Associate, Project Controls

Clearway Energy • San Francisco, CA

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate, Project Controls role is responsible for development, maintenance, and reporting of project schedules, end-to-end project spend curves, liquidity forecasts, SAP budget uploads, and ad hoc procurement project reporting across Clearway’s development portfolio. The role automates and improves scheduling processes and communications, and serves as the primary coordination point between Development, Procurement, Estimating, Engineering, Pre-Construction, and external vendors. It reports to the Director of Procurement Operations. The position can be based in the San Francisco, San Diego, Denver, or Scottsdale offices and requires travel of 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 working knowledge of critical path method (CPM) scheduling principles, schedule risk analysis, and earned value management (EVM).
• Ability to build, analyze, and maintain complex schedules spanning 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 organization and attention to detail, with the ability to independently manage recurring, deadline-driven reporting cycles across multiple projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly present schedule status and risk to project teams and leadership.
• Collaborative team player willing to work 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, 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 in solar, wind, or battery storage is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed 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 portfolio-wide scheduling practices.
• Implement streamlined scheduling updates, communications, 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 project teams, 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

• Eligible employees working 20 or more hours per week receive a comprehensive benefits package.
• Generous paid time off.
• Medical, dental, and vision care.
• Health savings accounts (HSAs) 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.
• Eligible for an annual cash bonus subject to personal and company performance goals.
• Office-based employees collaborate in person Tuesday through Thursday and receive company-provided meals and events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level