Associate, Project Controls

Clearway Energy•San Diego, CA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate, Project Controls develops, maintains, and reports on project schedules, project spend curves, and liquidity forecasts across Clearway’s development portfolio. The role also coordinates SAP budget uploads and provides ad hoc procurement project reporting. It is responsible for automating and optimizing scheduling, communication, and reporting processes, including the use of AI-enabled tools. The position coordinates between Development, Procurement, Estimating, Engineering, Pre-Construction, and external vendors. It can be based in Clearway’s San Francisco, San Diego, Denver, or Scottsdale offices. The role reports to the Director of Procurement Operations and may require travel up to 10%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
At least 4 years of progressive project scheduling experience, including scheduling large-scale capital construction projects.
Experience applying project management best practices and spend forecasting.
Strong knowledge of critical path method (CPM) scheduling principles, schedule risk analysis, and earned value management (EVM).
Demonstrated ability to build, analyze, and maintain complex schedules involving activities across multiple workstreams.
Familiarity with supply chain finance or reimbursement structures and contract payment milestone structures.
Working knowledge of the SAP budget module for Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) creation, budget uploads, and project coding workflows.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, including the ability to independently manage recurring, deadline-driven reporting across multiple projects.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly present schedule status and risks to project teams and leadership.
Collaborative approach and willingness to work with other functional groups.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project, including resource loading, baselining, multi-project consolidation, and custom reporting; strong general Microsoft Office skills.
Ability to work independently, prioritize competing deadlines, maintain accountability, and proactively escalate risks or delays to management.
Ability to travel up to 10%.
Employment authorization sponsorship is not available now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Renewable energy experience, particularly in solar, wind, or battery storage.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain detailed development project schedules using scheduling software.
Facilitate schedule review meetings with internal and external stakeholders; document schedule changes, decisions, and impacts.
Monitor project progress, identify potential delays, and lead development of recovery plans.
Prepare and communicate schedule status reports, look-ahead schedules, and variance analyses.
Perform schedule risk analysis and support recovery planning and coordination.
Maintain schedule templates and standardization, and collaborate on lessons learned to improve portfolio scheduling practices.
Implement streamlined scheduling updates, communication, and reporting using AI-enabled tools.
Provide ad hoc procurement project reporting.
Coordinate consolidated spend curve commitments aligned with project schedules, using input from internal and external stakeholders.
Analyze spend variances, document and communicate changes to project teams, and highlight pre-FNTP spend exposure compared with approved spend.
Prepare periodic spend forecasts with variance analysis, identified risks, and potential impacts.
Use AI-enabled tools to automate spend and variance reporting.
Monitor and track approved spend commitments and upload approved budget values into SAP.
Communicate posted budget information to project teams for purchasing.
Use AI-assisted status checks to identify approved budgets that have not yet been uploaded to SAP, and prepare draft budget-completion communications for analyst review.
Travel up to 10%.

Benefits

Eligible employees working 20 or more hours per week receive a comprehensive benefits menu.
Generous paid time off.
Medical, dental, and vision care.
Health savings accounts with company contributions.
Health and dependent daycare flexible spending accounts.
Commuter benefits.
Relocation assistance.
401(k) plan with employer match.
Life and accident insurance.
Fertility programs.
Adoption assistance.
Generous parental leave.
Tuition reimbursement.
Benefits for employees in same-sex marriages, civil unions, and domestic partnerships.
Office-based employees collaborate in person Tuesday through Thursday and receive company-provided meals and events.