At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard, and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally, we offer competitive pay and excellent benefits for our employees. Check-out some of our benefits below!

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (day 1 of employment)
• Competitive base salary plus commissions
• Monthly Vehicle Allowance Program
• 401k with 100% vested company core and match
• Paid Vacation, holidays + sick time
• Paid Parental leave (Up to 4 weeks for both parents)
• Backup Child and Adult Care benefit
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent daycare)
• Life Insurance (AD&D- Paid for by Air Products), Supplemental AD&D
• Legal Plan & Identity theft coverage
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Many more supplemental benefits available

This role reports to the North America Project Engineering Manager. The essential functions of this role include:

• Run all functions of a Project Engineering team including day-to-day management of Project Engineers and Construction Managers.
• Responsible for ensuring all parts of the project process are followed within the region from initiation through project close out.
• Main point of contact between the operational facilities, business area partners, maintenance, and the project engineering team.
• Leads workload of all employees including up to 7 Project Engineers (consisting of direct and contingent worker personnel).
• Work with maintenance team to supervise and forecast execution of all maintenance led capital projects.
• Handles appropriate staffing levels for the region to meet project demand including engineering team resources required for efficient project execution.
• Participate in the TAR planning process and ensure staffing is appropriate to complete capital projects in large plant turnarounds.
• Mentor Project Engineers through their careers.
• Review all funding requests and project estimates prior to issuance for approval.
• Ensure all projects receive adequate operability and hazard reviews and that all recommendations are completed in a timely manner and detailed appropriately.
• Ensure process safety is adhered to on all project invent.
• Coordinate regional contractor development strategy through partnership with Air Products procurement team.
• Coordinate regional contingent worker strategy working through the VNDLY system.
• Evaluate bid tabs for major contracts prior to bid award.
• Manage Project Safety and ensure accurate communication protocols are followed.
• Prepare and lead monthly safety meetings for the region presenting various incidents across the fleet and apply findings.
• Responsible for leading the Capital Project forecast and capital plan (development and execution) for the region, near-term and long-term.
• Ensure all projects meet the operability needs of the customer.
• Gain a basic understanding of the operating plant environment, process and equipment.
• Lead monthly project status and gatekeeping meetings for the region with all partners in the region.
• Understand quality standards as outlined by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
• Maintain accurate status of sub-region key performance indicators to stay aware of region and team performance.

• Manufacturing plant operations, maintenance, or capital projects experience (10 years minimum).
• Strong project management experience in project development and planning, estimating and forecasting, and execution and turnover.
• Strong leadership abilities.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and planning skills.
• Self-motivated and willingness to learn and improve.
• High ethical standards.
• Willing to work a wide variety of scheduled days and hours.
• Plant outage experience.
• Works authoritatively and collaboratively with employees, peers, management, support personnel, program participants and business area personnel.
• Applies positive and constructive demeanor toward resolution of problems and conflicts.
• Accepts direction, constructive feedback, and supervision.
• Understands that project safety and execution shall follow APCI standards and policies.
• Keep software tools and databases, used to own the project sub-region, current.
• Has excellent SAP skills within the Project System roles.

• BS in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred

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