Project Scheduler

About Us

Solar Landscape is the leading commercial and community solar developer in the United States. We partner with the world's largest real estate companies to develop, install, and operate solar projects on commercial and industrial rooftops. Through our groundbreaking community solar model, households in surrounding communities can subscribe to receive solar power at a guaranteed discount.

To date, Solar Landscape has deployed over 500 megawatts of renewable energy projects totaling over $1 billion in capital investment. Solar Landscape was named the #1 Distributed Generation developer for 2023 by New Project Media and was awarded the U.S. Department of Energy’s Equitable Community Solar Grand Prize.

For more about Solar Landscape, visit www.solarlandscape.com.

About The Role

The Senior Analyst, Project Controls/Scheduler

is responsible for coordinating and maintaining project schedules for commercial solar installations, ensuring a smooth transition from development through construction. This role serves as a critical link between project development, sales, and operations teams—tracking key milestones, permitting timelines, and construction deliverables. The Senior Analyst ensures all stakeholders are aligned on project timelines, proactively identifies and resolves potential scheduling conflicts, and supports internal teams with timely updates and documentation. This position requires a detail-oriented and organized professional with a strong understanding of construction lifecycles, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple timelines in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

- Prepare CPM scheduling activities and develop appropriate logic relationships and activity durations.

- Develop and maintain detailed project schedules and templates using Microsoft Project.

- Analyze project progress and proactively identify schedule risks and mitigation strategies.

- Own and develop end-to-end scheduling logic on CRM platform.

- Collaborate with operations teams, field staff, and trade partners to gather input and validate schedule logic.

- Support preconstruction planning and baseline schedule development.

- Produce regular schedule updates, look-ahead reports, and delay analyses.

- Assist with resource loading, milestone tracking, and earned value reporting.

- Participating in project meetings, offering insights into sequencing and milestone tracking.

Required Qualifications

- Organizational Skills:

Ability to develop, manage, and maintain construction schedules for multiple solar projects, ensuring alignment with project milestones, resource availability, and construction deadlines.

- Education:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or Construction Management or equivalent technical training in construction management is preferred

- Experience:

2+ years of scheduling experience in commercial construction with preference for Renewable Energy or Solar System

- Communication:

Strong verbal and written communication skills for coordinating with construction teams, subcontractors, project managers, and internal/external stakeholders to ensure scheduling accuracy and updates.

- Technical Skills:

Strong Proficiency in Microsoft Project and Excel; familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with CRM Software.

- Attention to Detail:

Exceptional attention to detail in managing multiple project schedules, ensuring data accuracy, milestone tracking, and proactive identification of potential delays or conflicts.

- Problem-Solving Skills:

Skilled at resolving scheduling challenges quickly and efficiently, using real-time data and collaboration with Project Management to adjust plans and minimize downtime.

- Teamwork:

Capacity to work collaboratively with operations teams and other departments.

- Analytical Skills:

Capable of analyzing schedule data and performance metrics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for optimization across the solar project portfolio.

- 5-10% of travel required.

Preferred Qualifications

- Technical Skills:

Experience with Dynamics 365 and scheduling software

- Certifications:

Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Project Certification,Project Management Professional,Planning & Scheduling Professional, etc.

- Leadership ability:

Proactive in leading scheduling efforts for high-priority and time-sensitive projects, ensuring on-time delivery through clear planning and stakeholder alignment.

- Knowledge:

Familiarity with renewable energy concepts, construction methodologies, and solar-specific project requirements, including engineering, interconnection, and commissioning processes.

Benefits and Perks

Solar Landscape’s company culture is second to none.

Our employees combine our mission, grit and drive with a rebel’s attitude that is changing the industry:

· Located in the heart of historic Asbury Park, our state-of-the-art office space offers flexible workstations encouraging collaboration and movement.

· Employees come together to eat every day! Like in a home, our gourmet kitchen is the heart of the office. Solar Landscape has a full-time in-house chef cooking daily farm-to-table meals using locally sourced organic food.

· Also included for employees is our competitive compensation package; a 401(k) employer-match; health, dental, & vision insurance, flexible paid time off and holiday PTO; We provide healthy snacks, coffee, volunteer opportunities, company outings, and more!