Hybrid HV Substation & BESS Commissioning Lead

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

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Commissioning Project Manager - HV/BESS to lead commissioning for high-voltage substations and battery energy storage projects. You will own scope, schedule, resources, risk, and documentation, coordinating with customers, utilities, OEMs, and partners.

You will manage readiness reviews, field testing, energization, and turnover while ensuring safety and quality. The role involves site-based work with some remote coordination and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in commissioning, startup, testing, construction, operations, or project delivery for utility-scale electrical facilities.
• 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 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 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 knowledge

BESS commissioning

Project management

Stakeholder management

Reading IFC drawings

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related

PMP / similar certification

Tools

P6 scheduling software

Microsoft Office

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Commissioning Project Manager - HV/BESS to lead commissioning for high-voltage substations and battery energy storage projects. You will own scope, schedule, resources, risk, and documentation, coordinating with customers, utilities, OEMs, and partners.

You will manage readiness reviews, field testing, energization, and turnover while ensuring safety and quality. The role involves site-based work with some remote coordination and travel as needed.