Senior Project Engineer

Air Products & Chemicals; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Vacation

Medical insurance

Job summary

Air Products in Long Beach, California is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to support capital projects, strategic and turnaround planning, and turnaround execution. The role involves 25–45% travel within the West Region (U.S.) and potential international travel.

Responsibilities include leading outage scope through planning and construction, ensuring schedule and cost targets, and coordinating safety and field management with contractors.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of maintenance and/or engineering experience, preferably with industrial outages.
• Engineering degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Construction.
• Ability to read P&IDs, ISO standards, piping isometrics, and pipe specifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned portion of outage scope through planning and construction.
• Ensure site construction aligns with project schedule, cost, and metrics.
• Create detailed planning activities in P6 for each work order, including tasks, durations, and BOMs.
• Complete material takeoffs for requisitioning and purchasing, with field verification.
• Provide contractor field management, safety, timesheet verification, and QC oversight.
• Lead safety meetings and toolbox talks and participate in Safe Work Permitting with Operations.

Skills

10+ years experience

P&ID reading

ISO & piping specs

SAP

Primavera P6

MS Office

Education

Engineering degree (Chemical/Mechanical/Construction)

Tools

SAP

Primavera P6

Job description

Senior Project Engineer – Long Beach, California

At Air Products, we are hiring immediately for a full‑time Senior Project Engineer at our Long Beach, California office to support Industrial Gases North America capital projects, strategic planning, turnaround planning, and turnaround execution.

This position requires 25-45% travel primarily in the West Region (U.S.). The engineer may need to travel to turnarounds out of region and/or international (e.g., Canada, Trinidad).

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Lead assigned portion of outage scope through planning and construction.
• Successful execution of all the site construction works in accordance with the project schedule, cost, and other critical metrics.
• Create detailed planning activities in P6 for each work order using planning templates as applicable. Activities include individual tasks, workforce planning, durations, and generating mechanical job packages (e.g., pictures, P&IDs, BOMs, tools, safe work procedures, applicable standards, QC requirements).
• Complete Material Takeoffs for requisitioning/purchasing purposes, includes field verification.
• Provide contractor field management in all outage phases for assigned contractors, including safety, timesheet verification, field oversight, change orders, and QC verification.
• Lead Safety Meetings and Toolbox discussions including participating in Safe Work Permitting Process with our Operations team and Safe Work Audits.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Strong industrial construction management experience of large multi‑discipline sites.
• Ability to read and understand P&IDs, ISO’s, piping isometrics, fixed equipment design packages, and pipe specifications.
• Proficient in the use of SAP, Primavera P6, and MS Office.
• Knowledge of heavy equipment (e.g., forklifts, cranes) is preferred.
• Experience with piping design and understanding of ASME B31.1 and ASME B31.3.
• 10+ years of maintenance and/or engineering experience, preferably with experience in industrial outages, exchangers, pumps, hydrotesting, and pipe fabrication.
• Engineering degree (Chemical, Mechanical, or Construction) required.
• Able to achieve various state mandated certifications, TWIC, and other requirements, as necessary.
• Ability to work from heights and climb fixed ladders and stairs.
• Able to work a wide variety of scheduled days and hours, including night shift, following strict fatigue management guidelines.
• Valid Driver's License required.
• Good driving record required.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, affordable medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans. You will be eligible for benefits and also be 100% vested in your retirement benefits on your first day of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.)

You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status. Air Products is committed to working with and providing a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail us at [e-mail].