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Manager Refinery Operations

Clean Harbors
Fallon, NV Full Time
POSTED ON 4/1/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/19/2025

We are seeking a motivational leader for our Fallon NV team. The Refinery Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing the operations of the used oil re-refining process including associated tank farms, utilities, and wastewater treatment operations. You will work alongside the shipping/receiving, maintenance and laboratory departments. Ensure health and safety, quality, compliance and production goals are met. Manage operating expenditures such as catalyst, chemicals, and supplies.

Why work for Clean Harbors?

  • Health and Safety is our #1 priority and we live it 3-6-5;
  • Competitive wages
  • Comprehensive health benefits coverage after 30 days of full-time employment.
  • Group 401K with company matching component.
  • Employee stock purchase plan.
  • Opportunities for growth and development for all the stages of your career.
  • Generous paid time off, company paid training and tuition reimbursement.
  • Positive and safe work environments.
  • Ensuring that Health and Safety is the number one priority by complying with all safe work practices, policies, and processes and always acting in a safe manner.
  • Monitors, manages and reports overall production of refinery against the budgeted production plan.
  • Budget cost for re-refinery process chemicals, catalyst, and supplies.
  • Manages the selection of hydrotreating catalysts.
  • Participates in shutdown planning activities, process troubleshooting, process optimization, monitoring and analysis of process data.
  • Responsible for hiring, training, coaching, evaluation and development of department employees.
  • Ensures process operations within safe operating limits, compliance with all regulatory permits, EH&S requirements, and ISO quality standards.
  • Oversee and participate in ongoing preparation, revision and approval of SOPs for the refinery.
  • Manage small to mid-size capital and expense projects.
  • Participate in the Process Safety Program to include PHA reviews, PSM Audits and action item closure.
  • Conduct management team investigation and implement corrective actions for incidents.
  • Serve as on call alternative emergency coordinator and be responsible for after hours refinery support.
  • Other Duties as Assigned.

What does it take to work for Safety-Kleen, a Clean Harbors company?

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering preferred
  • 7 Years’ experience in the petroleum or chemical processing industry preferred
  • Proven ability to motivate and lead a team
  • Must be able to communicate with all levels of the organization written and verbally
  • Strong technical aptitude with respect to refining operations
  • Mechanically inclined is a plus!
  • Ability to plan, organize, make decisions and handle multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
  • Must be able to budget cost for re-refinery process chemicals, catalyst, and supplies
  • Computer savvy
  • MS Office Suite – Word, Excel and Outlook
  • Must be able to work in all weather conditions, lift up to 50lbs, stoop, climb and work at heights


Safety-Kleen Systems,
a Clean Harbors company, has a commitment to excellence deeply rooted in a strong sense of tradition. Our entire business model revolves around keeping North American businesses green. We generate more than $1.2 billion in annual revenue as a world-class environmental service organization and market leader in industrial hazardous waste management, parts-cleaning technology, and oil re-refining. We collect over 200 million gallons of used motor oil each year and we have the largest re-refinery capacity in North America allowing us to re-refine more than 150 million gallons each year.

Every day, we help our customers resolve their waste management needs and reduce their carbon footprint. PROTECTION. CHOICES. PEOPLE. MAKE GREEN WORK.™

Safety-Kleen Systems, a Clean Harbors company, is a Military & Veteran friendly company.

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