Senior Commissioning Engineer (Remote

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.

Job Description

Summary:

The Senior Commissioning Engineer is responsible for leading and supporting testing, commissioning, and initial energization activities for utility-scale high-voltage (HV) substations, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and photovoltaic (PV) facilities. This role requires some travel (approximately 20–30%) and active participation in field operations. This position serves as the senior technical authority for commissioning engineering activities on assigned projects and functions as the primary engineering interface between Commissioning Project Management, Project Management, Engineering, Owners, Utilities, OEMs, and Field Services.

The Senior Commissioning Engineer provides engineering oversight throughout project execution, develops complex energization strategies, exercises independent engineering judgment in resolving complex technical issues affecting the safe energization and commissioning of utility-scale electrical facilities, resolves technical issues affecting project delivery, approves Testing & Commissioning deliverables, and provides technical leadership and mentoring to commissioning personnel while ensuring compliance with project specifications, utility requirements, and applicable industry standards.

In addition to serving as the senior technical authority for commissioning engineering activities, this position provides direct supervision, mentoring, and development of Commissioning Engineers while promoting engineering excellence, consistent execution, and continuous improvement across the Testing & Commissioning organization. This role is fully remote.

• Attend Owner, Utility, and stakeholder meetings as requested by the Commissioning Manager (PM).
• Develop Testing & Commissioning (T&C) Plans aligned with project specifications, utility interconnection requirements, and industry standards.
• Develop, review, and execute detailed Initial Energization Procedures for HV substations, BESS Auxiliary power distribution systems and BESS and PV AC Power collection systems.
• Serve as the engineering authority for complex commissioning issues requiring technical evaluation and engineering judgment.
• Review protection and control philosophies, relay settings, and commissioning strategies to identify commissioning risks and verify readiness for safe system energization.
• Support the development and review of switching procedures, LOTO, Permit to Work, Red Rope, and System Under Test (SUT) programs.
• Lead and support initial substation energization activities, including readiness verification and field coordination.
• Perform high voltage switching operations as required for initial energization and commissioning activities.
• Review and approve completed commissioning and acceptance test reports, verifying that test results, data, and findings conform to project specifications, and contractual acceptance criteria.
• Identify non-conformances, direct corrective retesting or documentation revisions, and provide final engineering sign-off before release to the client.
• Perform or coordinate harmonic measurements and power quality assessments during commissioning and post-energization.
• Develop substation operations and training documentation and deliver onsite training to Owner and Operations personnel.
• Provide post-energization technical support, including system monitoring, troubleshooting, and commissioning closeout activities.
• Provide on-call technical support for site events, including system trips and abnormal operating conditions.
• Lead post-trip and equipment failure investigations.
• Direct the analytical approach and assign investigative tasks to the commissioning team.
• Document root cause findings using structured methodologies (5-Why, fishbone, fault tree analysis); prepare and formally release RCA reports for internal and client distribution.
• Identify, analyze, and recommend corrective actions.
• Track corrective action implementation to closure;…