Associate, Project Controls

Clearway Energy•Denver, CO

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate, Project Controls role is responsible for developing, maintaining, and reporting project schedules, consolidated project spend curves, liquidity forecasts, SAP budget uploads, and ad hoc procurement project reporting across Clearway’s development portfolio. The role coordinates across Development, Procurement, Estimating, Engineering, Pre-Construction, and external vendors, and works to automate and optimize scheduling, reporting, and communication processes using AI-enabled tools. The position reports to the Director of Procurement Operations and may be based in San Francisco, San Diego, Denver, or Scottsdale. The position manages project schedule reviews, monitors progress and risks, analyzes variances, and supports recovery planning. It also coordinates spend commitments against project schedules, reports on forecast variances and risks, and tracks approved budget commitments and uploads budget values into SAP. The role may require travel up to 10%. The successful candidate may earn an annual cash bonus subject to personal and company performance goals. The role does not offer visa sponsorship or other employment authorization sponsorship.

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 working 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 spanning multiple project work streams.
Familiarity with supply chain finance or reimbursement structures and contract payment milestone structures.
Working knowledge of the SAP budget module, including Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) creation, budget uploads, and project coding workflows.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with 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.
Ability to collaborate with other functional groups as a team player.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project, including resource loading, baselining, multi-project consolidation, and custom reporting, as well as 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%.
Must not require visa sponsorship or other sponsorship for employment authorization, now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain detailed project schedules for development projects using scheduling software.
Facilitate schedule review meetings with internal and external stakeholders; document schedule changes, decisions, and impacts.
Monitor project progress, flag potential delays, and lead development of recovery plans.
Prepare schedule status reports, look-ahead schedules, and variance analyses, and communicate results to stakeholders.
Perform schedule risk analysis and support recovery planning and coordination.
Maintain schedule templates and standardization, and collaborate on lessons learned to improve scheduling practices across the portfolio.
Implement a streamlined scheduling update, communication, and reporting process using AI-enabled tools.
Provide ad hoc procurement project reporting.
Coordinate consolidated spend-curve commitments aligned with project schedules, incorporating input from internal and external stakeholders.
Perform variance analysis, document and communicate key changes to project teams, and highlight changes to pre-FNTP spend exposure compared with approved spend.
Prepare periodic comprehensive spend forecasts with variance analysis, identified risks, and potential impacts.
Use AI-enabled tools to automate reporting 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 for approved-but-not-yet-uploaded SAP budgets and prepare draft completion communications for analyst review before sending.

Benefits

Generous paid time off (PTO).
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Health savings accounts (HSAs) with company contributions.
Health flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
Dependent daycare FSAs.
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.
Company-provided meals and events for office-based employees.