Senior Commissioning Engineer

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🏄 California, Kentucky, +3 more states – Remote

🏄 California – Remote 🐎 Kentucky – Remote ⚜️ Louisiana – Remote 🦞 Maine – Remote 🦀 Maryland – Remote

💵 $127.3k - $159.2k / year

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SOLV Energy

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501 - 1000 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

⚡ Energy

Manufacturing • Logistics • Energy

SOLV Energy is a renewable energy solutions provider for utility solar, energy storage, and high voltage projects in North America. Our passionate teams work seamlessly to drive innovation and deliver performance from build to operations, with safety at the forefront of everything we do. We are here for the long haul, developing lasting relationships with our customers, investing in our communities, and offering opportunities for our employees to build meaningful careers in better energy.

📋 Description

• Lead and support testing, commissioning, and initial energization activities for utility-scale HV substations, BESS, and PV facilities • Serve as senior technical authority and primary engineering interface among commissioning, project management, engineering, owners, utilities, OEMs, and field services • Develop Testing & Commissioning plans and detailed initial energization procedures • Review protection and control philosophies, relay settings, commissioning strategies, switching procedures, LOTO, Permit to Work, Red Rope, and SUT programs • Lead and support initial substation energization, including readiness verification, field coordination, and high-voltage switching operations • Review and approve commissioning and acceptance test reports; identify non-conformances and provide final engineering sign-off • Perform or coordinate harmonic measurements and power quality assessments • Develop substation operations and training documentation and deliver onsite training • Provide post-energization technical support, troubleshooting, monitoring, closeout, and on-call site-event support • Lead equipment failure and post-trip investigations, root-cause analyses, corrective actions, and RCA reporting • Track corrective actions through closure and verify effectiveness through functional testing and return-to-service sign-off • Contribute lessons learned to procedures, design standards, and O&M documentation • Serve as final technical reviewer and approver for commissioning deliverables and turnover packages • Review EPC contract exhibits to define Testing & Commissioning scope and division of responsibility • Provide technical leadership, supervision, mentoring, coaching, evaluations, development goals, and workload coordination for Commissioning Engineers

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university; equivalent experience may be considered • Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in testing, commissioning, and initial energization of utility-scale HV substations, BESS, and/or PV facilities • Minimum 5 years leading or serving as primary technical engineer for commissioning and energization on complex utility-scale projects • Minimum 5 years performing and directing high-voltage switching operations and supporting energized electrical systems • Minimum 2 years of engineering leadership or supervisory experience • Expertise in power system protection, control systems, relay testing, electrical system analysis, power quality, harmonic analysis, and utility interconnection requirements • Ability to independently resolve complex technical issues through engineering analysis and judgment • Experience developing commissioning plans, initial energization procedures, switching procedures, and technical work instructions • Experience reviewing and approving engineering deliverables, commissioning reports, and technical documentation • Experience leading technical investigations and root cause analyses for complex electrical system failures • Experience mentoring, supervising, or providing technical leadership to engineering staff • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interfacing with Owners, Utilities, and internal stakeholders • Excellent safety record and compliance with company/client safety programs, OSHA, NFPA 70E, and utility switching and clearance procedures • Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain • High-voltage switching experience • NETA Certification Level II, III, or IV • Experience with harmonic analyzers and power quality monitoring equipment • Experience supporting post-energization operations or warranty periods • Experience reviewing protection coordination studies and relay settings • Experience with SEL, GE, ABB, Schweitzer, or comparable protection systems • Experience with utility interconnection and NERC/FERC compliance requirements • Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the future

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Basic life insurance • Disability insurance • 401(k) plan • Vacation pay • Sick pay • Holiday pay