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Job Description
Basic Function
HF Sinclair is seeking a Paralegal based in Dallas, TX. In this role, you will assist the legal department with contract administration and review, and with other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Job Duties
- Manage contract process and contract administration activities, including contract drafting, contract review and negotiation, amendments, records maintenance, database management, and contract renewals.
- Manage projects, including drafting, reviewing, and transmitting legal correspondence and documents.
- Manage engagement, billing, and payments of outside counsel and other parties.
- Prepare responses to informal demands and claims.
- Monitor status of various legal matters and update databases.
- Assist as requested with miscellaneous legal issues for all departments.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders, including sales, finance and operations to provide timely and accurate advice.
- Draft and negotiate complex commercial and transactional agreements.
- Maintain and optimize contract templates and clause libraries within digital platforms to ensure consistency and reduce drafting time.
- Approach matters with eye for detail and excellent organizational skills and ability to handle multiple projects and manage confidential and sensitive information.
- Provide advanced corporate transactional, financing, and general commercial paralegal services in wide range of areas including but not limited to Finance, Commercial Transactions, Human Resources, and Information Technology.
- Effectively communicate with others at all levels of the organization and outside counsel, both written and verbal communication.
- Extremely responsive to a high volume of diverse requests.
- Be a self-motivated, organized team player with ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a high-energy and fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Encourage collaboration and build understanding; exhibit ability to find common ground and solve problems, and ownership of projects and commitments.
- Exhibit high ethical standards, professionalism and integrity.
- Serve as mentor to younger/less experienced paralegals.
Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by his/her superior, as determined from time to time in the supervisor’s sole and complete discretion.
Experience
- Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience as a transactional paralegal at a law firm or corporation.
- Demonstrated experience drafting and managing contract templates.
- Familiarity with digital workflow automation and document management systems.
- Experience with Legal Tracker (or similar legal invoice processing system).
- Proven ability to lead or support legal operations projects, including implementing new technologies and processes to modernize transactional workflow.
- Skilled in coordinating cross-functional teams to streamline contract lifecycle management and improve efficiency.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and verbal and written communication skills.
- Stable work history.
Education Level
Bachelor’s degree, plus a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience as a transactional paralegal.
Required Skills
Demonstrates high standards of integrity, honesty, ethics, and confidentiality. Able to apply advanced clerical and data entry assignments based on pre-established guidelines. Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision. Ability to communicate effectively in person and by telephone with the public, attorneys, government entities, contractors, etc. Ability to successfully negotiate with all internal client levels, external counterparties, and personalities. Advanced knowledge of the purpose and technology of legal documents and extensive knowledge of legal terminology. Advanced knowledge of legal concepts and procedures. Thorough knowledge of legal and business communication principles and practices, legal research techniques, and legal terminology. Relevant computer knowledge and experience. Advanced research, analytical, and critical thinking skills. Ability to work well as part of a team. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Strong written and verbal communication skills; detail oriented; proven ability to work in a complex environment with multiple priorities and projects while maintaining a high stress tolerance. Proficient in planning and organizing, and monitoring information. Advanced reading and intermediate math skills.
Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility
None.
Work Conditions
Office based with travel up to 5% required by land or air. Subject to varying road and weather conditions.
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
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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