Operations Project Manager

• Education: Industrial Engineering
• 5 Years of Experience in Operations.
• Advanced English.
• Experience in Project Management

Air Liquide in Spain was founded in 1909 and today is made up of a dynamic team working in industry and healthcare throughout the country.

We offer gas, equipment and services for a variety of industries: from oil and gas, automotive, metal fabrication to chemical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, food and beverage and healthcare. Our local projects confirm the Group's commitment to developing innovative solutions that promote the energy transition, including hydrogen energy.

As a market leader, we aim to create value by offering cutting-edge solutions. We are committed to ensuring that our customers receive the best and most cost-effective performance from our products and services and that our patients receive the best quality of care. In today's competitive and ever-changing markets, it is the added value we offer our customers that makes the vital difference.

ES10061-ESPANA AL AIR LIQUIDE ESPAÑA, S.A.

Guarantee the comprehensive delivery of the operational project portfolio on time, within cost, and with quality, ensuring strict compliance with Safety, Quality, and IMS standards, as well as leading continuous process improvement and change management to ensure maximum adoption and training of operational teams, coordinating interdepartmental communication, and analyzing KPIs to early correct any operational deviation in the projects.

Comprehensively supervise the project portfolio of the assigned area, controlling deadlines, costs, and quality to guarantee delivery in accordance with the set objectives. Likewise, periodically collect and consolidate key performance indicators (KPIs)—such as plan compliance, SLAs, service levels, downtime, operational costs or TCO, among others—to build a unified dashboard of the activity. Based on this analysis, identify early any deviation regarding the set goals, perform root cause diagnostics, and propose corrective action plans to Management adapted to each scope or geographic area as applicable.

2. Lead and manage projectss

a. Define the scope, milestone schedule, resource allocation, and key deliverables for operational initiatives (Examples: Opening of new facilities, implementation of new workflows, change of management software, and logistical restructurings)

b. Process Optimization and Continuous Improvement: Process analysis and mapping (Workflow Mapping) identifying bottlenecks, inefficiencies, time losses, and cost reduction opportunities, applying continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen) to design or simplify operational procedures in the area or activity and leading the implementation. Example: Standardization in Subcontractor Management

c. Change Management: Lead the transition strategy to ensure that teams (Example: Plant teams, warehouses, or departments) adopt new processes or digital tools, guaranteeing business continuity, which implies:

• Definition and execution of a Communication strategy
• Involving managers as sponsors of the change.
• Designing training plans to ensure that all personnel acquire the competencies required for the new operation.
• Identifying resistance early (fear of technology, loss of control, workload) and applying corrective measures.
• Monitoring the actual adoption rate after implementation and making adjustments to prevent regression.

3. Interdepartmental Coordinationl

a. Act as the sole interlocutor between areas, departments, regions, etc., to align guidelines, homogenize operational criteria, and eliminate procedural discrepancies.

b. Analyze the aggregate workload of the teams to balance resources and manage peaks

c. Interlocution with other areas or departments such as:

• Purchasing: Technical definition and monitoring of global framework agreements with contractors and suppliers.
• Sales: Arbitration of priorities between commercial projects and operations.
• Engineering: Transferring operational feedback from the field to Engineering to improve design standards.
• Safety (HSEQ): Translating regulations, alerts, and prevention plans into uniform operational instructions.

Analytically supervise deviations regarding the set objectives, performing root cause diagnostics and proposing global or specific corrective action plans

• Guarantee strict and coordinated compliance with internal and external regulations and the Integrated Management System (IMS) for Safety, Health, Quality, and Environment in operations.
• Centralize the reporting of deviations, incidents, or near-misses in projects; collaborate in root cause analysis and lead the global deployment of the necessary preventive and corrective actions to avoid recurrence.
• Centralized audit support: Coordinate the preparation of evidence, provide support for IMS system audits, and ensure effective follow-up of the resulting action plans.

Internal communication aimed at employees already hired by the Company, in compliance with the AL AIR LIQUIDE ESPAÑA, S.A., and AIR LIQUIDE IBERICA DE GASES, S.L.U. Collective Agreement (Art. 12)