Senior Associate, O&M Cost Strategy and Contracting

Senior Associate, O&M Cost Strategy and Contracting

The Senior O&M Cost Strategy and Contracting analyst develops, negotiates, and implements Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Agreements across our renewable energy portfolio. The role ensures that all O&M contracts align with corporate goals for safety, performance, cost efficiency, and compliance while building robust cost models, data analytics frameworks, and performance benchmarks to support operational and financial decision‑making.

Hybrid position open to offices in Scottsdale, San Diego, Houston, Denver, and San Francisco. Senior level, contract type.

• Lead the creation, review, and negotiation of O&M Agreements for wind, solar, and battery energy storage projects.
• Collaborate with Legal, Finance, and Operations teams to ensure all agreements reflect risk tolerance, lender requirements, and insurance standards.
• Partner with O&M, procurement, engineering, asset management, and finance to ensure smooth contract implementation and adherence.
• Benchmark and analyze O&M costs across projects to identify efficiency opportunities and competitive pricing.
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and commercial terms, including availability guarantees, liquidated damages, and bonus/penalty structures.
• Translate technical maintenance requirements into clear contractual obligations.
• Ensure alignment between O&M agreements, EPC warranties, and asset performance expectations.
• Identify and mitigate contractual and operational risks across the O&M portfolio.
• Ensure all O&M agreements comply with environmental, safety, and regulatory standards.
• Support asset management with change orders, renewals, and extensions as projects evolve.
• Support M&A and due diligence activities by providing O&M commercial insights and contract summaries.
• Recommend updates to contract templates and commercial strategies based on operational learnings and market evolution.
• Contribute to the development of long‑term O&M strategy and technology‑specific best practices.

• Develop and maintain bottom‑up cost estimating models for wind, solar, and storage assets across all project phases.
• Use statistical and forecasting tools to model maintenance spend and equipment risk profiles.
• Collaborate with O&M, engineering, procurement, and FP&A to validate cost assumptions.
• Support internal teams with data requests, cost breakdowns, and scenario analysis.
• Assist in preparing cost assumptions for annual budgeting and long‑range planning processes.
• Analyze historical O&M costs to identify trends, cost drivers, and opportunities for efficiency.
• Develop and enhance Power BI dashboards to visualize key model inputs and outputs.
• Use AI tools to automate routine data processing tasks and extract commercial data from contracts.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or another applicable field.
• 5+ years of experience in renewable energy, power generation, or infrastructure.
• Experience with renewable O&M agreements and contracting.
• Understanding of renewable energy plant operations (solar, wind, or BESS).
• Demonstrated experience in an operations support role delivering creative solutions to operating challenges.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical, legal, and financial disciplines.
• Strong analytical and project management capabilities; attention to detail and risk awareness.

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or another applicable field.
• Familiarity with PPAs, EPCs, and other project contracts.
• Experience with renewable project finance and typical counter parties and Independent Engineer requirements.
• Familiarity with lifecycle cost analysis and predictive maintenance modeling.
• Advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint skills. Proficiency in Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or Python.

$119,000—$163,000 USD. Role eligible to earn an annual cash bonus based on personal and company performance goals.

Clearway Energy Group is leading the transition to a world powered by clean energy. Our portfolio includes approximately 11.6…