Remote Senior Battery Storage Construction Engineer

SOLV Energy; New Hampshire; On-site; USD 91,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Senior Engineer, Construction – Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to provide technical oversight and coordination for EPC projects nationwide. This fully remote senior role focuses on high-risk BESS scopes, cross-team collaboration, and complex issue resolution while guiding less-experienced staff.

You will review engineering deliverables, support commissioning and warranty activities, and help develop engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
• 3-5+ years of progressive electrical engineering, BESS engineering, EPC, utility-scale renewable energy, power systems, or energy storage experience with demonstrated advanced technical responsibility.
• Strong understanding of BESS design, integration, commissioning interfaces, battery systems, inverters, BMS, EMS, controls, grid interconnection equipment, and project execution requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a BESS subject matter expert for battery energy storage system engineering scopes including equipment layout, electrical integration, controls, fire protection interfaces, commissioning support, and project execution requirements.
• Coordinate Engineers of Record, vendors, third-party consultants, fire protection engineers, AHJs, owners, and project stakeholders to support timely and accurate BESS engineering deliverables.
• Review BESS drawings, specifications, technical reports, vendor documentation, commissioning documentation, and related integration deliverables for alignment with contract requirements, project requirements, SOLV expectations, and site needs.
• Track BESS engineering action items, review comments, vendor responses, consultant responses, and design revisions through closure across assigned projects.
• Support resolution of technical conflicts, constructability concerns, field questions, vendor coordination issues, and consultant coordination issues involving BESS scope.
• Review and coordinate technical comments related to BESS system architecture, equipment layouts, single-line diagrams, control narratives, vendor packages, augmentation considerations, and project integration requirements.
• Support review of BESS fire protection design packages, hazard mitigation documentation, and AHJ-facing technical information in coordination with fire protection consultants and project stakeholders.
• Coordinate technical comments with EORs, vendors, owners, AHJs, independent engineers, project teams, and commissioning teams to obtain timely responses and revisions.
• Support technical evaluation of BESS equipment, vendor documentation, commissioning procedures, performance requirements, and project-specific design criteria.
• Identify recurring BESS deliverable, vendor, or integration issues and recommend improvements to scopes of work, review checklists, templates, and execution standards.
• Provide senior-level engineering support during BESS construction, testing, commissioning, energization, and initial operations.
• Support project teams with RFIs, engineering clarifications, field issue resolution, design revisions, and interpretation of EOR or vendor responses.
• Participate in technical discussions with project managers, project engineers, field teams, commissioning teams, owners, independent engineers, AHJs, vendors, and consultants.
• Support technical evaluation of commissioning findings, startup issues, equipment performance concerns, punch list items, and turnover issues involving BESS scope.
• Participate in warranty investigations, root-cause evaluations, and corrective action development related to BESS equipment, installation, integration, or performance issues.
• Contribute to creation and refinement of BESS engineering standards, review workflows, SWIs, deliverable trackers, comment logs, and best-practice documents.
• Serve as a technical escalation resource for site-based field teams, project engineers, and project managers seeking guidance on BESS engineering questions during project execution.
• Provide practical technical guidance, lessons learned, and SME support to field and project teams to improve consistency, reduce delays, and improve issue resolution efficiency.
• Support Construction Engineering leadership with high-risk scope reviews, portfolio-level technical insights, and recurring issue trend analysis.
• Mentor Construction Engineering staff as needed through technical guidance, document review support, and knowledge sharing without direct supervisory responsibility.

Skills

BESS engineering

EOR coordination

Electrical design

Documentation review

Field travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office

Document control systems

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Senior Engineer, Construction – Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to provide technical oversight and coordination for EPC projects nationwide. This fully remote senior role focuses on high-risk BESS scopes, cross-team collaboration, and complex issue resolution while guiding less-experienced staff.

You will review engineering deliverables, support commissioning and warranty activities, and help develop engineering standards.