Utility BESS Services Lead
Listed on 2026-08-13
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Management
Operations Management, Project & Program Management
Utility BESS Services Lead
The Utility BESS Services Lead is responsible for the overall leadership, growth, and execution of the Company's Utility-Scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Services business. This role develops and executes the strategic vision for expanding professional services with utility clients while ensuring safe, profitable, and scalable delivery across the services portfolio. The Utility BESS Services Lead serves as the senior leader accountable for identifying and converting service opportunities, establishing repeatable execution methodologies, maintaining portfolio performance, and developing long-term client relationships with utility asset owners and operators.
A key responsibility of this position is to champion and implement a Seller-Doer Project Manager model, enabling project managers to maintain strong client engagement, recognize follow-on service needs, support opportunity development, and contribute to sustainable business growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Business and Portfolio Leadership
- Financial & Commercial Management
- Seller-Doer Project Manager Program Leadership
- Execution Management
- Team Leadership & Talent Development
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related field.
- 12+ years of experience in power, energy, utility infrastructure, industrial, or related markets.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing programs, portfolios, business units, professional services groups or complex capital projects.
- Demonstrated experience developing and growing service-oriented businesses.
- Understanding of utility-scale BESS projects, including Owner's Engineering, FEED, development support, execution planning, and related advisory services.
- Experience in business development, client relationship management, proposal development, and commercial negotiations.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing P&L responsibilities.
- Strong commercial, contractual, and financial acumen.
- Excellent communication, leadership, mentoring, and client engagement skills.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Work Environment/Physical Demands
- Typical office environment, typical construction environment, extreme weather conditions, high noise level, safety hazards (electric currents, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to chemicals), atmospheric conditions (fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation).
- Sitting, walking, talking, hearing, reading, writing, keyboarding, driving, filing, reaching, stooping, crouching, bending, standing for extended periods of time, lifting or carrying up to 40 pounds.
- Position may require travel to other Black & Veatch's offices, conferences, client's offices and/or project sites up to 50% of the time. When not travelling, this role will be hybrid: 2 days per week remote, 3 days per week in-office out of the designated Black and Veatch office.
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