Scheduling & Budget Project Controls Lead

Sol Systems; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sol Systems is seeking a full-time Project Controls professional in Washington, DC to analyze, evaluate, and create internal projections for contractor project schedules during construction. The role will update progress, identify risks, and advise project teams on spend forecasts.

Join Sol Systems, an IPP focused on clean energy infrastructure, and contribute to schedule and budget management for major renewable projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or equivalent field.
• Minimum three years using scheduling software (MS Project or Primavera) and applying Critical Path Method.
• Minimum three years supporting budget management.
• PMP certification is ideal but not required.
• Experience building Power BI reports and dashboards is a plus.
• Experience working in renewable project development or construction is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Be Sol’s subject matter expert in scheduling.
• Analyze contractor construction schedules, helping identify risks, changes in the critical path, and other changes during construction.
• Work alongside Project Managers to identify and report risks to key milestones based on actual vs scheduled progress.
• Generate schedule scenarios to support internal risk evaluation of contractor schedules, procurement changes, delays, etc.
• Assist in developing the necessary processes, tools and systems to gather and analyze project data to help keep costs and schedules on track.
• Assist in the creation of internal schedule hand-offs from the development phase to construction.
• Partner with various departments to assess operational requirements, gather key insights through strategic questioning, and design scalable solutions that balance departmental priorities with overall business objectives.
• Support budget management tasks during pre-construction and construction, updating spend forecasts based on schedule changes in the contractor or Owner Furnished Equipment contracts.
• Support in the analysis of contractor's invoicing & EVM breakdown and recommend changes as necessary.
• Assist in the standardization of budget reporting.
• Provide regular reporting to project management team outlining risks in schedule/budget and recommending mitigation.

Skills

Scheduling software

Budget management

PMP (ideal)

Power BI reports

Renewable energy experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera

Power BI

Job description

Sol Systems is seeking a full-time Project Controls professional in Washington, DC to analyze, evaluate, and create internal projections for contractor project schedules during construction. The role will update progress, identify risks, and advise project teams on spend forecasts.

Join Sol Systems, an IPP focused on clean energy infrastructure, and contribute to schedule and budget management for major renewable projects.