Sr. Maintenance Lead
Parpacific
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Job summary
Par Pacific is seeking a Sr. Maintenance Lead in Newcastle, WY to oversee safe, efficient execution of refinery maintenance activities. You will lead projects, mentor staff, and stay hands-on in fieldwork, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity across maintenance tasks.
You will coordinate with supervisors and planners, oversee safety plans, and manage field crews and contractors to meet refinery objectives with a strong emphasis on reliability and performance.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent required; technical training preferred.
- Valid driver's license throughout employment
- Minimum 5 years of refinery or heavy industrial maintenance experience
- Specialized Certifications: Must hold advanced certifications (e.g., Specialized Welding, Rigger 1 & 2, CDL Class A with Hazmat, Crane Operation, or Asbestos Supervisor)
- Advanced knowledge of mechanical systems, rotating equipment, and piping systems
- Strong leadership, decision-making, and conflict resolution skills
Responsibilities
- Promote and model compliance with OSHA requirements and refinery safety rules.
- Lead assigned maintenance projects and coordinate activities.
- Provide hands-on field support, coaching, and mentoring to team members.
- Demonstrate safe and proper use of maintenance tools and equipment.
- Provide advanced troubleshooting for rotating equipment, pumps, piping, valves, and heat exchangers.
- Coordinate with departments to plan routine maintenance, shutdowns, startups, and turnarounds.
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Job description
Job Location (Short): Newcastle, WY, USA, 82701
- Sr. Maintenance Lead at a downstream growth-oriented energy company.
- The Sr. Maintenance Lead is responsible for supporting the safe, efficient, and high-quality execution of complex refinery maintenance activities. Working with minimal guidance from the Maintenance Supervisor, this individual serves as a critical technical resource, leads assigned projects, coordinates the work of employees and contractors, and provides coaching and mentoring to less experienced team members. The Sr. Maintenance Lead is expected to remain actively involved in fieldwork while helping the team troubleshoot problems, prioritize work, and meet refinery expectations for safety, quality, and productivity. This position includes both administrative and field-based responsibilities. The Sr. Maintenance Lead will routinely enter operating units, work alongside maintenance personnel, provide technical guidance and training, coordinate with other departments, and promptly elevate significant safety, equipment, staffing, or scheduling concerns to the Maintenance Supervisor or Maintenance Manager.
- When business needs require, this position may be formally assigned supervisory uplift responsibilities to provide temporary coverage and support for the Maintenance Supervisor. This is a safety-sensitive position within a 24-hour industrial refinery environment.
- Promote and model compliance with OSHA requirements, refinery safety rules, established procedures, and safe work practices.
- Participate in and assist with daily safety meetings, toolbox talks, pre-job planning, and Job Safety Analysis (JSA) reviews.
- Verify that Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), confined space entry, hot work, line breaking, and other applicable safe work procedures are understood and properly followed.
- Safely and proficiently use self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and supplied-air respirators (SAR) for supplied-air work and backup or rescue operations.
- Identify field hazards, take appropriate immediate action, and exercise stop-work authority when work cannot be performed safely.
- Conduct safety observations, communicate findings, and support timely corrective action.
- Ensure employees and contractors use required personal protective equipment (PPE) and follow established refinery safety expectations.
- Promptly report and elevate significant safety concerns, procedural issues, or unsafe conditions to the Maintenance Supervisor or Maintenance Manager.
- Lead by example by demonstrating personal accountability for safety, quality, housekeeping, and environmental compliance.
- Serve as a technical lead on assigned maintenance projects by evaluating the scope of work, breaking complex work into manageable tasks, identifying required resources, and coordinating activities as appropriate.
- Remain a hands-on member of the Maintenance team while providing technical direction, coaching, mentoring, and field support to other employees.
- Work alongside maintenance personnel to demonstrate proper techniques, support safe execution, and provide hands-on training.
- Demonstrate the safe and proper use of common maintenance hand tools, power tools, torque equipment, alignment tools, precision measuring instruments, and other equipment necessary to perform or verify maintenance work.
- Provide advanced troubleshooting support for rotating equipment, pumps, compressors, piping systems, valves, heat exchangers, fin fans, and structural components.
- Verify proper rigging practices, load handling, lifting methods, and safe equipment placement.
- Lead or provide technical oversight for heat exchanger and fin fan work, including bundle removal and replacement, cleaning, bolt-up, plugging leaking tubes, and rolling bundle tubes.
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of refinery units, equipment, processes, and utility systems, including the ability to develop block-style process flow diagrams (PFDs).
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge of chemicals and systems associated with pretreatment, product treatment, loading racks, product pipelines, boilers, deaerators, cooling water, and the refinery flare system.
- Track, troubleshoot, and manage steam and glycol circuits based on seasonal conditions, process requirements, and operating needs.
- Identify equipment reliability concerns, recurring maintenance issues, and opportunities to improve work practices or equipment performance.
- Ensure work areas are maintained in a clean, organized, and safe condition throughout the job and upon completion.
- Communicate equipment concerns, changes in work scope, resource limitations, or other issues that may affect safety, quality, schedule, or refinery operations.
- Assist with coordinating daily and weekly maintenance activities, reviewing work priorities, and sequencing assigned work to support refinery needs.
- Review work scope, job plans, required permits, tools, materials, equipment, and staffing needs before work begins.
- Coordinate with the Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Manager, planners, and other team members when work priorities, schedules, or resource needs change.
- Provide clear technical guidance and confidently teach maintenance tasks and safe work practices to less experienced employees.
- Coach and mentor employees to strengthen their technical knowledge, troubleshooting skills, safety performance, accountability, and overall job proficiency.
- Support employee development through hands-on instruction, knowledge sharing, and constructive feedback.
- Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Inspection, Reliability, Warehouse, and other departments to plan and safely execute routine maintenance, shutdowns, startups, turnarounds, and special projects.
- Coordinate and monitor contractor field activities within the assigned scope to help ensure work is performed safely and in accordance with refinery requirements.
- Communicate work progress, equipment status, delays, and follow-up needs to affected departments and leadership.
- Promptly elevate safety concerns, equipment problems, employee concerns, resource limitations, scheduling conflicts, or other significant issues to the Maintenance Supervisor or Maintenance Manager.
- Support clear communication and effective handoffs between shifts, departments, and work groups.
- Maintain accurate and timely maintenance records in SAP, including reviewing work order queues, filtering and updating orders, entering work notifications, and documenting completed work.
- Review and close work orders, ensuring labor, materials, equipment, failure information, and other required details are coded and documented correctly.
- Verify that work completed, follow-up needs, equipment conditions, and outstanding concerns are clearly documented.
- Use Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and email effectively for internal and external communication, reporting, documentation, and planning.
- Review technical information, maintenance procedures, equipment history, job plans, drawings, and other documents needed to support work activities.
- Communicate work status, equipment concerns, schedule impacts, and recommend follow-up actions to the appropriate employees and leadership.
- Maintain clear and accurate documentation for shift changes, project handoffs, equipment repairs, and maintenance planning.
- Promptly report and elevate significant safety, equipment, personnel, scheduling, or resource concerns to the Maintenance Supervisor or Maintenance Manager.
When formally assigned supervisory uplift responsibilities, the Senior Maintenance Technician will continue to serve as a hands‑on member of the Maintenance team while providing temporary day‑to‑day leadership and coordination.
- Coordinate and provide day‑to‑day direction for assigned maintenance employees and work activities.
- Communicate work priorities, performance expectations, safety requirements, and changes in work scope.
- Work alongside employees in the field while providing coaching, mentoring, technical guidance, and hands‑on support.
- Monitor work progress and make appropriate adjustments to staffing, sequencing, or work assignments within the scope of assigned authority.
- Provide employees with timely and constructive performance feedback and communicate significant performance or conduct concerns to the Maintenance Supervisor or Maintenance Manager.
- Address routine concerns within the scope of the assignment and promptly elevate matters requiring additional authority, support, or management action.
- Support safe shutdown, startup, turnaround, emergency response, and unplanned outage activities.
- Coordinate with Operations and other departments to respond to changing refinery priorities and operational needs.
- Help ensure completed work meets refinery expectations for safety, quality, documentation, housekeeping, and timely execution.
- Support employee onboarding, training, qualification, skills development, and workforce‑development activities.
- Participate in the hiring and selection process when requested by management.
- Lead by example and promote a work environment centered on safety, teamwork, accountability, respect, and continuous improvement.
Note: This description is intended to give you a general overview of the position. Additional responsibilities and opportunities may be identified based on current business needs.
To meet the basic qualifications for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.
- High School Diploma or equivalent required; technical training preferred.
- Possess and maintain a valid driver’s license throughout employment
- Minimum 5 years of refinery or heavy industrial maintenance experience.
- Specialized Certifications: Must hold advanced certifications (e.g., Specialized Welding, Rigger 1 & 2, CDL Class A with Hazmat, Crane Operation, or Asbestos Supervisor).
- Advanced knowledge of mechanical systems, rotating equipment, and piping systems.
- Strong leadership, decision-making, and conflict resolution skills.
- Regular exposure to industrial hazards including noise, heat, cold, dust, and hydrocarbons.
- Ability to work at heights, on grated walkways, elevated structures, pipe racks, and towers.
- Frequent standing, walking, and climbing of multiple flights of stairs and vertical ladders while maintaining three points of contact.
- Ability to crawl, kneel, and work in confined or restricted spaces.
- Ability to lift/carry up to 40 pounds occasionally and 15 pounds frequently.
- Required use of flame‑resistant clothing (FRC) and standard refinery PPE, including respiratory protection.
- May be required to work extended hours, nights, weekends, or respond to call‑outs.
At Par Pacific, we own and operate market‑leading energy and infrastructure businesses in logistically complex markets. We have built a team of downstream industry veterans and subject matter experts to lead our organization with an entrepreneurial spirit and a collaborative, problem solving approach. We bring our diverse strengths and motivation to complex markets where we seek out diamonds in the rough. As a nimble, growing organization, we actively pursue new opportunities with corporate financing know‑how, respond to local market demands, and adapt to changing external environments.
There is nothing ordinary about Par Pacific -- a niche player in the energy space. And there's certainly nothing ordinary about Par Pacific employees. We are driven, hardworking, entrepreneurial‑minded professionals who love to win. Our RICH values describe how we approach our work: Respect for Others, Integrity, Collaborative Innovation, and Heart. If that describes you, you'll fit right in.
Because Par Pacific operates in some of the most beautiful places throughout the country, our employees get to make these places their home and enrich their lives.
You will work in Newcastle, the county seat of Weston County, which offers the neighborly culture you would expect in a small town. We are proud of our great schools, low cost of living. The downtown historic district is listed with the National Registry of Historic Places, and it helps preserve the Western culture that residents love.
At Par Pacific, we look for operations with strong fundamentals and great employees who can move a business forward. Our management team has deep experience in the energy industry, as well as in leading mergers, acquisitions, and integrations of newly acquired companies.
We are an energy company that has recognized the imperative and embraced the opportunity to begin the transition from fossil fuels. We are developing products that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a strong comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision insurance, a robust allotment of paid time off, a 401(k) with company match, retirement savings plans, educational reimbursement, and more. Full‑time employees (and their families) are offered medical (with prescription coverage), dental, vision, voluntary critical illness, accident, life/AD&D insurance, Flexible Spending Account and Employee Assistance Program. Employees can purchase company stock at discounted prices through the Employee Stock Purchase Program.
Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, owns, manages and maintains interests in energy and infrastructure businesses. We are a growing energy company focused on renewable and conventional fuels in the Western United States. Par Pacific also owns 46% of Laramie Energy, LLC, a natural gas production company with operations and assets concentrated in Western Colorado. Our common stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the trading symbol "PARR".
We own and operate refineries in Hawaii, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming, with total operating throughput capacity of over 219 Mbpd. Par Pacific owns and operates one of the largest energy networks in Hawaii with 94,000 bpd of operating refining capacity, a logistics system supplying the major islands of the state and 90 retail locations. In the Pacific Northwest and the Rockies, Par Pacific owns and operates 125,000 bpd of combined refining capacity and related multimodal logistics systems.
We own and operate over 90 retail locations in Hawaii under the Hele and 76 brands and over 30 retail locations in Washington and Idaho under the nomnom brand.
Par Pacific prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable law.
Note: Par Pacific will not accept calls or unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters. All candidates are required to apply through this web posting.
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