Project Controls Specialist

At Bloom Energy, our vision for a world powered by clean, reliable, and affordable energy is more than just a dream—we’re making it reality.

For over two decades, we’ve been at the forefront of the global energy transition, pioneering solutions that empower critical industries to thrive in a rapidly digitizing, energy-intensive world. From revolutionizing power for AI-driven data centers to ensuring resilience for hospitals, electric grids, manufacturing facilities, and utilities, our solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolyzer (SOEC) technologies are redefining what's possible by delivering energy abundance for all.

With more than 30,000 fuel cell modules deployed worldwide, we are the trusted partner for Fortune 100 companies and innovators alike. Our cutting-edge solutions enable unparalleled time-to-power capabilities, reliability, and sustainability, ensuring our customers remain ahead in a world where soaring energy demand and intensifying energy scarcity are rapidly becoming the new norm.

At Bloom, we thrive on collaboration, bold thinking, and relentless innovation. We believe that, together, we can create a brighter, more sustainable future while tackling the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.

We are looking for a Project Controls Specialist to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies. This role will report to the VP, Global Facilities and will be based in San Jose, CA
. This is a fully on-site, in-office role 5 days a week.

• Provide administrative, financial, and operational support for Manufacturing Infrastructure and Facilities projects across multiple sites.
• Create, track, and manage purchase requisitions (PRs), purchase orders (POs), service agreements, and vendor invoices to support project execution and facility operations.
• Partner with Project Managers, Facilities Engineers, Finance, Procurement, and Accounts Payable teams to ensure timely processing and closure of procurement and payment activities.
• Maintain project cost tracking tools and financial records, ensuring accurate reporting of project budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecasts.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual OpEx and Cap Ex reporting activities, including budget reconciliation, variance analysis, accrual tracking, and financial documentation.
• Monitor project spending against approved budgets and identify discrepancies, risks, or cost overruns for escalation to project leadership.
• Coordinate vendor onboarding, contract documentation, insurance certificates, site access requirements, and service scheduling activities.
• Maintain project documentation, records, meeting minutes, schedules, and reporting dashboards to support project governance and compliance requirements.
• Generate reports, presentations, metrics, and financial summaries for Facilities and Infrastructure leadership.
• Assist with project planning, resource coordination, meeting scheduling, and communication between internal stakeholders and external vendors.
• Support audit requests by maintaining organized project, procurement, and financial documentation.
• Identify opportunities to improve project controls, administrative processes, reporting accuracy, and operational efficiency.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Finance, Accounting, Operations, or a related field.
• 6-8 years of experience supporting facilities, construction, engineering, manufacturing, infrastructure, or capital project teams in a project coordinator, project controls, administrative, or financial support capacity.
• Experience managing purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoice processing, expense tracking, and vendor coordination.
• Strong understanding of…