Senior Construction Engineer, Energy Storage (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.

The Senior Engineer, Construction – Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) is a senior-level individual contributor within SOLV Energy’s Construction Engineering organization. This role provides advanced technical oversight, engineering judgment, and BESS subject matter expertise to support EPC project execution, commissioning, and warranty activities. The Senior Engineer, Construction – BESS functions as a technical authority for high-risk BESS scopes, EOR and vendor coordination, system integration, fire protection coordination, commissioning support, and complex site or warranty issues while maintaining an individual contributor track with mentorship responsibilities.

This role expands upon the Construction Engineer III level by owning higher-complexity BESS engineering coordination and review scopes, influencing standards and process development, and supporting portfolio-level continuous improvement initiatives.

This role is fully remote. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

• This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

• Serve as a BESS subject matter expert for battery energy storage system engineering scopes including equipment layout, electrical integration, controls, fire protection interfaces, commissioning support, and project execution requirements.
• Coordinate Engineers of Record, vendors, third-party consultants, fire protection engineers, AHJs, owners, and project stakeholders to support timely and accurate BESS engineering deliverables.
• Review BESS drawings, specifications, technical reports, vendor documentation, commissioning documentation, and related integration deliverables for alignment with contract requirements, project requirements, SOLV expectations, and site needs.
• Track BESS engineering action items, review comments, vendor responses, consultant responses, and design revisions through closure across assigned projects.
• Support resolution of technical conflicts, constructability concerns, field questions, vendor coordination issues, and consultant coordination issues involving BESS scope.

• Review and coordinate technical comments related to BESS system architecture, equipment layouts, single-line diagrams, control narratives, vendor packages, augmentation considerations, and project integration requirements.
• Support review of BESS fire protection design packages, hazard mitigation documentation, and AHJ-facing technical information in coordination with fire protection consultants and project stakeholders.
• Coordinate technical comments with EORs, vendors, owners, AHJs, independent engineers, project teams, and commissioning teams to obtain timely responses and revisions.
• Support technical evaluation of BESS equipment, vendor documentation, commissioning procedures, performance requirements, and project-specific design criteria.
• Identify recurring BESS deliverable, vendor, or integration issues and recommend improvements to scopes of work, review checklists, templates, and execution standards.

• Provide senior-level engineering support during BESS construction, testing, commissioning, energization, and initial operations.
• Support project teams with RFIs, engineering clarifications, field issue resolution, design revisions, and interpretation of EOR or vendor responses.
• Participate in technical discussions with project managers, project engineers, field teams, commissioning teams, owners, independent engineers, AHJs, vendors, and consultants.
• Support technical evaluation of commissioning findings, startup issues, equipment performance concerns, punch list items, and turnover issues involving BESS scope.
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