Remote Director of BESS Augmentation & Growth

SOLV Energy, Inc.; North Dakota; Remote; USD 160,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Vacation, sick and holiday pay

Job summary

SOLV Energy, Inc. is seeking a Director of BESS Augmentation to lead battery energy storage projects nationwide. The role directs Superintendents, partners with project managers, and ensures safe, timely, profitable delivery of BESS capacity additions, replacements, and system upgrades.

This remote position requires travel and strong executive communication. Responsibilities include setting portfolio priorities, governance, budgeting, and coordination with clients, OEMs, and teams to improve

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent BESS leadership experience may be considered.
• Progressive leadership experience in utility-scale BESS, power generation, electrical construction, commissioning, operations and maintenance, or a 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 and teams.
• Set portfolio priorities, staffing plans, governance, and augmentation strategies.
• Direct safe field execution, outage planning, subcontractor coordination, and turnover.
• Partner with project managers on budgets, procurement, contracts, schedules, and risk.
• Review portfolio safety, quality, schedule, cost, and corrective actions.
• Develop leaders and technical personnel through coaching and performance management.
• Coordinate with internal teams, OEMs, integrators, utilities, contractors, and clients to align execution.

Skills

BESS leadership

Project leadership

Safety planning

Strategic leadership

Budget management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Job description

SOLV Energy, Inc. is seeking a Director of BESS Augmentation to lead battery energy storage projects nationwide. The role directs Superintendents, partners with project managers, and ensures safe, timely, profitable delivery of BESS capacity additions, replacements, and system upgrades.

This remote position requires travel and strong executive communication. Responsibilities include setting portfolio priorities, governance, budgeting, and coordination with clients, OEMs, and teams to improve