Air Products
Lead Planner, Turnaround (TAR) & Brownfield Projects
- Permanent
- Jubail, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 16/11/2026
Job overview
Date posted
02/10/2026
Location
Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 30,000 - 40,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
16/11/2026
Job description
Turnarounds worth $5M to $50M at SATORP, SASREF and the Jubail Industrial Gases Hub (JIGH) are the core of this Lead Planner's work for Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases (BHIG) through Air Products in Jubail. Brownfield plant improvement projects from $25K to $5M run alongside. Reporting to the Project Controls Manager in the Operation Project Management Team, you will keep equipment integrity and plant reliability at the lowest sustainable cost. Work packages bring together scope, drawings and P&IDs, safety requirements, material take-offs, BOMs and quality and inspection requirements, validated through site surveys. Critical path control, resource-loaded schedules and manpower and equipment histograms are built in Primavera P6 or MS Project. Materials must be procured and on site before execution, and contractor mobilisation and logistics need coordinating. Safety sits above everything, with HAZOP, SIMOPS and risk assessments built into planning and BHIG's zero-injury objective in view. Budgets, cost estimates and post-turnaround lessons learned keep each cycle improving, while EPC contractors are held to budget and schedule. Candidates bring 8 to 12 years in industrial gases, oil and gas or petrochemicals, an engineering degree, turnaround or brownfield project experience and Arabic and English communication skills, with SAP experience preferred.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Coordinate development, execution and management of SATORP, SASREF and JIGH turnarounds of $5M to $50M
- Plan and execute brownfield plant improvement projects of $25K to $5M
- Work with cross-functional teams through scope development, technical bid evaluation, execution and handover
- Support the Project Controls Manager on strategic TAR and project execution plans
- Ensure all activities comply with HSE standards, statutory regulations and the zero-injury objective
- Incorporate risk assessments and mitigation plans into work packages
- Participate in HAZOP, SIMOPS and safety reviews
- Prepare quality KPIs and review Quality Plans, ITPs and QPs with discipline leads
- Develop detailed work scopes, job plans, work packages and execution strategies
- Conduct site surveys and field verification to validate job requirements
- Identify critical path activities and optimise execution sequences in Primavera or MS Project
- Estimate labour, equipment, tools and material needs and secure materials before execution
- Coordinate contractor mobilisation and site logistics
- Assist in developing turnaround budgets and monitoring planning-related costs
- Negotiate contracts and resolve disputes across project lifecycles
- Hold EPC contractors accountable for budget and schedule
- Communicate strategies and status to stakeholders, including upper management
- Manage close-out documentation, lessons learned and handover to operations
Experience & skills
- Hold an Engineering or other technical graduate degree in Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical
- Bring 8 to 12 years of experience in industrial gases, oil and gas or petrochemicals
- Demonstrate turnaround or brownfield project management experience
- Show a proven track record in project execution, engineering management or construction management
- Use Primavera, Microsoft Project or other TAR management tools
- Offer ERP (SAP) project development and implementation experience (preferred)
- Understand the process technologies used in BHIG facilities
- Communicate clearly in written and spoken Arabic and English
- Work outside normal hours when commitments require