Senior Project Manager (Chemical/Petrochemical) #AKT

SearchAsia Consulting Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in Singapore is seeking a Project Manager with at least 8 years of experience in managing brownfield projects within the chemical or petrochemical sectors. The role involves developing project scopes, leading planning activities, overseeing execution, and managing stakeholder relationships to ensure effective project delivery. Candidates should have a degree in engineering and a strong understanding of project performance monitoring. This position offers an opportunity to lead impactful projects in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of project management experience.
• Experience with brownfield projects in the chemical or petrochemical industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage project scope, schedule, and cost baseline.
• Lead planning activities including resource allocation and requirement gathering.
• Monitor and control project performance against KPIs.
• Identify and manage project risks including mitigation workshops.
• Ensure effective communication and collaboration across teams.
• Oversee execution including quality control and documentation.
• Manage stakeholder relationships for project delivery.
• Conduct project close-out and ensure documentation completeness.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Education

Degree in Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

Develop and manage full project scope, schedule, cost baseline and ensure alignment with organizational project management frameworks.

Lead planning activities, including workstream plans, resource allocation, requirement gathering, stakeholder consultations and deliverables definition.

Coordinate with Project Developer, Internal Customer and Project Owner to finalize scope, functional requirements, conceptual design and FEED development.

Monitor and control project performance (scope, cost, schedule, KPIs) and seek approval for deviations.

Identify, evaluate and manage project risks, run mitigation workshops, maintain and update the risk register.

Ensure effective communication and collaboration across the Project Team, internal stakeholders, global departments, and external authorities.

Lead the technical team from project identification through evaluation, ensuring timely involvement of cross‑functional experts.

Oversee project execution, including capex control, SHE (Safety, Health, Environment), quality, documentation, mechanical completion, and commissioning support.

Manage stakeholder relationships, ensuring engagement, alignment, conflict resolution and timely/safe project delivery.

Conduct project close‑out and post‑implementation review, ensuring lessons learned, documentation completion, tests, certificates and project handover.

Requirements

Degree in Engineering

At least 8 years of experience in Project Management

Brownfield projects in Chemical / Petrochemical Industry