Site Project Controls Specialist; Solar

Overview

Are you a detail-driven professional with a passion for renewable energy and a desire to be at the heart of the action? Join our team as a site-based Project Controls Specialist and play a pivotal role in delivering safe, successful, and profitable utility-scale solar projects across the country. This is your opportunity to be embedded on-site where your insights and decisions directly impact progress, safety, and sustainability for utility‑scale renewable energy builds.

As a Project Controls Specialist, you will be responsible for monitoring, and maintaining project schedules, cost controls, and financial reporting for the project. The Site Project Controls Specialist ensures accuracy in project planning, billing, and contract administration. This position requires a strong balance of analytical, technical, and leadership skills to support project delivery from planning through execution.

Location & Travel Details: This traveling position (up to 100%) requires you to be onsite at a project location. You may be placed on a project site in any U.S. state. You will spend an average of 8–12 months on each project. We offer a designated daily per diem in addition to base pay to help cover living expenses, a vehicle allowance, and eligibility for routine home rotation travel.

Company Overview

Mas Tec Renewables, comprised of Wanzek Construction, IEA Constructors, and White Construction, combines over 20 years of experience in renewable energy construction. Depending on your position and project, you may work for one or more of our companies throughout your career with us.

Mas Tec is a minority‑owned Fortune 500 company that has shaped the construction industry for more than 90 years. With over 35,000 employees and 400 offices nationwide, we provide flexibility and career growth in dynamic work environments.

• Develop and monitor schedule and earned value baselines.
• Maintain the master construction schedule baseline, logic, and updates by collecting data from project teams and contractors.
• Analyze schedule performance, critical paths, and delays to recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare and contribute to daily, weekly, and monthly project status reports.
• Compile and track job costs and forecast monthly revenue streams.
• Perform performance analysis and forecasting to support project decisions.
• Establish and maintain cost control systems and procedures with monthly reporting.
• Prepare project progress billings and client progress updates.
• Review subcontractor payments, approve material invoices, and issue change orders.
• Coordinate engineering studies, submittals, RFIs, and change order requests.
• Partner with estimating teams during planning and project handoffs.
• Support project reporting requirements and provide training on project management tools.
• Collaborate with site management on financials, site progression, and performance of operations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Two or more years of related experience in project controls or cost scheduling and planning.
• Certification from the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACEi), Project Management Institute (PMI), or a related industry institute is highly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Required:

• Take reasonable care of your own and others' health and safety and of those who may be affected by the day‑to‑day delivery of this role by taking personal responsibility for working toward the company's Zero Injury principles.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Organizational skills and ability to manage simultaneous tasks and assignments.
• Exceptional team‑building skills and ability to collaborate with groups throughout the company.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to comprehend complex assignments.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong proficiency with scheduling software, particularly Primavera (P6).
• Experience with project management and reporting tools.
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