Job description
Role Overview
Senior Project Planning & Controls Engineer at Air Products, based in Jubail (BHIG and customer sites).
Company Overview
Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company founded in 1940 with a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, and an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. The company creates solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world-scale production facilities.
Role Purpose
Provide expert planning and project controls support for BHIG's Project Portfolio Organization, ensuring accurate scheduling, cost forecasting, and performance reporting. The role drives compliance with BHIG standards and customer requirements, enabling successful project delivery within scope, time, and budget.
Key Responsibilities
Planning & Scheduling
- Develop and maintain integrated project schedules using Primavera P6 or equivalent tools.
- Ensure alignment of engineering, procurement, and construction activities with overall project timelines.
- Perform schedule risk analysis and recommend mitigation strategies.
Cost Control & Forecasting
- Prepare and monitor project budgets, cost forecasts, and cash flow projections.
- Track commitments, expenditures, and variances against approved budgets.
- Support monthly cost reporting and earned value analysis.
Project Controls Governance
- Implement Air Products and BHIG project controls procedures.
- Maintain accurate progress measurement systems and performance dashboards.
Customer Expectation Management
- Provide transparent reporting to customers and stakeholders on schedule and cost performance.
- Address concerns promptly and ensure alignment with contractual requirements.
Interface & Coordination
- Collaborate with engineering, procurement, and construction teams to validate progress data.
- Support change management processes and assess impact on schedule and cost.
Risk & Change Management
- Identify schedule and cost risks; develop mitigation plans.
- Evaluate change requests and incorporate approved changes into baseline plans.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline.
- 8+ years in project planning and controls within oil & gas or petrochemical projects.
- Expertise in Primavera P6, cost control systems, and EPC execution practices.
- Familiarity with Saudi Aramco standards.
- PMP or equivalent certification preferred.
Skills & Competencies
- Advanced scheduling and resource planning.
- Cost control and earned value management.
- Risk analysis and mitigation.
- Knowledge of international and Saudi Aramco standards.
- Analytical and detail-oriented mindset.
- Stakeholder collaboration and communication.
- Problem-solving and continuous improvement.
- Planning and prioritization.
- Leading with influence.
Additional Information
- Contract role.
- Site-based in Jubail (BHIG and customer sites) with occasional travel.
- Performance measured on accuracy of schedule and cost forecasts, timely reporting and variance analysis, schedule adherence and milestone achievement, cost performance within approved limits, and client satisfaction.