Hybrid HV Substation & BESS Commissioning Lead

SOLV Energy, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Commissioning Project Manager for HV substation and battery energy storage projects. You will lead commissioning activities from planning through turnover, coordinating field teams, OEMs, and utilities to ensure safe, on-time delivery across multiple concurrent projects.

The role requires strong project management, technical coordination, and stakeholder communication, with a hybrid work arrangement and onsite project presence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in commissioning, startup, testing, construction, operations, or project delivery for utility-scale electrical facilities, including HV substations or BESS.
• Experience coordinating multiple concurrent projects or complex workstreams and leading cross-functional field teams without direct reporting relationships.
• Ability to read and interpret contracts, scopes of work, specifications, IFC drawings, electrical one-lines, schematics, and interconnection requirements.
• Project management capability in scope, schedule, resource, risk, stakeholder, cost, change, issue, and document management.

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 commissioning execution plan, milestone register, responsibility assignments, readiness criteria, and integrated schedule activities.
• Translate contract requirements and standards into an executable commissioning scope and work plan.
• Lead readiness reviews and ensure prerequisites are complete before testing or energization proceeds.
• Coordinate field commissioning teams, OEM advisors, third-party testers, and subcontractors; manage witness requirements.
• Ensure safe, compliant energization plans and turnovers to operations.

Skills

Project management

Scheduling

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Technical coordination

Driving/Access requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related

Tools

Microsoft Office

Primavera P6

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Commissioning Project Manager for HV substation and battery energy storage projects. You will lead commissioning activities from planning through turnover, coordinating field teams, OEMs, and utilities to ensure safe, on-time delivery across multiple concurrent projects.

The role requires strong project management, technical coordination, and stakeholder communication, with a hybrid work arrangement and onsite project presence.