Project Engineer

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

Join Air Products as Project Engineer for Packaged Gases in the Netherlands, taking ownership of a varied portfolio of engineering projects from initial concept through construction and commissioning. You will work independently while bringing together depot teams, central functions, field engineers, contractors, and international colleagues to deliver safe, compliant, high-quality results. The portfolio may include 10 to 20 projects each year, with individual project values indicated in the source draft from approximately EUR 5,000 up to EUR 1 million, subject to TA and hiring-manager confirmation.

·   Lead assigned projects end to end, from initiation and planning through construction, commissioning, and handover.

·   Own delivery against agreed scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety expectations, supported by clear and accurate reporting.

·   Provide technical direction throughout the engineering lifecycle and coordinate internal specialists, field engineers, contractors, and external partners.

·   Prepare robust cost estimates and ensure designs and execution comply with legal requirements, Air Products standards, specifications, and procedures.

·   Manage stakeholders and facilitate steering discussions so that decisions, risks, actions, and progress remain transparent.

·   Maintain complete project records in SAP, Microsoft Office applications, and relevant Air Products systems.

·   Partner with depots and central functions on maintenance implementation, installations, audits, and continuous improvement activities.

·   A bachelor’s degree in engineering, such as process, mechatronics, electrical, plant, or a closely related discipline.

·   At least three years of relevant professional experience, including practical exposure to project planning and execution.

·   A working understanding of business processes, cost control, and sound project-management principles.

·   Strong problem-solving, organisation, ownership, communication, and collaboration skills.

·   Confidence using Microsoft Office and experience with SAP or comparable enterprise systems.

·   Comfort working in English in an international environment.

·   Willingness to travel within the Netherlands and, when needed, undertake short multi-day assignments.

·   Experience delivering multidisciplinary engineering or industrial-gases projects in an operating environment.

·   Knowledge of packaged gases operations, depot maintenance, contractor coordination, commissioning, or technical audits.

·   Dutch language capability appropriate to site, contractor, customer, and regulatory interaction.

·   German language capability only if it is genuinely required for the role’s cross-border stakeholder scope.

Compensation decisions are based on objective, role-related criteria such as relevant experience, education, skills, location, scope, and assessed proficiencies. Each role has an established pay range, and the applicable range or relevant details will be shared in line with local requirements. The approved salary range for this vacancy must be added before publication.

Apply through the approved Air Products careers channel with your CV and, where useful, a short note explaining your experience delivering engineering projects in an operational environment.

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Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.