Director, BESS Augmentation & Growth (Remote)

SOLV Energy, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Director of BESS Augmentation to lead strategic and operational efforts for battery storage augmentation projects. This remote role directs Superintendents, partners with project managers, and ensures safe, timely, and profitable delivery of battery capacity additions and system upgrades for SOLV and third-party clients.

The position requires extensive leadership in utility-scale BESS, strong governance, budgeting, and risk management, plus travel to support projects as

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, or related field; BESS leadership experience acceptable.
• Progressive leadership in utility-scale BESS, power generation, electrical construction or related services.
• Experience leading managers, Superintendents, field teams, and multiple BESS augmentation projects.
• Strong knowledge of BESS governance, budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, procurement, contracts, outage planning, risk, change control, and financial performance.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for BESS augmentation programs and teams.
• Set portfolio priorities, staffing plans, governance, performance expectations, and augmentation strategies.
• Direct safe field execution, outage and resource planning, subcontractor coordination, quality, schedule, testing, commissioning, and turnover.
• Partner with project managers on budgets, procurement, contracts, schedules, forecasts, risks, change control, and closeout.
• Review portfolio safety, quality, schedule, cost, margin, technical risk, commissioning readiness, customer commitments, and corrective actions.
• Develop leaders and technical personnel through coaching, training, succession planning, and performance management.
• Coordinate with internal teams, OEMs, integrators, utilities, contractors, and clients to align execution and resolve escalated issues.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

BESS knowledge

Budgeting

Forecasting

Safety leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Problem solving

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

MS Excel

Project controls software

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Director of BESS Augmentation to lead strategic and operational efforts for battery storage augmentation projects. This remote role directs Superintendents, partners with project managers, and ensures safe, timely, and profitable delivery of battery capacity additions and system upgrades for SOLV and third-party clients.

The position requires extensive leadership in utility-scale BESS, strong governance, budgeting, and risk management, plus travel to support projects as