Project Controls Specialist

Bunge Iberica SA; St. Louis, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Parental leave

Job summary

Bunge is seeking a Project Controls Specialist in Chesterfield, MO to lead controls activities for facility projects and coordinate with PMs, Procurement and third parties. The role ensures proper controls across bid packages, project execution, engineering scope, procurement specs, financial controls, risk and reporting.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of scheduling experience using Primavera P6 or MS Projects for capital projects, with proven schedule oversight

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years of experience developing project schedules.
• Experience providing schedule control oversight on multiple projects.
• Experience analyzing project schedule risks.

Responsibilities

• Oversee development of project life cycle schedules including pre-FID, detail engineering, procurement, and field construction.
• Lead project planning and control mechanisms and highlight critical milestones.
• Ensure alignment of project codes, activity codes and WBS.
• Coordinate weekly activity updates with engineering and construction teams.
• Provide assurance on schedules submitted by contractors and analyze logic, durations, constraints.
• Produce schedule deliverables and reports for project stages and KPIs.
• Support in schedule risk workshops and establish schedule contingency.
• Maintain and monitor stage gate baselines and schedule changes.

Skills

Schedule development

Project controls

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

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Project Controls Specialist

Date: Aug 27, 2026

Location: Chesterfield, MO -Missouri, US, 63017

City : St. Louis State : Missouri (US-MO) Country : United States (US) Requisition Number : 47689

A Day in the Life:

The Specialist Project Controls will lead all the controls activities for facility projects including work standards, contractual scope requirements and actual field activities for Bunge North America Processing. Associated work will include working with the Bunge Project Managers, Procurement and third parties for all capital projects. Position will be responsible for ensuring proper controls are in place for all project activities, including: bid Package definition. Project Execution, Engineering scope definition, Procurement specifications, Financial Controls, Risk, Information Management, and Reporting.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Oversee development of project life cycle schedules through full integration of pre-FID engineering, detail engineering, procurement and field executable construction schedules working together with PM, Procurement and PMO.
• Leads project planning & control mechanisms considering business needs and highlighting all critical milestones
• Ensure team updates and aligns project codes, activity codes and WBS.
• Coordinates week-to-week activities updates as aligned with the project engineering and construction teams.
• Provides assurance on schedules submitted by contractors.
• Analyzes schedule logic, activity durations, constraints, float, resource loading, critical path(s) and leveling resources as needed to support project constraints.
• Produces schedule deliverables package appropriate for the project stage gate.
• Analyzes and provides reports on engineering contractors meeting baseline deadlines.
• Produces project management reports that effectively communicate project performance, concern, and other indicators of schedule performance.
• Participates in schedule risk workshops to establish schedule contingency.
• Applies, monitors, and reports schedule float and critical path.
• Ensure the scheduler monitors and records approved schedule changes.
• Ensures that the team manages stage gate baselines.
• Support in resource planning and allocation during project execution & construction phase.
• Provides regular updates on project planning control to the database platform and supports key KPIs presentation to Leadership team.
• Provides expertise in project status monitoring, analyzing critical milestones, generating early warning mechanisms and supporting schedule expeditions.

Skills/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in related field required
• 5+ years of experience developing project schedules using Primavera P6 or MS Projects for capital projects through entire project life cycle required
• Demonstrated ability to provide oversight in schedule control on all assigned projects required
• Experience analyzing project schedule risks throughout the project required.
• Health Benefits - Offering choices so you can enroll in medical, dental and visionplansthat meet your individual needs.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Investing in your future with an automatic 5% company contribution AND matching up to 4% of your contributions.
• Family Support - Supporting new and growing families by providing6 weeksof 100% paid parental leave and fertility coverage.
• Tuition Reimbursement -after one year of service, eligible for tuitionexpensesreimbursement of up to $5000 per year.
• Time Off - Providing generous PTO based onprofessionalwork experience
  • 0 - 9 years:25 days
  • 10 - 19 years:30 days
  • 20+ years:35 days

At Bunge (NYSE: BG), our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver essential food, feed and fuel to the world. As a premier agribusiness solutions provider, our team of ~34,000 dedicated employees partner with farmers across the globe to move agricultural commodities from where they're grown to where they're needed in faster, smarter, and more efficient ways. We are a world leader in grain origination, storage, distribution, oilseed processing and refining, offering a broad portfolio of plant-based oils, fats, and proteins. We work alongside our customers at both ends of the value chain to deliver quality products and develop tailored, innovative solutions that address evolving consumer needs. With 200+ years of experience and presence in over 50 countries, we are committed to strengthening global food security, advancing sustainability, and helping communities prosper where we operate. Bunge has its registered office in Geneva, Switzerland and its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. Learn more at Bunge.com.

Every day our people exemplify these values, which represent Bunge at its core:

• We Are One Team - Collaborative, Respectful, Inclusive
• We Lead The Way - Agile, Empowered, Innovative
• We Do What's Right - Safety, Sustainability, With Integrity

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