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Title:  Superintendent Shipping

Date:  Dec 2, 2025
Location: 

Petrolia, PA, US, 16050

Basic Function

Sonneborn, an HF Sinclair company in Petrolia, Pennsylvania is seeking a Shipping Superintendent. This person is responsible for the immediate supervision of the Shipping and Wax Caking departments. The position maintains safety, quality and delivery standards while optimizing production efficiency. Position facilitates work teams to maintain continuous operations.

Job Duties

  • Uncompromising attitude towards the safe work performance of the organization, its employees and those who visit.
  • Direct supervision of all Supervisors and support personnel in the assigned departments as well as the bargaining unit employees assigned to the Shipping and Wax Caking departments.
  • Coordinating of the plant shipping demands.
  • Investigates and directs correction of equipment and operational problems.
  • Maintains housekeeping standards and safety practices.
  • Handles second step grievances and maintains a good rapport with the union.
  • Ensures understanding of the CBA by all salaried direct reports and sits on the Company negotiation team.
  • Provides leadership in training, sustaining and facilitation of the team process in safety, health and environmental, quality, cost-competitiveness, procedures, policies and customer satisfaction.
  • Resolves conflicts expeditiously.
  • Recommends, develops and implements improvements in organization, procedures, policies, standards, specification methods, processes, equipment and sound maintenance and engineering practices to promote a safe workplace, to be environmentally responsible and to increase efficiencies.
  • Communicates with peers and work teams to enhance employee relations and enrich employee morale.Ensures that manufacturing and shipping schedules are executed as outlined by schedule.
  • Conduct and participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations to drive continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate closely with the Supply, Planning, and Transportation teams to ensure adherence to production schedules.

 

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

Experience

  • 5+ years in a refinery/petrochemical or industrial production management capacity.
  • Demonstrated experience in leadership role and high-performance work teams.

Education Level

A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or related work experience is required.

Required Skills

  • Proven ability to lead and direct the work of others.
  • Team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to make sound decisions with solid time management skills to effectively multi-task, meet deadlines and manage complexity within the workday.
  • Strong computer skills including proficiency with Microsoft Office.
  • Ability to delegate tasks and projects effectively.
  • Understanding of Shipping and Warehouse Management.
  • Willingness to be a hands-on leader with strong activity and visibility on the floor.

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 (beards are not permitted). 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.


Nearest Major Market: Pittsburgh

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