Senior Project Manager - Turbo Expander Skids

About the role

Air Liquide's Senior Project Manager delivers projects for the turbo-expander business line (AL TURBO) within AL Maritime, a business unit of GM&T. The role owns the overall execution and profitability of packaged turbo expander skid projects, which are essential for cryogenic plants, and manages interfaces with internal and external stakeholders such as systems engineers, project engineers, sales, supply chain, suppliers and inspectors.

Key responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project management and controls: budgets, schedules, cost performance, risk mitigation and change management, and lead project capitalization, lessons learned and KPI reporting.
• Ensure design, manufacturing and integration of turbo expander units and auxiliary systems comply with client contracts, industry specifications and corporate governance.
• Partner with Turbo System Engineers on documentation (P&IDs, GA drawings, schematics), control philosophies, safety reviews (Hazops, PSV sizing) and equipment procurement, and engage the Overall Design Authority for approvals.
• Oversee the supply chain and manufacturing lifecycle, coordinating procurement, vendors and fabrication shops to avoid delays.
• Support proposals (RFPs) and cost estimates with Sales and Business teams, and help grow the TurboExpander business.
• Coordinate FAT/SAT, field troubleshooting, root cause analysis, site integration, start-up, commissioning and training, and model strict operational safety.
• Ensure compliance with the Industrial Management System and travel up to 40% annually.

Required profile

• BS degree in Mechanical or Process Engineering.
• 10+ years of overall experience in project engineering/management, including 5+ years in turbo machine packaging.
• Strong mechanical and rotating equipment engineering knowledge, with cryogenic and turboexpander industry experience.
• Experience working with global suppliers and packagers, and navigating intercultural environments.
• Preferred: strong safety focus and leadership, understanding of turbo expander design, field services experience, professional project manager certification, Chinese language proficiency.

Required skills

• P&ID reading and basics of instrumentation and valves.
• ASME pressure vessel and piping codes and relevant cryogenic industry standards.
• Software: SAP, Solidworks, Google Suite, Primavera, Aveva.
• English communication skills; Chinese preferred.