Hybrid HV Substation & BESS Commissioning Lead

SOLV Energy, Inc.

Northern (KY)

Hybrid

USD 111,000 - 138,000

Full time

14 days+
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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.

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