Senior Engineer, Strategic Planning (Projects)

Air Liquide; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Liquide Singapore seeks a seasoned cost control and project planning professional to join our team. You will coordinate with engineering, procurement and finance to shape technically compliant, budget-conscious offers for industrial equipment projects.

You will lead budget forecasting, monitor cost trends, develop dashboards in Power BI, and drive procurement plans to meet financial targets while maintaining safety and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 5+ years in project management, cost control or strategic planning in industrial settings.
• Strong analytical skills with data handling and forecasting.
• Experience with dashboards and cost monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with stakeholders to develop technical proposals and costed solutions aligned to specifications.
• Support risk assessment, scope clarification, and ensure safe, reliable offers.
• Develop and implement project budget control strategies for specialty gas and chemical equipment.
• Ensure alignment of procurement plans with budget allocations.
• Provide periodic budget performance reports and cost trend analyses.
• Deliver training on strategic planning, budget control and procurement processes.

Skills

Budget forecasting

Variance analysis

Data visualization

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong analytical mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field

Tools

Power BI

AutoCAD

Job description

• Coordinate internally and support BD in the most competitive economical & technical costing/solution compliant to the specification and in compliance with AL, industry standards.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to develop mutually beneficial technical proposals/commercial offers to customers.
• Support risk assessment, clarify scope and provide technical input to ensure a safe and reliable offer.
• Ensure the compliance of the project to AL rules and systems and in accordance to the relevant external rules and regulations.
• Coordinate with Strategic Planning Manager in problem solving, resourcing and budgeting activities.
• Develop and implement project budget control strategies for specialty gas & chemical equipment.
• Ensure alignment of project procurement plans (PPP) with actual budget allocations.
• Support procurement planning for specialty gas & chemical equipment, ensuring cost efficiency.
• Establish workflows for budget tracking, cost forecasting, and project financial compliance.
• Provide periodic reports on budget performance, cost trends, and procurement efficiency.
• Conduct training sessions on strategic planning, budget control, and procurement processes.
• Drive programs to improve project cost to meet efficiency.
• Identify single source issues and drive mitigation plan for new/additional competitive suppliers
• Any other tasks and responsibilities assigned by supervisor.
• Bachelor degree in Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial Engineering or other technical discipline
• 5+ years of experience in project management/cost control/strategic planning in industrial activities
• Strong analytical mindset with a high proficiency in handling complex data and numbers.
• Proven ability to perform budget forecasting alongside scenario and variance analysis.
• Experience creating and managing dashboards for budget tracking, cost monitoring, and trend reporting.
• Proficiency in Power BI or similar data visualization tools is added advantage
• Skilled at assessing financial and operational data to drive strategic decision-making and identify budget inefficiencies.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills to align finance, procurement, and engineering teams toward strategic goals.
• Knowledge in AUTOCAD is added advantage.