Midstream Project Engineer

This position is open to locations in Dallas, TX, Denver, CO, Salt Lake City, UT, Casper, WY, Artesia, NM, or Tulsa, OK.

About the role

Lead engineering, design, construction, and modification of crude and refined products pipelines and terminal facilities. Provide technical leadership across the full project lifecycle to ensure safe, reliable, and compliant operations.

Responsibilities

• Apply ASME B31.3, B31.4, 49 CFR 195, and HFSM & API standards to new and existing crude oil pipeline, petroleum product pipeline, product distribution terminals, and asphalt loading facilities.
• Develop project scopes, budgets, schedules, and supporting technical documentation.
• Produce and review engineering drawings, calculations, and equipment specifications.
• Integrate instrumentation, controls, SCADA, leak-detection systems, and operational data.
• Produce high-quality engineered project budget estimates for projects ranging from under $100,000 to over $10,000,000, including cost modeling, quantity takeoffs, and risk-based contingency development.
• Work within a stage-gate AFE process and manage all required engineering and project deliverables for each gate.

Engineering Management

• Deliver projects from concept through detailed design, construction, commissioning, and turnover.
• Manage EPC firms, contractors, and multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Author and administer contracts, including change management and deliverable alignment.
• Support PHA/HAZOP, Management of Change (MOC), incident investigations, and PSSR.

Operations Support

• Perform detailed field site investigations, collaborate with Operations & other stakeholders, and troubleshoot process issues to optimize system performance.
• Troubleshoot pipeline and terminal operations and recommend improvements.
• Conduct mechanical & hydraulic assessments, stress analysis, and equipment evaluations.
• Coordinate permitting and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

• A minimum of eight years of progressive work experience in pipelines, terminals, pipeline stations, or petrochemical facilities.
• Bachelor's Degree in engineering discipline (required).

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer registration.
• Refinery or petrochemical industry experience.
• Experience with FCC, CCR, Alky, Sulfur unit, Delayed Coking, Lubes Processing, and hydro-treating.

Skills

• Technical expert in area of specialty.
• Advanced ability to stay abreast of new technology developments and processes and apply knowledge analytically.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft products and commonly used engineering concepts and experience with engineering software.
• Familiarity with standards and practices of the specific discipline.
• Ability to effectively communicate with others, both written and verbal communication, advanced reading and writing skills, with the ability to perform advanced mathematical calculations.
• May be responsible for the supervision of personnel as well as contractors.

Work Conditions

• Office and plant based with up to 20% travel by land and air required.
• Petroleum refinery, warehouse/plant environment, and outdoors including chemicals, pressure vessels, tanks, rotating equipment, wet and/or oil-contaminated conditions, at both below grade and elevated positions, and working in confined spaces.
• Subject to all temperatures, weather, and varying road conditions.

Physical Requirements

• Standing, walking, sitting, talking or hearing, making visual inspections, making precise hand and finger movements.
• Lifting and/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 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.
• May require twisting, stooping, crouching, kneeling, reaching, or grasping.

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 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.