BESS Project Engineer, Senior or Staff

NextGenEnergyJobs; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGenEnergyJobs seeks a seasoned Project Manager to lead battery energy storage project execution from scoping through commissioning and O&M handoff. You will coordinate Business Development, Product Engineering, EPC partners, and customers with a focus on schedule, budget, and risk management.

The role requires strong cross-functional communication, experience in energy infrastructure, and willingness to travel to project sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Program Management, Business, or a related discipline.
• Deep program management experience in battery energy storage, renewable energy, or utility-scale power infrastructure.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills and ability to manage EPC, customer, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end project execution from scoping to O&M handoff.
• Own the integrated schedule, budget tracker, and risk register for each project.
• Interface between Business Development, Product Engineering, EPC partners, and customers across all phases.
• Track RFI/submittal workflows, change orders, and permitting.
• Partner with Product Engineering on equipment selection and BOM alignment, control Basis of Design.
• Oversee commissioning readiness and test plan execution.
• Maintain project data in PM tooling and capture lessons learned.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Program Management, Business, or related discipline

Job description

In accordance with California pay transparency laws, the salary range for this position is listed below.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end project execution from requirements scoping and Business Development handoff through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and Operations and Maintenance handoff
• Own the integrated schedule, budget tracker, and risk register for each assigned project, and proactively identify and elevate schedule or cost risks
• Serve as the primary interface between Business Development, Product Engineering, internal and external EPC partners, and customers across all project phases
• Track RFI and submittal workflows, change order logs, permitting, interconnection coordination, and all contractual project deliverables
• Partner with Product Engineering on equipment selection, bill of materials alignment, and technical scope definition, and retain change control over the Basis of Design across the project lifecycle
• Oversee commissioning readiness and test plan execution, and manage structured handoff documentation to Operations and Maintenance
• Maintain project data in project management tooling, provide planning inputs and deployment forecasting to leadership, and capture lessons learned into repeatable delivery templates, checklists, and execution standards

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Program Management, Business, or a related discipline
• Deep program management experience in battery energy storage, renewable energy, or utility-scale power infrastructure such as peaker plants, combined-cycle generation, and substations; Staff level reflects a broader track record leading a portfolio of projects
• Demonstrated experience managing projects from scoping through commissioning and Operations and Maintenance handoff, with ownership of schedule, budget, and risk
• Strong cross-functional communication skills, comfortable managing up, down, and across internal and external EPC, customer, and internal engineering teams
• Familiarity with key BESS-related standards such as UL 9540, UL 9540A, UL 1973, UL 1741, IEEE, NEC (NFPA 70), NFPA 855, and IEC
• Willingness to travel to project sites as needed
• A Passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!
• Climbing, standing, and stooping during project site visits
• Typing and extended computer work in an office setting