HF Sinclair
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HF Sinclair in Artesia, NM is seeking an Instrument Craftsman. This position focuses on maintaining and commissioning process control instrumentation and associated valves including: troubleshooting, installing, repairing, and adjusting equipment to ensure the refinery process operates in a safe and reliable manner.
Job Duties
Install, repair, maintain and calibrate indicating, recording and controlling instruments that measure and control process variables, such as pressure, flow level, temperature, motion, force and chemical composition using hand tools, precision instruments, hydrocarbon detectors and H2S monitors.
Maintain non-conventional instrumentation such as product blending systems, tank farm gauging and management systems, distributed control systems and programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
Maintain non-conventional instrumentation such as product blending systems, tank farm gauging and management systems, distributed control systems and programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
Reassemble instrument, test and calibrate assembly for conformance with specifications using test instruments such as oscilloscopes, multi-meters, manometers, documenting process calibrators, smart communicators and PC based diagnostic equipment.
Inspect instruments periodically and make minor calibration adjustments to insure they are functioning within specified controlled variables.
Reading schematics, P&IDs, and loop sheets and understanding digital control systems and valves, transmitters and transducers.
Perform various safety procedures including communicating any unsafe conditions to the Shift Foreman, ensure all work and operations are performed in accordance with safety policies and procedures, and participate in monthly safety walk through audits.
Maintain and troubleshoot pneumatic instruments and controllers.
Required to work extended hours outside of routine schedule; including weekends, holidays, etc.
Required to travel to our Lovington site for various work.
Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion
A minimum of 3 years instrumentation/electronics background or equivalent work experience in an industrial setting or a combination of equivalent work and education.
Refinery or chemical plant experience. Experience with the maintenance of distributive control systems, analyzers, and PLC expertise helpful. Ability to maintain and troubleshoot pH equipment, hydrocarbon and H2S detectors, and furnace oxygen analyzers.
A minimum of a High School degree or equivalent is required.
Associate’s Degree in Process Control/Electronics or similar.
Required Skills
Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently, cope with several problems or projects at the same time, make decisions and take responsibility, read and interpret blueprints and control loop sheets, troubleshoot and repair an intermittent failure on process control equipment, strong analytical skills, knowledge in mathematics to calculate accurate figures for setting up flows, levels, temperatures, and pressures, ability to read electrical schematics and draw simple work sketches, background in instrument maintenance and troubleshooting along with construction, understanding of refinery instrumentation and troubleshooting of P & I diagrams, loop sheets, control valves, recorders, controllers, and process control valves. Computer literate, comprehend and follow verbal instructions, rules and regulations, both job and safety related, proficient in the use of precision test and calibration equipment, knowledge of the four primary process variables, i.e., flow, level, pressure, and temperature, about types “J” and “K” thermocouples and the ability to effectively communicate with others, both written and verbal communication, basic reading and writing skills, with the ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.
Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility
Work Conditions
Field based
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
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.
Physical Requirements
Must be flexible to changing schedule. Must be willing to work overtime as needed. Able to work 12-hour shift schedules during outages. Able to work in adverse weather conditions. Must be able to grip, hold, operate various power tools and make precise hand and finger movements. Able to lift up to 50 pounds. Able to lift, carry, climb (heights exceeding 100’), walk, stand, stoop, kneel, push, reach, climb stairs and ladders and have a sense of balance. Able to hear alarms, emergency horns and make visual inspections. Able to wear and utilize negative and positive pressure breathing apparatus.
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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
Nearest Major Market: Albuquerque
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