Project Controls Analyst
Asbury Park, NJ - USA
Job Summary
Solar Landscape operates 500 active commercial solar projects across an increasingly expanding pipeline with new markets coming online and continued growth across the portfolio.
The Project Controls Analyst supports schedule integrity risk reporting and data management across an assigned set of markets within this portfolio working in Dynamics 365 as the system of record and MS Project for detailed PM-level schedules.
This is a portfolio-scheduling role focused on breadth across many concurrent projects. You will sit within the PMO and partner daily with Project Managers Project Developers and Engineering leads.
Schedule Governance
- Update and maintain current schedules in Dynamics 365 across your assigned markets ensuring schedules reflect committed milestones FNTP dates and confidence levels
- Generate and maintain detailed project-level schedules in MS Project for PMs Gantt schedules with sub-milestones used as the PM working layer
- Track overdue milestones across your portfolio generate reporting on patterns and follow up with PMs PDs and Engineers to drive closeout
- Maintain schedule hygiene by archiving schedules for On-hold To-Be-Cancelled and Cancelled projects on a regular cadence so the active portfolio view stays decision-grade
Risk Management
- Support the project risk register across your assigned markets: review open risks flag risks for projects with milestones in the next 30/60/90 days and ensure mitigation plans are documented and tracked
- Participate in recurring risk register check-ins with PMs capture mitigation status and surface risk patterns for PMO reporting
- Translate risk register data into forward-looking reporting for Operations Leadership
Data Management and Reporting
- Maintain data integrity for schedule and risk fields across your assigned markets in Dynamics 365
- Produce regular schedule reports look-ahead views and overdue-milestone summaries for PMs and PMO leadership
- Support analytics initiatives across the function
- 1 years of scheduling planning or production-control experience in construction EPC renewable energy manufacturing or a similar operations-driven environment
- Experience working with a CRM or enterprise system (Dynamics 365 Salesforce SAP Oracle or equivalent) for scheduling planning or operations data
- Demonstrated experience managing schedules or production plans across multiple concurrent projects lines or units portfolio breadth rather than deep single-project focus
- Proficiency in MS Project and strong Excel skills (pivots lookups structured data)
- Strong communication and follow-through partnering with PMs engineers and developers to close out open items
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management Industrial Engineering Operations or a related technical field
- 510% travel
- Experience in energy EPC utilities or high-volume operations environments with milestone-driven workflows
- Power BI Power Query or similar for reporting and analytics
- Certifications: PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional) CAPM or Microsoft Project certification
Salary will vary depending on your location and job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive-based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Solar Landscape is the leading developer of community solar projects on commercial & industrial rooftops in the United States.