Project Controls Leader - Scheduling

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is seeking a Project Controls Leader - Scheduling to strengthen scheduling for Turnaround, Capital and Expense Projects across KAES sites. This role is based in Wichita, Kansas, with relocation support available.

You will build partnerships across Operations, Turnaround, Project, Procurement and Engineering Records to treat scheduling as a strategic partner, drive results through PBM principles, and lead talent development to improve schedule quality,

Qualifications

• Experience building processes and teams across locations.
• Experience developing talent and aligning strengths to business priorities.
• Experience applying organizational change management to improve processes, tools, or applications.
• Experience translating organizational gaps into prioritized cross-functional initiatives that drive competitive results.
• Experience developing data, leading indicators, and stakeholder feedback to drive adoption and improve outcomes.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% with onsite presence during Turnarounds.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted partnerships with Operations, Turnaround, Project, Procurement, Engineering Records, and other key stakeholders to make scheduling a valued partner.
• Drive results by applying PBM principles—developing people, fostering accountability, and defining clear roles and expectations.
• Build and sustain scheduling talent across the fleet through onboarding, development, succession planning, and leveraging team members’ strengths.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define KAES Scheduling vision, strategies, and roadmaps driving action on high-value opportunities.
• Lead transformation of KAES scheduling capabilities (people, processes, tools) to improve competitiveness and project outcomes.
• Prioritize and collaborate across capabilities on improvements to processes, tools, and data flows to boost schedule quality and adoption.
• Develop metrics and leading indicators to drive profitable actions.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Change management

Talent development

Stakeholder collaboration

Scheduling experience

Data & analytics

Tools

P6

PowerBI

MS Fabric

EcoSys

Job description

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is looking for a Project Controls Leader - Scheduling who will be the primary point of contact for leading and improving the scheduling capability for Turnaround, Capital and Expense Projects across KAES sites. The selected candidate will be a key member of cross site, cross functional teams that can create significant value within the organization by improving our capability to execute competitive Projects.

This position is based in Wichita, Kansas, with relocation support available as needed.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

What You Will Do

• Build trusted partnerships with Operations, Turnaround, Project, Procurement, Engineering Records, and other key stakeholders to create a n environment where the scheduling capability is viewed as a valued partner.
• Drive results by modeling and applying PBM Principles—developing and empowering team members, fostering a culture of accountability and transformation, and ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and expectations
• Build and sustain scheduling and analytical talent across the fleet through effective onboarding, talent development, succession planning, and application of each team member’s comparative advantage.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define and communicate a shared KAES Scheduling vision, strategies, and roadmaps that drive action on the highest-value opportunities across the fleet.
• Lead the transformation of KAES scheduling capabilities (people, processes, and tools) to improve competitiveness, reliability, and profitable project/outage execution.
• Prioritize, influence and collaborate across capabilities on improvements to upstream and downstream work processes, tools, and data flows leading to an increase in schedule quality, integrity, usability, and stakeholder adoption.
• Develop metrics and insights with a bias for leading indicators that drive profitable action/behavior changes

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience building a processes, tools, and teams that support work across multiple locations and functions.
• Experience developing talent, improving team effectiveness, and aligning individual strengths and passion to business priorities.
• Experience applying good organizational change management to improve business processes, applications, or tools that support project and turnaround delivery.
• Experience translating organizational gaps into prioritized cross-functional initiatives that help teams deliver competitive results, such as plant availability, cost competitiveness and ROI.
• Experience developing data, leading indicators, and stakeholder feedback to drive adoption and improve business outcomes.
• Experience collaborating with and influencing change across cross functional teams/processes
• Willingness to travel up to 25% with expectation to be onsite for an extended period during Turnarounds

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with turnaround and/or project scheduling, reporting and analytics processes and tools such as P6, PowerBI, MS Fabric, Copilot/Cowork, etc.
• Experience leading organizational change management for tools, processes, or capability transformation across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Experience using historical data, benchmarking, or lessons learned to improve future outcomes.
• 5+ years in Construction and/or Engineering field
• Familiarity with EcoSys, Autodesk Construction Cloud/Forma, Maximo, P6 or similarProject Controlstools.

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

As a Koch company, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is a global provider of value-addedsolutions for the agriculture, turf and ornamental, energy and chemical markets. From agricultureto energy, KAES makes things grow better with plant nutrient and biological technologies. Ourteam of innovators unleash their potential while developing the technologies that feed and powerthe world.

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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