Senior Manager Regional Operations, Southwest

Basic Function

HF Sinclair Midstream located in Artesia, NM is seeking a Senior Manager, Regional Operations, Southwest. This position will be responsible for the safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective operation of all assigned pipeline, terminal, pump station, storage, and related midstream assets within the Southwest Region. This position provides direct regional leadership over operations, maintenance coordination, workforce performance, regulatory compliance, process safety, reliability, budget execution, and operating discipline. The role serves as the senior field operations leader and the Company’s primary representative on the ground for the region, with responsibility for transforming the operating culture into a more professional, accountable, standards-based, and performance-driven organization. Job Duties

(functions considered essential as defined by ADA)

Responsible for the maintenance and operation of all pipelines, terminals, pump stations, storage facilities, and related assets within the assigned Southwest Region and ensures maintenance activities align with operational, regulatory, reliability, and safety requirements. Ensures pipeline and terminal systems function at all times in a safe, reliable, environmentally responsible, and efficient manner; transportation schedules and product quality requirements are met; operating procedures are followed; and applicable rules, regulations, and company standards are adhered to. Provides visible field leadership through routine site visits, field observations, employee engagement, and verification of operating conditions, work execution, housekeeping, procedural use, and supervisory effectiveness. Leads the region with an uncompromising commitment to personal safety, environmental stewardship, process safety, stop-work authority, hazard recognition, incident reporting, corrective action closure, and prevention of repeat events. Drives process safety culture and operating discipline by reinforcing procedural compliance, management of change, incident investigation participation, lessons learned, abnormal operating condition response, and accountability for follow-through. Establishes and drives regional key performance indicators related to safety, process safety, environmental performance, reliability, maintenance execution, compliance, cost, overtime, training, corrective actions, operating discipline, and workforce productivity. Uses KPI scorecards, field observations, incident trends, reliability data, budget performance, compliance results, and workforce assessments to identify performance gaps and implement sustainable corrective actions. Leads deliberate culture transformation across the region by correcting informal work practices, inconsistent standards, and behaviors that do not align with company expectations, policies, or professional operating standards. Sets clear expectations for attendance, communication, field presence, documentation quality, training completion, procedure adherence, housekeeping, leadership behavior, and employee accountability. Holds supervisors and employees accountable for performance, safe work execution, policy compliance, training completion, operating discipline, corrective action completion, and professional conduct. Oversees the activities of terminal, pipeline, pump station, and field personnel throughout the assigned area and ensures supervisors are effectively leading, coaching, evaluating, and developing their teams. Conducts workforce capability evaluations to identify training needs, performance gaps, succession risks, leadership gaps, and organizational improvement opportunities. Ensures required training, operator qualification, procedure reviews, emergency response training, safety and environmental training, and role-specific competency development are completed and documented. Partners with Control Center, Scheduling, Measurement, Maintenance, Engineering, Integrity, HSE,