Metal Trades Technician

Basic Function

HF Sinclair in Sinclair, WY is seeking a Metal Trades Tech who performs skilled pipefitting, boilermaker work, welding, fabrication, and maintenance work on refinery process equipment and piping systems. Responsible for the installation, repair, modification, and inspection of piping, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, structural steel, tanks, and related refinery equipment. Works safely and efficiently to support refinery reliability, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance.

Job Duties

(functions considered essential as defined by ADA)

• Fabricates, installs, repairs, and maintains refinery piping systems, valves, flanges, supports, and associated equipment.
• Performs welding utilizing SMAW, GTAW (TIG), GMAW (MIG), FCAW, and oxy-acetylene cutting processes as required.
• Repairs and maintains pressure vessels, boilers, heat exchangers, towers, furnaces, tanks, and structural steel.
• Reads and interprets blueprints, isometrics, P&IDs, welding procedures, drawings, and specifications.
• Lays out, measures, cuts, fits, aligns, and assembles piping and structural components.
• Performs field fabrication, equipment modifications, and shop fabrication activities.
• Conducts welding and fabrication work in compliance with refinery standards, ASME, API, and applicable industry codes.
• Utilizes precision measuring instruments and alignment tools.
• Operates hand tools, power tools, welding equipment, cutting equipment, and fabrication machinery.
• Performs rigging, lifting, and material handling activities utilizing hoists, chain falls, cranes, and other lifting devices.
• Supports maintenance turnarounds, shutdowns, capital projects, and emergency repair work.
• Completes inspections of completed work to ensure quality, reliability, and code compliance.
• Maintains work records, inspection documentation, and maintenance reports.
• Follows all safety, environmental, and operating procedures, including permit requirements, confined space entry, hot work, and lockout/tagout procedures.
• Communicates effectively with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and contractor personnel.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS

• Participates in refinery outages, turnarounds, and emergency response activities as required.
• Assists with equipment reliability improvements and continuous improvement initiatives.

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

Experience

Five (5) years of experience in industrial maintenance, refinery, petrochemical, mining, power generation, or heavy industrial environments preferred. Experience in pipe fabrication, vessel repair, welding, and structural steel work preferred.

Education Level

A minimum of a High School Diploma or GED

Required Skills

Journeyman-level pipefitting, boilermaker, welding, or related industrial maintenance experience. Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, blueprints, and specifications. Knowledge of industrial piping systems, welding techniques, and fabrication practices. Knowledge of safe work practices in an industrial environment. Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities. Effective verbal and written communication skills. Ability to work independently and in a team environment. Basic computer skills.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility

None

Work Conditions

Outdoors environment based. Petroleum refinery, plant environment, including not limited to chemicals, pressure vessels, and tanks, rotating equipment, and working in confined spaces. Able to work in adverse weather conditions. Required to work a flexible schedule, (e.g. 12 shift schedules, overtime, weekends, callouts or holidays).

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 .

Physical Requirements

Job conditions require standing, walking, sitting, twisting, stooping, crouching, kneeling, talking or hearing, making visual inspections, making precise hand and finger movements, reaching or grasping, lifting and/or carrying up to 50 lbs., pushing and/or pulling up to 50 lbs., climbing up to 100 ft., 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, wearing personal protective equipment (beards not permitted), and strenuous physical activity. 

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.

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 Pacic 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.

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.