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About the Role
The Director of BESS Augmentation provides strategic and operational leadership for battery energy storage system (BESS) augmentation projects. This position directs Superintendents, works collaboratively with project managers, oversees portfolio-level planning and execution, and ensures safe, timely, profitable delivery of battery capacity additions, replacements, system upgrades, integration, testing, commissioning, and turnover for SOLV and third-party clients.
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.
Requirements
- 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.
- Ability to interpret BESS electrical, controls, communications, mechanical, fire-protection, and site-integration drawings and specifications.
- Understanding of BESS scope, interfaces, acceptance criteria, warranties, turnover obligations, safety hazards, and emergency response.
- Ability to communicate strategy, risk, safety, performance, and project status to executives, clients, OEMs, utilities, and project teams.
- Ability to develop accountable teams, resolve escalated issues, train technical personnel, prioritize resources, and drive continuous improvement.
- Advanced written, verbal, presentation, and negotiation skills.
- Ability to conduct leadership visits at remote project locations and work safely in varying weather and field conditions.
- Availability to provide executive escalation support for critical incidents, including occasional after-hours or weekend events.
- Ability to support accurate estimates and proposals with scope, quantities, assumptions, risks, and cost inputs and to manage OEM, supplier, contractor, testing, and commissioning interfaces.
- Advanced computer, organizational, and written and verbal English communication skills.
- Valid driver’s license, satisfactory driving record, and ability to operate a company vehicle.
- Ability to work independently and safely in field conditions and remain current on required safety, technical, OEM, commissioning, and emergency-response training.
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the future.
Skills
- BESS Augmentation
- Strategic Leadership
- Operational Leadership
- Project Management
- Portfolio Planning
- Execution
- Safety Management
- Quality Control
- Schedule Management
- Cost Management
- Risk Management
- Change Control
- Commissioning
- Turnover
- Budgeting
- Procurement
- Contract Management
- Forecasting
- Team Development
- Coaching
- Training
- Succession Planning
- Performance Management
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Process Standardization
- Reporting
- Installation Practices
- Electrical Safety
- Lockout/Tagout
- Energized Work
- Emergency Response
- Environmental Compliance
- OEM Procedures
- Estimating
- Scope Development
- Vendor Quotations
- Power Conversion
- Transformers
- Controls Systems
- HVAC
- Fire Systems
- Cabling
- Electrical Systems Integration
- Mechanical Systems Integration
- Communications Systems Integration
- Thermal Management Systems Integration
- Fire Protection Systems Integration
- Troubleshooting
- Issue Resolution
- Profit and Loss Analysis
- Lifecycle Oversight
- Business Development Support
- Asset Management Support
- Reliability Engineering
- Lifecycle Services
- Constructability Improvement
- Repeatability Improvement
- Operational Performance Improvement
- Professional Knowledge Maintenance
- Technical Knowledge Maintenance
- Written Communication
- Verbal Communication
- Presentation Skills
- Negotiation Skills
- Computer Skills
- Organizational Skills
- English Proficiency
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Fully Remote
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Director
- Leadership
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, or a related discipline preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $159,613.00 - $212,286.00
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Vacation pay
- Sick pay
- Holiday pay
About the Company
- SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, designing, building and maintaining utility scale solar, battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.
Equal Opportunity
- SOLV Energy Is an Equal Opportunity Employer
- At SOLV Energy we celebrate the power of our differences. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces that improve our communities. SOLV Energy prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind against an employee or applicant based on race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, or ethnicity, mental or physical disability, veteran status, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law.