Project Controller - Cost

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

Reimagine What’s Possible

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Establish and maintain robust cost control systems, processes, and baselines to support accurate cost management.
• Develop and maintain project cost forecasts, including cost trending, variance analysis, and change management to ensure cost predictability.
• Set up, configure, and maintain SAP and Omega 365 cost structures in accordance with approved work processes.
• Track, monitor, and maintain cost data integrity in SAP and Omega 365 throughout the project lifecycle.
• Prepare and manage WIP during bidding, project award, and execution phases.
• Develop and issue regular costs, commitment, and manhour reports to support project and management reviews.
• Support currency exposure management and hedging activities in coordination with Treasury, ensuring compliance with corporate policies.
• Manage project scope changes, cost variances, and associated approvals in line with governance requirements.
• Provide cost input for project release forms, forecasts, and management decision support.
• Collaborate extensively with Tax, Treasury, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Procurement, Business Area, and project teams.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant reporting in accordance with Air Products policies, procedures, engineering practices, and work instructions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, lessons learned, and capability development within the regional and global Project Controls community.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Possession of solid cost control skills and knowledge. Sound knowledge, proven skills and competencies in application of project cost management, methodologies and tools.
• Minimum 5 years’ project cost control experience. Must have a track record of delivering accurate cost information, reporting and guidance to senior Management.
• Experience of ASU or related business and equivalent projects is required.
• Proficient skills & knowledge of SAP are required.
• Proficient skills & knowledge of Omega 365 is preferred.
• Proven skills and experience of cost control on global basis, executed by multiple engineering offices.
• Experience in multination / international company or overseas project is preferred.
• Understanding of a variety of project types, structures and contract terms. This includes sales of gas (SOG), third party sales of equipment (SOE) and joint ventures.
• Accept project assignments and working in different locations.
• Be fluent in both spoken and written in English.
• Be a good team player.
• Determined, adaptable and resilient. Able to achieve success under significant pressure, evolving requirements and conflicting priorities.
• Culturally astute. Experience and ability to work with different cultures associated with multi-region project execution, and to therefore achieve success with a multi-cultural team. Experience of customer and external stakeholder regional cultures, and ability to achieve success with those cultures.
• Relationship network. Established and proven relationships to apply leverage to execute the project.
• Core competencies. Commercial and technical acumen, detailed working knowledge of project cost control tools and systems.

Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.