Project Manager

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.

Nature and Scope
• Project Execution Team is responsible for executing assigned projects and achieving project goals in support of Business Area. Individual projects are based on Customer, JV, or APSF merchant product or service requirement, which have been subsequently authorized by APSF management. Project scopes of supply may vary widely across the various Product Line Teams but will generally include equipment supply, engineering design, construction, and start-up services. The primary challenge is to complete the project scope of supply while meeting the critical success factors, typically schedule, at minimum cost, to the required levels of quality, and in a safe and efficient manner.
• Typical project activities include: technical liaison to the business areas, direct participation in selling projects, Customer’s single point of contact for communication and resolution project issues, review and interpretation of customer RFQs, participation in the definition of scope of supply and preparation of customer proposals, resource planning, defining and leading a project team, system design and specification, equipment procurement, equipment fabrication, drawing packages, value engineering, scope of supply documentation, contractor procurement, construction procurement and management, system commissioning and start-up, and project status and close out reports, etc.
• There are key characteristics and traits required of Project Engineers who must exercise sound judgment and interpersonal skills in the coordination and direction of the individuals that comprise the project execution team.
 Providing leadership to project team through acceptance of responsibility and example
 Providing adequate and timely coordination for members of project execution team to meet project goals
 Distinguishing between the needs and desires of customers and dealing forthright but firmly with customers as required to resolve scope issues that may arise
 Being capable of working within a team framework with the project execution team, other internal disciplines (e.g. accounting, purchasing, law department, commercial groups, etc.), and with external contacts (e.g. customers, contractors, equipment vendors, etc.)

• Leadership and direction during project execution including training and development, support to Proposal development and Project execution activities, in order to achieve consistently good project execution in accordance with AP EPC Phase Gate work process
• Controlling the budgets of projects within budgeted costs, whilst maintaining company goals of safety, reliability, and technical quality
• Ensuring the completion of projects within the agreed schedules without compromising company standards of safety, reliability, and technical quality
• Ensuring project resources and skills are matched to tasks and those tasks are completed in a timely manner, including obtaining resources from other functions & regions as necessary
• Supporting Proposal Development activities within Taiwan PDO in the development of clear scope definition and execution strategies, so that estimates can be prepared accurately and on time, and projects kicked-off smoothly in accordance with the EPC Phase Gate. Many of these scopes and execution strategies are cross-Product Line, Asia region and Global in nature.
• Ensuring that there is adequate and effective communication within the Project Execution team, within and across the EPC teams, all PDO Asia teams, Customers, Vendors, Partners, Authorities etc.
• Ensuring projects are closed out formally, and that feedback from these projects is reported and captured.
• Ensuring compliance with the EPC Phase Gate work processes, including the feedback of these work processes to reflect best project execution practice.
• Reporting to the EPC Management and Project stakeholders on the status of projects so that they are always fully informed of progress, achievements, and any problems (potential as well as actual).
 

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.