HV Substation & BESS Commissioning Lead (Hybrid)

SOLV Energy; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Vacation and holiday pay

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Commissioning Project Manager for HV substation and BESS projects. You will own commissioning scope across 2-3 active projects, drive readiness, testing, and turnover, and coordinate with customers, utilities, OEMs, and field teams.

Responsibilities include developing execution plans, managing schedules and resources, and ensuring safety and quality during energization and commissioning activities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of commissioning, startup, testing, or related project delivery experience.
• Experience coordinating multiple concurrent projects or complex workstreams.
• Ability to lead cross-functional field teams without direct reporting relationships.
• Valid driver's license and ability to satisfy project access requirements.
• Strong problem-solving, planning, organization, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own HV or BESS commissioning scope across typically 2-3 concurrent projects, including deliverables, milestones, schedule, resources, risks, constraints, documentation, and turnover.
• Develop and maintain 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; elevate 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 commissioning and project leadership.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Scheduling

Risk management

Documentation

Leadership

P6 experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

PMP certification

NETA certification

Electrical license

Tools

Microsoft Office

P6 scheduling software

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Commissioning Project Manager for HV substation and BESS projects. You will own commissioning scope across 2-3 active projects, drive readiness, testing, and turnover, and coordinate with customers, utilities, OEMs, and field teams.

Responsibilities include developing execution plans, managing schedules and resources, and ensuring safety and quality during energization and commissioning activities.