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Title:  Superintendent Compounding

Date:  Nov 18, 2025
Location: 

Petrolia, PA, US, 16050

Basic Function

HF Sinclair is seeking a Compounding Superintendent at our Sonneborn facility in Petrolia, Pennsylvania. The Compounding Superintendent is responsible for the immediate supervision of the Compounding department to include White Oil, SonneNatural, Cable, Sulfonate, Inspection/Loading, and Pet Wax. This position maintains safety, quality and delivery standards while optimizing production efficiency and facilitating work teams to maintain continuous operations.

Job Duties

  • Maintain an uncompromising commitment to safety for employees, visitors, and the organization.
  • Provide direct supervision to all Supervisors, support personnel, and bargaining unit employees within assigned departments.
  • Oversee daily operations, including maintenance scheduling and resolution of operational issues.
  • Maximize equipment uptime and manufacturing efficiency.
  • Investigate and implement corrective actions for equipment and operational problems.
  • Ensure compliance with housekeeping standards and safety practices.
  • Assist with the handling of grievances and maintaining positive labor relations.
  • Ensure salaried direct reports understand the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
  • Lead training and facilitate team processes related to safety, health, environment, quality, cost competitiveness, policies, and customer satisfaction.
  • Resolve conflicts promptly and effectively.
  • Recommend, develop, and implement improvements in organization, procedures, policies, standards, methods, processes, and equipment to promote safety, environmental responsibility, and operational efficiency.
  • Foster communication and collaboration to enhance employee relations and morale.
  • Ensure manufacturing and compounding operations are executed according to schedule.
  • Provide timely follow-through and closure on assignments.
  • Maintain ongoing communication and feedback with all levels of leadership.
  • Conduct and participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations to drive continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate with Supply, Planning, and Transportation teams to ensure adherence to production schedules.
  • Perform special assignments as directed by the supervisor.

Required Experience

  • Minimum 5 years in refinery, petrochemical, or industrial production management.
  • Proven leadership experience with high-performance work teams.

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related work experience required.

Required Skills

  • Strong leadership skills with a visible presence on the production floor.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; effective team player.
  • Ability to make sound decisions, manage time effectively, and handle multiple priorities in a complex environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and strong computer skills.
  • Ability to delegate tasks and projects effectively.
  • Solid understanding of production management principles.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility

Supervises operations bargaining unit employees as well as salaried administrative employees and Unit Supervisors to perform work safely, efficiently and to a quality standard during a 24/7 workweek.

Work Conditions

Office and plant based with up to 10% travel required.  Subject to varying weather conditions and required to work in all temperatures, including outdoors.

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.

Physical Requirements

Job conditions require standing, walking, sitting, talking or hearing, making visual inspections, making precise hand and finger movements, lifting or carrying up to 50 lbs., climbing up to 200 ft, perceive color differences, required to wear personal protective equipment as needed and a respirator in emergency situations. Depending on location must satisfactorily complete a comprehensive medical physical examination.  Job conditions may require twisting, stooping, crouching, kneeling, reaching or grasping, and working in confined spaces as permitted.

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 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.


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