Senior Commissioning Project Manager; 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 Project Manager is accountable for integrated commissioning delivery across a portfolio of typically four to five concurrent utility-scale projects, with each project containing two to three commissioning scopes such as photovoltaic, high-voltage, battery energy storage, SCADA/controls, and related infrastructure. The role leads commissioning strategy from early project planning through energization, testing, substantial completion, commercial operation, and turnover. This position integrates the work of scope-specific commissioning project managers and field teams;

owns portfolio-level scope, schedule, resource, cost, risk, customer, and milestone visibility; resolves cross-scope conflicts; and exercises independent judgment on complex project delivery matters. The Senior Commissioning Project Manager serves as the primary commissioning leader for assigned EPC projects and is accountable for a safe, coordinated, contract-compliant, and commercially successful outcome. This role is remote with travel required within the Midwest region.

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.
• Own integrated commissioning delivery across typically 4-5 concurrent EPC projects, each with 2-3 commissioning scopes, from early planning and readiness through energization, testing, acceptance, closeout, and turnover.
• Establish the commissioning strategy, execution model, governance cadence, responsibility assignments, readiness gates, milestone plan, and escalation pathways for each assigned project.
• Translate EPC contracts, customer requirements, interconnection obligations, commercial milestones, technical requirements, and company standards into an integrated commissioning scope and execution plan.
• Exercise independent judgment and decision-making authority on complex commissioning delivery matters within assigned responsibilities; elevate material safety, contractual, commercial, technical, or organizational risks.
• Maintain clear portfolio-level visibility of status, forecast dates, risks, constraints, resources, cost exposure, decisions, corrective actions, and executive support needed.
• Portfolio and Integrated Project Leadership:
  Lead the integration of PV, HV, BESS, SCADA/controls, network, utility, OEM, testing, and Operations and Maintenance interfaces so that scope-specific plans form one executable project commissioning plan.
• Provide functional direction, priorities, and decision support to scope-specific Commissioning Project Managers, field commissioning leads, technicians, OEM representatives, third-party providers, and project partners.
• Balance priorities and resources across the assigned portfolio; identify overload, sequencing conflicts, specialty-resource constraints, and schedule compression early and implement recovery or mitigation plans.
• Lead project and portfolio commissioning coordination meetings; establish decision logs, action ownership, due dates, escalation paths, and accountability for commitments.
• Coach less-experienced commissioning project leaders, reinforce consistent work practices, and contribute to capability development and succession planning.
• Scope, Schedule, Cost, and Commercial Management:
  Develop and govern the integrated commissioning plan, detailed P6 schedule logic, milestone and deliverables register, resource plan, forecast, and readiness criteria for each assigned project.
• Validate dependencies among construction completion, engineering deliverables, quality turnover, utility readiness, controls and communications, energization, commissioning tests, performance tests, and contractual milestones.
• Monitor commissioning labor, equipment, testing, OEM, vendor, and third-party commitments; identify variances and support accurate forecasts, accruals, cost-to-complete assessments, and recovery planning.
• Identify scope gaps, design or construction impacts, customer-driven changes, schedule impacts, rework, standby, and other potential change events; preserve records and coordinate timely commercial evaluation with project leadership.
• Protect contract notice, witness, acceptance, documentation, milestone, liquidated-damages, and turnover requirements by ensuring issues are identified and addressed early.
• Evaluate competing project needs and recommend or authorize resource, sequence, and execution adjustments within assigned authority to protect safety, quality, schedule, and margin.
• Technical Governance and Readiness Review technical, contractual, regulatory, and interconnection requirements and ensure appropriate commissioning…