Job Description

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what's possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world's most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

Reimagine What's Possible

DIMENSIONS


The role's objective is to convey regional Project Delivery Systems requirements and to enable continuous improvement of systems, tools, and processes to support the effective use of Project Delivery systems and software tools, with a special focus on engineering.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES


This position is accountable for the following:

• Drives all Project Delivery Systems automation-related activities across the project lifecycle, beginning with the proposal phase.
• Leads and inspires the Regional Project Delivery Sytems team, including hiring , remuneration and skills development
• Works with the Regional Project Delviery Team to identify the desired level of system automation with alignment with project scope, scale, and split of work.
• Assess network and communications connectivity needs and the level of support required to support engineering workcenters, construction sites and fabrication yards.
• Coordinates with Project Execution, Engineering, Digital Technologies (IT), and CAD Systems teams to ensure systems and tools are appropriately sized, configured, and service-ready for projects.
• Works closely with Regional Project Automation Managers to coordinate the setup and support of engineering software tools locally and across global work centers in India, EMEA, the Americas, and Asia.
• Develops project automation plans and procedures with software requirements, configuration, setup, deployment scope, and project close-out and archiving activities, including Handover to Operations.
• Develops data and document requirements specifications and implements Air Products standard data model, including tools and templates.
• Develops data and document handover specification supporting incremental and full-scope delivery.
• Performs engineering data integrity audits to ensure compliance with Air Products data standards, approved conventions, and terminology.
• Keep aware of trends, best practices, and state-of-the-art information management, amongst others, in the process industry.
• Ensure compliance with any software or technology-licensing issues when AP is required to provide technology access to project joint-venture partners

CRITICAL COMPETENCIES

• Experience in leading the automation effort for a large organization in the EPC industry, Oil and Gas, Industrial Gases, or Petrochemical projects.
• Strong working knowledge of software applications used on large EPC projects, e.g., Hexagon SmartPlant tools, Smart Materials, Ecosys, and OpenText.
• Strong influencing, communication (written and verbal), and facilitative skills, including cross-cultures and geographies.
• Knowledge of the information flow between the automation tools.
• Thorough understanding of engineering data management and dependencies.
• Ability to plan and develop automation resources.
• Mobile and willing to travel to support projects within the region and cross-regional when work is being executed in multi-offices.


We are the world's largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen and industrial gas experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future.


At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visit About Air Products.