including logic diagrams, cause-and-effect matrices, control narratives, and wiring and termination drawings
• Handle special assignments or tasks assigned by your supervisor

Requirements

• 8+ years of Automation, Controls, or Industrial Systems Engineering experience
• 6+ years of PLC and HMI programming and deployment experience
• 2+ years of Midstream Oil & Gas experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Controls Engineering, or related Engineering discipline

Preferred Qualifications

• Working in a project-driven environment delivering solutions
• Supporting Terminal Management Systems (TMS) used for truck loading

Skills

• Development and deployment of integrated control solutions
• Strong working knowledge of PLC logic, field HMI applications, PLC-SCADA interfaces, and technical documentation including schematics and drawings
• Troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex integrated control systems
• Planning and execution of testing, commissioning, and startup activities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including effective cross-functional collaboration and clear technical documentation

Preferred Skills

• Development of software and/or scripting solutions supporting system integration
• System lifecycle support and management
• Development of operational dashboards and KPIs
• PID loop tuning and support of advanced control strategies
• Hands-on control system field experience
• Working knowledge of ISA, NEC, NFPA, API standards, and/or similar codes

Supervisory Responsibility

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

Work Conditions

• Office-based with up to 25% travel required
• Subject to varying weather conditions and required to work in all temperatures, including outdoors

Physical Requirements

• Standing, walking, sitting, talking or hearing, making visual inspections
• Lifting or carrying up to 50 lbs
• Climbing up to 200 ft.
• Perceiving color differences
• Required to wear personal protective equipment as needed and a respirator in emergency situations (beards are not permitted)
• 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
• Making precise hand and finger movements, twisting, stooping, crouching, kneeling, reaching or grasping, and working in confined spaces as permitted

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Time-Off
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with match
• Educational Reimbursement
• Parental Bonding Time
• Employee Discounts

About HF Sinclair Corporation

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 lubricants, and specialty products. HF Sinclair owns and operates refineries located in Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Washington, and Utah. HF Sinclair provides petroleum product and crude oil transportation, terminalling, storage, and throughput services to our refineries and the petroleum industry. HF Sinclair markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest, and in other neighboring Plains states, and supplies high-quality fuels to more than 1,750 branded stations and licenses the use of the Sinclair brand to more than 350 additional locations throughout the country. HF Sinclair produces renewable diesel at two of its facilities in Wyoming and also at its facility in New Mexico. 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.