Senior Vice President, High Voltage

The SVP of High Voltage leads SOLV Energy’s High Voltage construction business unit, holding full P&L accountability for the safe, on-schedule, and on-budget delivery of substations, switchyards, gen-tie and transmission lines, and high/medium voltage interconnection scope across SOLV’s utility-scale solar, BESS portfolio, and direct to utility customers. The role owns HV strategy, estimating, preconstruction, operational execution, organizational capability, and customer/utility relationships, and partners closely with the PV, BESS, and Transmission business units and the Infrastructure shared services functions (project controls, finance, and business development).

This is a senior leadership role responsible for scaling a self-perform and strategically subcontracted HV organization to support SOLV’s growing interconnection-driven pipeline, and direct to utility customers, while managing the schedule, performance, and health of all HV projects.

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

• Own the full P&L for the High Voltage business unit, including revenue, margin, backlog quality, and working capital performance.
• Manage the HV estimating and preconstruction teams
• Sign off on all proposals for HV,
• Set HV strategy and growth targets aligned with SOLV’s Infrastructure pipeline and corporate objectives.
• Define and execute the self-perform vs. subcontract strategy for substation, switchyard, and transmission scope.
• Partner with shared services on bid strategy, and risk-adjusted pricing for HV scope.

• Direct execution across a multi-project HV portfolio, ensuring delivery to schedule, budget, quality, and contractual commitments.
• Own the HV stage gate discipline from preconstruction handoff through energization, commissioning, and closeout.
• Manage long‑lead‑item (LLI) procurement strategy and authorization for transformers, switch gear, breakers, and protection equipment — including LNTP decisioning to protect customer outage and energization windows.
• Drive root‑cause analysis and corrective‑action discipline on schedule, quality, and cost variances.

• Champion an industry-leading HV safety culture, with rigorous adherence to NFPA 70E, arc flash, LOTO, and energized‑work protocols.
• Hold field and project leadership accountable for safety performance as the unit’s first operating priority.
• Ensure QA/QC programs meet utility, EOR, and AHJ requirements through testing, commissioning, and energization.

• Serve as the senior HV relationship owner with customers, utilities, ISOs/RTOs, and AHJs.
• Oversee interconnection coordination, utility witness/energization milestones, and protection & control scope alignment.
• Manage EOR and AVL relationships and resolve engineering/equipment-approval issues that affect HV scope.

• Build and scale the HV organization — project management, field leadership, engineering coordination, and craft — to meet pipeline demand.
• Develop bench strength and succession across HV leadership roles.
• Standardize HV SOPs, tools, and project controls in partnership with the Infrastructure shared services model.

• Partner with the SVP of BESS and Transmission leadership to coordinate HV scope on integrated solar-plus-storage and transmission projects.
• Support M&A integration of acquired HV/transmission capabilities, including process, systems, and org alignment.

• 15+ years of progressive experience in high voltage / substation / transmission construction, with utility‑scale or large industrial project exposure.
• Demonstrated P&L or senior operational leadership over a construction business unit or large portfolio.
• Deep technical command of substation, switchyard, and transmission line construction; protection & control; testing, commissioning, and energization.
• Proven track record delivering complex HV projects safely, on schedule, and on budget.
• Strong utility, ISO/RTO, and AHJ relationship management…