Cost engineer or analyst

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Job Description - Cost engineer or analyst

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what’s possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world’s most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

Reimagine What’s Possible

We are seeking a Turnaround Cost Engineer/Analyst within our Project Resource and Outage Support (PROS) Group located onsite in Gonzalez, LA , Allentown, PA, Pasadena, TX, or Long Beach, CA . This position requires the ability to travel 10-20% depending on assigned workload. This is a diverse group that supports Industrial Gases (IG) North America capital projects, strategic planning, turnaround (TAR) planning, and turnaround execution. This allows our team to provide specialized services and additional capacity for infrequent events to operational assets. This role reports to the TAR Project Controls Manager and supports activities across all phases of the TAR process.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Support creation of a cost control strategy for each outage, including project WBS structure, activities, work orders, and respective budgets.

  • Support implementation of the strategy from bidding into purchase orders and finally through to invoicing. Communicate and simplify strategy for individual stakeholders to apply as required within their work stream.

  • Support TAR execution team to maintain accurate cost report from pre-TAR through to close out, including biweekly cost reports during TAR execution. Communicate anticipated gaps based on budget allocation and update as required.

  • Support the TAR Planning Manager in creating planning budgets for each outage and maintaining compliance with a monitoring dashboard.

  • Work with TAR Execution team, TRACK team, and System Improvement Lead to create and maintain real time cost reporting suite during each TAR.

  • Analyze post TAR cost in key categories and document (“make good”) to create and maintain budget and estimating repository. Develop and monitor trends per plant, region, and across North America.

  • Support project development engineers in utilizing “make good” data for upcoming outages to ensure right sized but adequate cost coverage. Ensure overall team headcount is accounted for across the TAR portfolio.

  • Report monthly on TAR cost center spending with focus on labor allocation and contractor invoicing compliance.

Required Skills / Abilities:

  • Preferred background in an industrial setting with working knowledge of operating plant systems and typical turnaround/maintenance/capital project scopes.

  • Strong working knowledge common financial and accounting principles and models, with a strong focus on SAP reporting and data management.

  • Strong communication, organizational, and planning skills

  • Self-motivated and willingness to learn and improve

  • High ethical standards

  • Willing to work a wide variety of scheduled days and hours

  • Works professionally and harmoniously with employees, peers, management, support personnel, program participants and business area persons

  • Utilizes positive and constructive attitude toward resolution of problems and conflicts

  • Accepts direction, constructive feedback, and supervision

  • Proficient in the use of computers and business software, including Microsoft (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook) OneNote

  • Proficient in use of SAP

  • This role is a Safety Sensitive Position. Pass pre-employment and random drug tests

Education and Licensing Requirements:

  • Degree in engineering, finance, business, or related fields

  • 5 years’ experience in turnarounds, project management, controls, maintenance, or finance

  • Valid Drivers' License and good driving record required.

Work Hours & Benefits:

Typical work week is 40 hours. Longer hours are required during project or outage execution which may also require working some weekends. Travel is required in U.S. and Canada, primarily California, U.S. Gulf Coast, Edmonton, Ontario, and U.S. Northeast. The work environment is diverse from an office setting to onsite at Air Products operating facilities.

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Air Products proudly values the skills, dedication, and leadership that Veterans bring to the table. As a Veteran-friendly organization, we actively encourage and welcome Veterans to apply for various roles within our company. We recognize the unique strengths and experiences that veterans contribute, and we foster a workplace that honors your service while providing a platform for professional growth.

We are the world’s largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen and industrial gas experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future.

At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visit About Air Products.

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.


We are an 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 . General application status inquiries are not answered by this mailbox rather you’ll receive an e-mail directly from our Career Center and/or the Talent Acquisition Specialist.

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