Owner Project Manager: Lead End-to-End Plant Delivery

Air Liquide; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Liquide in Rotterdam seeks an experienced Owner’s Project Manager to lead end-to-end industrial projects from development to closeout, with full accountability for HSES, schedule, cost, and client satisfaction.

You will direct cross-functional teams, manage procurement packages, supervise on-site execution, and drive the MOC process to cap assets and close POs efficiently. Fluent English and willingness to travel across Europe are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of industrial project management experience with on-site execution.
• Strong hands-on troubleshooter skills for resolving site clashes and bottlenecks.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication in a global context.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Delivery & P&L: Lead industrial projects from development to closeout, accountable for HSES, quality, schedule, budget/P&L, and client satisfaction.
• Gate Governance & Stakeholder Alignment: Lead Project Steering Committees for Stage-Gate approvals and transparent reporting to stakeholders.
• Engineering & Procurement: Define technical specs, work packages, redlined drawings; review vendor docs and coordinate procurement and subcontractor packages.
• Field Execution & Problem Solving: Supervise on-site construction, surveys to optimize piping/cabling layouts, resolve bottlenecks to avoid delays.
• Change Management & Financial Closeout: Steer MOC process, control budgets/credits, and ensure asset capitalization and PO/invoice closure.
• Handover & Continuous Improvement: Ensure complete as-built docs transfer to operations and capture lessons learned to raise regional standards.

Skills

Project management

On-site execution

P&ID knowledge

Contract management

HSES safety

Stakeholder management

English language

Education

Master’s degree in Mechanical, Process, or Chemical Engineering

Job description

Air Liquide in Rotterdam seeks an experienced Owner’s Project Manager to lead end-to-end industrial projects from development to closeout, with full accountability for HSES, schedule, cost, and client satisfaction.

You will direct cross-functional teams, manage procurement packages, supervise on-site execution, and drive the MOC process to cap assets and close POs efficiently. Fluent English and willingness to travel across Europe are required.