Hybrid Commissioning PM for HV Substations & BESS

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

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Commissioning Project Manager to lead the commissioning phase for utility-scale solar, battery storage, SCADA, and substation projects nationwide. Hybrid work with on-site presence at job sites and some remote work will apply.

The role requires coordinating with owners, engineers, and contractors to ensure systems meet contractual requirements, manage readiness, and ensure a smooth turnover to operations.

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.
• Strong problem-solving, planning, organization, negotiation, written communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Valid driver's license and ability to satisfy project access requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own the assigned 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 escalating 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.
• Lead readiness reviews and verify that construction, quality, engineering, documentation, communications, controls, equipment, staffing, and safety prerequisites are complete before testing or energization proceeds.

Skills

Commissioning

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

HV substation

SCADA knowledge

Electrical test methods

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related

Tools

Microsoft Office

Scheduling software (P6)

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Commissioning Project Manager to lead the commissioning phase for utility-scale solar, battery storage, SCADA, and substation projects nationwide. Hybrid work with on-site presence at job sites and some remote work will apply.

The role requires coordinating with owners, engineers, and contractors to ensure systems meet contractual requirements, manage readiness, and ensure a smooth turnover to operations.