Remote Director, BESS Augmentation & Performance

SOLV Energy, Inc.; Washington; Remote; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Director of BESS Augmentation to lead strategic and operational efforts across battery storage augmentation projects. You will oversee Superintendents, partner with project managers, manage portfolio planning, and ensure safe, on-time delivery of capacity additions and system upgrades for SOLV and clients.

The role is fully remote with discussion on location during interviews; travel will be required to support projects and teams as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, or related discipline preferred; equivalent BESS leadership experience may be considered.
• Progressive leadership experience in utility-scale BESS, power generation, electrical construction, commissioning, O&M, or related technical-services environment.
• 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 solutions, define executable scopes, and support sound investment and delivery decisions.
• Ability to communicate strategy, priorities, performance, and risk effectively 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, Superintendents, and technical teams in partnership with project managers.
• 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, change control, and closeout.
• Review portfolio safety, quality, schedule, cost, margin, technical risk, commissioning readiness, customer commitments, and corrective actions.
• 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 to improve consistency and profitability.
• Lead BESS safety planning and compliance, including electrical safe work, lockout/tagout, energized work, emergency response, environmental requirements, and OEM procedures.
• Support estimating, scope development, procurement, and vendor quotations for batteries, enclosures, power conversion, transformers, controls, HVAC, fire systems, cabling, and related upgrades.
• Oversee installation and integration of BESS electrical, mechanical, controls, communications, thermal-management, and fire-protection systems.
• Support operating sites with augmentation planning, capacity restoration, compatibility assessments, troubleshooting, and execution.
• Lead cross-functional resolution of battery, OEM, firmware, controls, and balance-of-system issues through documented ownership and closure.
• Review forecasts, profit and loss, estimating accuracy, contingency, and margin-improvement actions.
• Maintain lifecycle oversight from opportunity qualification and feasibility through design, procurement, installation, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.
• Develop BESS augmentation, optimization, reliability, and lifecycle-service opportunities with Business Development, Asset Management, and project teams.
• Train regional teams and improve safety, constructability, repeatability, schedule, cost, quality, and operational performance.
• Travel at least 30% to support projects, sites, clients, and team development.
• Maintain relevant professional and technical knowledge.
• Complete other responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

BESS leadership

Strategic planning

Project management

Budgeting

Safety compliance

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Team leadership

Electrical systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Director of BESS Augmentation to lead strategic and operational efforts across battery storage augmentation projects. You will oversee Superintendents, partner with project managers, manage portfolio planning, and ensure safe, on-time delivery of capacity additions and system upgrades for SOLV and clients.

The role is fully remote with discussion on location during interviews; travel will be required to support projects and teams as needed.