Remote BESS Augmentation Director: Lead Projects & Growth

SOLV Energy, Inc.; Michigan; Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

SOLV Energy, Inc. is seeking a Director of BESS Augmentation to lead strategic and operational efforts across battery energy storage augmentation projects.

The role directs superintendents, collaborates with project managers, and ensures safe, timely, and profitable delivery of BESS capacity additions, replacements, and system upgrades for SOLV and clients. This fully remote leadership position requires guiding portfolio planning, governance, and cross-functional partnerships with OEMs,

Qualifications

• This role requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline; equivalent BESS leadership experience may be considered.
• Progressive leadership experience in utility-scale BESS, power generation, electrical construction, commissioning, or related technical-services environments.
• Experience leading managers, Superintendents, field teams, subcontractors, and multiple concurrent BESS augmentation projects.
• Advanced knowledge of BESS governance, estimating, budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, procurement, contracts, outage planning, risk, change control, commissioning, and financial performance.
• Strong commercial judgment and experience partnering with clients, owners, Estimating, and project management to develop executable solutions and informed delivery decisions.
• Ability to communicate strategy, priorities, performance, and risk to executives, clients, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Advanced knowledge of battery systems, power conversion, transformers, switchgear, protection and controls, communications, HVAC, and fire detection and suppression.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for BESS augmentation programs and technical teams.
• Set portfolio priorities, staffing plans, governance, performance expectations, and augmentation strategies.
• Direct safe field execution, outage and resource planning, subcontractor coordination, quality, schedule, testing, commissioning, and turnover.
• Partner with project managers on budgets, procurement, contracts, schedules, forecasts, risks, and closeout.
• Review portfolio safety, quality, schedule, cost, margin, technical risk, and commissioning readiness.
• Develop leaders and technical personnel through coaching, training, succession planning, and performance management.
• Coordinate with internal teams, OEMs, integrators, utilities, contractors, and clients to align execution and resolve escalated issues.
• Standardize project controls, reporting, installation and commissioning practices, and lessons learned.
• Lead BESS safety planning and compliance, including electrical safe work, lockout/tagout, energized work, and emergency response.
• Support estimating, scope development, procurement, and vendor quotations for components and upgrades.
• Oversee installation and integration of BESS electrical, mechanical, controls, and related systems.
• Travel at least 30% to support projects, sites, clients, and team development.

Skills

Leadership

BESS knowledge

Strategic planning

Project management

Budgeting

Safety compliance

Communication with executives

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Team development

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline

Job description

SOLV Energy, Inc. is seeking a Director of BESS Augmentation to lead strategic and operational efforts across battery energy storage augmentation projects.

The role directs superintendents, collaborates with project managers, and ensures safe, timely, and profitable delivery of BESS capacity additions, replacements, and system upgrades for SOLV and clients. This fully remote leadership position requires guiding portfolio planning, governance, and cross-functional partnerships with OEMs,