Commercial Project Controls & Coordination Manager

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Commercial Project Controls & Coordination Manager BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUNSTRONG MANAGEMENT SunStrong Management is a leading independent asset management and servicing platform specializing in residential and commercial solar energy portfolios. SunStrong provides end-to-end services including operations and maintenance, customer billing and support, asset performance management, and investor reporting. The company partners with leading capital providers to optimize clean energy assets at scale, supporting the growth of distributed renewable energy while delivering reliable performance and exceptional customer experience THE COMMERCIAL PROJECT CONTROLS & COORDINATION MANAGER SunStrong Management is seeking a remote Commercial Project Controls & Coordination Manager. SunStrong delivers technical asset management and operations for a renewable portfolio spanning solar, battery energy storage, wind, and EV infrastructure. Project Delivery reports into Commercial Operations by design: the organization that will operate an asset for thirty years controls the standard by which it is accepted at twelve months. The Manager of Project Controls & Coordination owns the integrity of the information the delivery organization runs on — schedule, cost, change, contract terms — and the operating discipline of the registers that trace every commitment and every open item to closure. The role is the reason a gate decision can be made on evidence rather than on a contractor's summary. The role deliberately combines two distinct bodies of work: an analytical function that independently baselines, recalculates, and reports variance, and a coordination function that maintains the registers, the document vault, and the meeting and reporting cadence. This is a single role by design at current portfolio scale, with a defined trigger for splitting it. The candidate profile is analytical first — coordination discipline can be taught to an analyst; analytical judgment cannot be taught to a coordinator. COMMERCIAL PROJECT CONTROLS & COORDINATION MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES Analytical — Schedule Control Establish and maintain the integrated project schedule baseline; control all baseline changes through a documented change process. Review EPC-submitted schedules for logic integrity — open ends, constraints, negative float, excessive lags, and critical path credibility. A schedule accepted without interrogation is a schedule written for the contractor. Maintain the portfolio milestone and gate forecast; identify projected slip against COD, lender, tax equity, and host commitments early enough that it is a decision rather than an emergency. Perform schedule variance and trend analysis; distinguish recoverable slip from structural slip and state which is which. Verify that three-week lookaheads reconcile to the master schedule rather than describing a parallel reality. Analytical — Cost Control Own the project cost baseline, commitment tracking, actual cost capture, and cost-to-complete forecasting. Maintain earned value methodology across the portfolio; report SPI, CPI, and forecast at completion with a stated basis. Review EPC payment applications against verified physical progress, milestone achievement, and retainage terms before release. Maintain the retainage and punchlist hold register, including SSM independent cost estimates supporting Category B and C holds. Support capital forecasting and cash flow projection with Finance and Asset Management. Analytical — Change Control Own the change order log from request through disposition, with schedule and cost impact independently assessed rather than accepted as submitted. Analyze each change against the contracted scope to determine whether it is genuine added scope, a scope gap the EPC should have caught, or a contractor estimating error. Track cumulative change against delegated authority thresholds and flag approaching limits before they are exceeded. Maintain change trend analysis by contractor as a dir

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