Commissioning Lead: HV Substations & BESS

SOLV Energy; Town of Montana (WI); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Commissioning Project Manager to oversee the planning, execution, and management of commissioning across utility-scale solar, battery energy storage, SCADA, and substation projects nationwide. The role combines on-site presence with strategic coordination to ensure contractual requirements are met and a smooth transition to operations.

You will lead the commissioning phase with EPC teams, owners, site engineers, construction and QA/QC staff, driving readiness, testing,

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in commissioning, startup, testing, construction, operations, or project delivery for utility-scale electrical facilities, including substantial experience with HV substations or BESS.
• Demonstrated ownership of a technical project scope, including schedule, resources, stakeholders, risk, issue resolution, documentation, and delivery commitments.
• Experience coordinating multiple concurrent projects or complex workstreams and leading cross-functional field teams without relying on direct reporting relationships.

Responsibilities

• Own the HV or BESS commissioning scope across typically 2-3 concurrent projects, including deliverables, milestones, schedule, resources, risks, constraints, documentation, and turnover.
• Develop and maintain a project-specific commissioning execution plan, milestone and deliverables register, responsibility assignments, readiness criteria, integrated schedule activities, and resource forecast.
• Translate contract requirements, technical specifications, interconnection requirements, permit conditions, OEM requirements, and company standards into an executable commissioning scope and work plan.
• Establish priorities and make day-to-day project decisions within the assigned scope; promptly elevate safety, contractual, technical, schedule, cost, or resource issues that require leadership action.
• Track progress, productivity, forecasted completion, constraints, and corrective actions; provide accurate daily and weekly reporting to commissioning and project leadership.

Skills

HV substation experience

BESS experience

Project management

Scheduling

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

P6

MS Office

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Commissioning Project Manager to oversee the planning, execution, and management of commissioning across utility-scale solar, battery energy storage, SCADA, and substation projects nationwide. The role combines on-site presence with strategic coordination to ensure contractual requirements are met and a smooth transition to operations.

You will lead the commissioning phase with EPC teams, owners, site engineers, construction and QA/QC staff, driving readiness, testing,