Associate, Project Controls

Clearway Energy•Scottsdale, AZ

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate, Project Controls role is responsible for developing, maintaining, and reporting project schedules, coordinating end-to-end project spend curves and liquidity forecasting, and managing SAP budget uploads and ad hoc procurement project reporting across Clearway’s development portfolio. The role coordinates with Development, Procurement, Estimating, Engineering, Pre-Construction, and external vendors, and works to automate and optimize scheduling, communication, and reporting processes using AI-enabled tools. The posting identifies the Director of Procurement Operations as the reporting line. The role may be based in the San Francisco, San Diego, Denver, or Scottsdale office and allows travel of up to 10%. The role is hybrid: office-based employees work together in person Tuesday through Thursday. Sponsorship for employment authorization is not available now or in the future. The successful candidate will develop and maintain detailed project schedules, monitor progress and risks, prepare schedule and variance reports, coordinate spend commitments and forecasts, and track approved budget commitments and SAP uploads. Compensation is listed as $95,000–$135,000 USD across U.S. locations, with eligibility for an annual cash bonus subject to personal and company performance goals.

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 with project activities across multiple work streams.
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.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with 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.
Ability and willingness to collaborate with other functional groups.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project, including resource loading, baselining, multi-project consolidation, and custom reporting, and strong general Microsoft Office skills.
Ability to work independently, remain accountable for prioritizing competing deadlines, and proactively escalate risks or delays to management.
Ability to travel up to 10%.
Must not require employment authorization sponsorship 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 to validate schedule accuracy.
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 in a timely manner.
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 project portfolio.
Implement a streamlined scheduling update process, communication, and reporting 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 the project team, and highlight changes to pre-FNTP spend exposure compared with approved spend.
Periodically prepare comprehensive spend forecast reports 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 completed-budget communications for analyst review before sending.

Benefits

Generous paid time off (PTO).
Medical, dental, and vision care.
Health savings accounts (HSAs) with company contributions.
Health and dependent daycare flexible spending accounts (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.
Annual cash bonus eligibility, subject to personal and company performance goals.
Company-provided meals and events for office-based employees.