Senior Commissioning Project Manager

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🌪️ Kansas, Louisiana, +2 more states – Remote

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💵 $128.2k - $160.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👷‍♀️ Project Manager

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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

• Own integrated commissioning delivery across typically 4–5 concurrent EPC projects from early planning and readiness through energization, testing, acceptance, closeout, and turnover • Establish commissioning strategy, execution model, governance cadence, responsibility assignments, readiness gates, milestone plans, and escalation pathways • Translate EPC contracts, customer requirements, interconnection obligations, commercial milestones, technical requirements, and company standards into integrated commissioning plans • Maintain portfolio-level visibility of status, forecast dates, risks, constraints, resources, cost exposure, decisions, corrective actions, and executive support needs • Lead integration of PV, HV, BESS, SCADA/controls, network, utility, OEM, testing, and Operations and Maintenance interfaces • Direct scope-specific Commissioning Project Managers, field commissioning leads, technicians, OEM representatives, third-party providers, and project partners • Balance portfolio priorities and resources; identify conflicts and implement recovery or mitigation plans • Lead project and portfolio coordination meetings, decision logs, action ownership, escalation paths, and accountability • Coach less-experienced commissioning project leaders and contribute to capability development and succession planning • Develop and govern integrated commissioning plans, detailed P6 schedule logic, milestone and deliverables registers, resource plans, forecasts, and readiness criteria • Monitor labor, equipment, testing, OEM, vendor, and third-party commitments; support forecasts, accruals, cost-to-complete assessments, and recovery planning • Identify scope gaps, design or construction impacts, changes, schedule impacts, rework, standby, and other potential change events • Protect contract notice, witness, acceptance, documentation, milestone, liquidated-damages, and turnover requirements • Review technical, contractual, regulatory, and interconnection requirements and establish commissioning plans, procedures, test forms, acceptance criteria, and approval paths • Lead cross-scope readiness reviews and confirm prerequisites before energization or testing • Ensure pre-commissioning, cold/warm/hot commissioning, protection and control, functional, synchronization, utility capability, performance, reliability, and acceptance testing are planned, witnessed, documented, and closed • Direct resolution of complex technical issues and cross-scope conflicts • Demonstrate safety leadership, stop work when necessary, and govern energization, switching, LOTO, tagging, grounding, permit-to-work, and operational-authority requirements • Serve as primary commissioning leader for assigned projects with owners, utilities, executives, project teams, Engineering, Construction, Quality, Safety, Operations and Maintenance, OEMs, and other parties • Provide decision-oriented status and risk reporting to customers and senior leadership • Ensure complete and auditable commissioning records and turnover packages • Support documentation for mechanical completion, energization, substantial completion, commercial operation, final completion, and owner or Operations and Maintenance acceptance • Lead lessons-learned reviews and convert findings into improved estimates, schedules, readiness gates, templates, procedures, dashboards, training, and standards • Contribute to resource planning, workload forecasting, performance metrics, process standardization, and strategic improvement initiatives • Travel regionally and nationally to oversee multiple project sites and work outdoors near construction equipment and energized medium- and high-voltage systems

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in commissioning, startup, testing, construction, operations, engineering, or project delivery for utility-scale electrical facilities • Minimum 5 years leading complex commissioning or project-delivery activities, including multiple concurrent projects, multiple technical scopes, or a comparably complex portfolio • Demonstrated accountability for integrated scope, schedule, resources, risk, stakeholders, issue resolution, documentation, and contractual or commercial delivery commitments • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence outcomes across organizational boundaries • Strong business judgment, problem-solving, planning, organization, negotiation, written communication, and executive stakeholder-management skills • Valid driver's license and ability to satisfy project access requirements • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the future • Advanced knowledge of utility-scale commissioning across PV, HV substations, BESS, SCADA/controls, communications, and utility interfaces • Ability to interpret EPC contracts, scopes of work, specifications, IFC drawings, interconnection documents, control narratives, OEM requirements, schedules, test requirements, and acceptance criteria • Strong project and portfolio management capability across scope, schedule, resource, cost, risk, change, quality, stakeholders, issues, contracts, and documents • Working knowledge of HV and MV systems, electrical testing, protection and control, SCADA/communications, switching and grounding, LOTO, energized-work controls, and power-plant operational interfaces • Ability to identify critical-path and cross-scope dependencies, develop recovery plans, and make sound decisions with incomplete information • Ability to walk active project sites, climb ladders or stairs, access equipment areas, bend or crouch, and lift or carry up to 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation • Must be able to wear required PPE and work varied hours, including early mornings, nights, weekends, or outage windows • Preferred: Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management, business, or related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered • Preferred: PMP, Certified Construction Manager, NETA certification, electrical license, or other relevant technical or project credential • Preferred experience with EPC contracts, utility interconnection, commercial milestones, project controls, P6 scheduling and reporting tools, change management, cost forecasting, owner or utility witness testing, and executive customer reporting • Preferred prior experience coaching, mentoring, or supervising commissioning project managers or technical project leaders

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance • 401(k) plan • Vacation, sick and holiday pay