Senior BESS Construction Engineer (Remote)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking a Senior Engineer, Construction – Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to provide advanced technical oversight, engineering judgment, and SME support for EPC projects, commissioning, and warranty activities across BESS scopes.

The role focuses on high‑complexity BESS coordination, reviews of drawings and vendor packages, and mentoring Construction Engineering staff, with full remote work and occasional travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related 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.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate EORs, vendors, consultants, AHJs, owners, and internal project teams to resolve complex engineering issues and drive deliverables to completion.
• Experience reviewing engineering drawings, specifications, vendor documentation, commissioning documentation, fire protection-related documentation, and related BESS technical deliverables.
• Working knowledge of NEC, IEEE, IBC, ASCE, NFPA 855, UL 9540, UL 9540A, and project-specific standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide BESS engineering oversight for scope, layout, controls, and commissioning.
• Coordinate Engineers of Record, vendors, third-party consultants, AHJs, owners, and project stakeholders to deliver timely BIMs?
• Review BESS drawings, specifications, technical reports, vendor documentation, commissioning documentation, and related integration deliverables for alignment with contract and project requirements.
• Track BESS engineering action items, review comments, vendor responses, consultant responses, and design revisions.
• 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, 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

Electrical engineering

BESS engineering

Project coordination

Communication skills

Field travel

PE license

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office

Power system analysis tools

Job description

SOLV Energy is seeking a Senior Engineer, Construction – Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to provide advanced technical oversight, engineering judgment, and SME support for EPC projects, commissioning, and warranty activities across BESS scopes.

The role focuses on high‑complexity BESS coordination, reviews of drawings and vendor packages, and mentoring Construction Engineering staff, with full remote work and occasional travel as needed.