HV Substation & BESS Commissioning Lead

SOLV Energy; Minnesota; Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Commissioning Project Manager to lead the commissioning of utility-scale solar, storage, and HV substations across multiple sites. You will plan, execute, and manage commissioning activities, coordinate with Owners, utilities, and OEMs, and ensure readiness from pre-testing through turnover.

The role requires hybrid work with on-site presence at job sites, strong experience in HV or BESS commissioning, and proven project coordination and field leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in commissioning, startup, testing, construction, operations, or project delivery for utility-scale electrical facilities.
• Ownership of a technical project scope including schedule, resources, stakeholders, risk and delivery commitments.
• Experience coordinating multiple concurrent projects or complex workstreams and leading cross-functional field teams.
• Strong problem-solving, planning, organization, negotiation, written communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

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 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; escalate safety, contractual, technical, schedule, cost, or resource issues as needed.
• Track progress, productivity, forecasted completion, constraints, and corrective actions; provide daily and weekly reporting to leadership.

Skills

Commissioning experience

Project ownership

Multi-project coordination

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Commissioning Project Manager to lead the commissioning of utility-scale solar, storage, and HV substations across multiple sites. You will plan, execute, and manage commissioning activities, coordinate with Owners, utilities, and OEMs, and ensure readiness from pre-testing through turnover.

The role requires hybrid work with on-site presence at job sites, strong experience in HV or BESS commissioning, and proven project coordination and field leadership skills.