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Senior Project Engineer

Emerson
Malaysia Posted 19 Sept 2026
FULL TIME
Risk Assessment
Resource Management
Cost Management
Project Management
Ms Project

Job Description

Job Overview

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include:

Customer Loyalty

  • Prioritizing the understanding of customer needs and challenges, and addressing these issues to enhance customer satisfaction and foster loyalty.
  • Guaranteeing that projects are executed and delivered in alignment with customer expectations.
  • Overseeing the timely and efficient procurement of equipment, materials, and services in accordance with project specifications and contractual timelines.
  • Identifying, analyzing, and addressing potential risks that may impact the projects.
  • Accountable for project status updates, performance metrics, and forecasting reports to management and customers.

Planning & Risk Assessment

  • Overseeing the procurement of equipment, materials, and services in a timely and effective manner, adhering to contractual schedules and project specifications.
  • Responsible for the identification, analysis, and response to risks that could affect project outcomes.
  • Accountable for reporting on project status, performance, and forecasting to management and customers.

Safety and Quality

  • A commitment to prioritizing Safety & Quality throughout project execution and delivery.
  • Promoting a culture of Safety & Quality among project team members.

Project Scope and Details

  • Ensuring thorough project scope planning and monitoring to achieve successful project delivery.
  • Maintaining high project management standards and practices throughout all project phases, from material procurement to successful commissioning at the customer site.

Risk Management

  • Familiarity with various risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
  • Demonstrated discipline in continuously tracking, monitoring, and updating Risk Management documentation.

Change Management

  • Identifying and managing changes throughout the project lifecycle, including negotiating change orders with customers and suppliers.
  • Implementing a systematic approach for managing and tracking project-related changes.

Project Costing & Cost Management

  • A financially savvy project manager capable of overseeing the overall project budget.
  • Accountable for accurate forecasting and delivery of project revenue.
  • Collaborating closely with various stakeholders (both internal and external) to control project costs.
  • Ensuring timely and precise cost tracking throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Assisting the Sales team with cost estimation for significant systems project pursuits.

Resource Management

  • Responsible for forecasting resource needs for each project.
  • Coordinating and managing resources for various project tasks.

Building an Effective Project Team

  • Inspiring a collaborative environment among diverse project team members.
  • Encouraging ownership and accountability within team members through positive influence and reinforcement.
  • Ensuring the timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage, and final disposition of project information.

Suppliers

  • Managing subcontractor schedules, quality of work, and payment releases based on the completion of subcontractor’s work scope.

Internal Stakeholders (Ops, Supply Chain, Factories, Sales, etc.)

  • Acting as a flexible point of contact for customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders on assigned projects.
  • Providing sales support on engineering and commercial matters related to systems projects.
  • Leading multiple MSS Projects to meet or exceed customer specifications, project timelines, financial objectives, and safety and quality standards.

Fabrication Yards

  • Managing and coordinating activities and sub-tasks with the Fabricator/Integrator throughout the project.
  • Ensuring compliance with Safety & Quality standards by Vendors and Sub-Vendors in all activities at the Fabrication Yard pertaining to the Emerson project.

Testing, FAT, SAT

  • Planning and coordinating internal and customer acceptance testing.
  • Organizing and preparing for Site Acceptance Testing in collaboration with the LifeCycle Services team.
  • Managing testing schedules effectively to ensure timely closure of Punch Lists and obtaining shipment releases prior to packing and delivery.

Certificates / Documentation

  • Ensuring the timely completion and close-out of projects in accordance with contractual requirements, including resolution of any outstanding issues.
  • Overseeing the completion and full approval of project documentation, compiling into the final manufacturing databook.

Who You Are:

You possess a holistic perspective, constantly anticipating future scenarios and devising strategies to maintain a competitive edge. Your ability to act swiftly and adaptively in the face of unexpected challenges is ever-evolving. You are perceptive to situational dynamics and adept at selecting the most effective approach. You excel in making high-quality decisions, even when operating with incomplete information or under uncertainty. You proactively anticipate customer needs and deliver services that surpass expectations.

For This Role, You Will Need:

  • A degree or equivalent qualification in Electrical, Electronics, Chemical, Mechanical, Control, or Computer Engineering.
  • At least 10 years of demonstrable experience in the process control industry and project management, with a minimum of 5 years in a PM capacity, managing multiple systems projects.
  • Proven leadership abilities with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills across all levels.
  • Strong leadership, interpersonal, and planning capabilities.
  • Solid commercial and financial acumen.
  • Proficient in project management tools (such as MS Project) and techniques.

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

  • PMP Certification is advantageous.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and a results-driven orientation.
  • Experience with Flow Measurement Systems for Hydrocarbons and/or Process Analytical Systems is a plus.
  • Familiarity with FPSO systems and experience, including an understanding of Marine Certification requirements, is beneficial.
  • Decisive and committed to delivering innovative solutions effectively.
  • Candidates with 15+ years of relevant experience and demonstrated technical leadership may be considered for a Senior Project Manager role.

Our Culture & Commitment to You:

At Emerson, we cultivate a workplace where individuals feel valued, supported, and empowered to excel. We emphasize collaboration, diverse perspectives, and continuous learning, as inclusive teams yield superior results. We are dedicated to employee development through training, mentoring, and career advancement opportunities, enabling you to enhance your skills and impact.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages that align with local market standards, comprehensive medical and insurance coverage, and wellness programs. Eligible positions may offer flexible or hybrid work arrangements to support work-life balance. Safety is integral to our operations, and we are committed to fostering a safe, healthy, and inclusive environment across all locations.

About Us

WHY EMERSON

Our Commitment to Our People

At Emerson, we are driven by a collaborative spirit that empowers our diverse, multicultural teams globally to innovate solutions that promote health, safety, intelligence, and sustainability. We invite you to join us in this ambitious endeavor.

We have established an engaged community of curious, dedicated individuals who thrive on being welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to tackle the world’s most complex challenges — for our customers, communities, and the planet. You will play a vital role in this effort while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development initiatives. We take our responsibility as a corporate citizen seriously and are committed to positively impacting our communities and the world.

At Emerson, you will discover that our people are the core of everything we do. So, let’s move forward together. Let’s innovate, learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunities, push boundaries, and be empowered to improve our world. Let’s achieve greatness together.

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About Emerson

Emerson stands as a global leader in automation technology and software. With our extensive domain expertise and a legacy of impeccable execution, we assist customers in critical sectors such as life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemicals, and advanced factory automation to operate more sustainably while enhancing productivity, energy security, and reliability.

Through our global operations and comprehensive software and technology portfolio, we are facilitating digital transformation for companies, enabling them to significantly improve their operations, conserve precious resources, and enhance safety.

We are committed to providing equitable opportunities, celebrating diversity, and confidently embracing challenges, believing that together we can make an impact across a wide array of countries and industries. Whether you are an established professional seeking a career change, an undergraduate exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you will find your opportunity to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let’s advance together!

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