Title:  Counsel

HF Sinclair's Corporate Counsel assists General Counsel and Associate General Counsel in performing the duties of the Legal Department.  This role operates with independence and is expected to own execution, not merely advise, across a broad range of commercial, transactional, and operational legal matters.

• Work with business, commercial, and operational (Midstream and Downstream) teams on a high volume of commercial agreements, including supply, services, logistics, procurement, and operational contracts.
• Independently review, negotiate, draft, and interpret commercial agreements, to deliver pragmatic, risk-based legal advice aligned with business objectives.
• Proactively own, execute, and deliver legal advice to stakeholders, including managing negotiations, transactions, and operational legal matters, rather than solely providing advisory support.
• Support continuous improvement of legal processes and tools, and develop and maintain contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and internal guidance, and provide training to the business teams.
• Ability to independently handle legal processes commonly supported by paralegal functions, including contract management, transaction logistics, and maintenance of records, as needed from time to time.
• Advise management of the legal implications of commercial, administrative, and operational activities.
• Interfaces with outside counsel on various matters.
• May support matters outside core commercial focus as needed, including due diligence for acquisitions and dispositions, NDAs, pipeline-related matters, and other matters requiring legal assistance.
• Participate in continuing legal education programs and other activities as necessary to keep informed of developments in the law, new and proposed statutes and regulations, economic and social issues and other matters of interest to the Company and the energy industry.

 

Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by his/her superior, as determined from time to time in the supervisor’s sole and complete discretion.

 

 

A minimum of five years’ experience as a licensed attorney is required. 

 

Preferred Experience: 

Previous experience working as legal counsel at a large public corporation or top tier law firm.

A minimum of a Jurisprudence Doctorate Degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school is required.   

Advanced legal drafting and analysis of commercial contracts; ability to manage complex legal projects; advanced reading and writing skills; interpersonal, problem solving, research and document review; and word processing skills.  Required to be a member of the State Bar of Texas.  Ability to effectively communicate with others, both written and verbal communication. Strong public speaking skills along with presentation skills. MS Office word processing skills.

 

No direct reports. Must be able to supervise and lead work of paralegals and outside counsel effectively.

Office based with travel up to 20% by land and air required.  Subject to all weather and varying road conditions.

Petroleum refinery and out-of-doors environment including but not limited to chemicals, pressure vessels, tanks, and rotating equipment.

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 standing, walking, sitting, talking or hearing, making visual inspections, making precise hand and finger movements, lifting or carrying up to 25 lbs., pushing or pulling up to 25 lbs., perceiving color differences, required to wear personal protective equipment as needed (beards are not permitted).  Job conditions may require twisting, stooping, crouching, kneeling, reaching or grasping, and working in confined spaces as permitted.

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 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.