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 Manager – Sr. CPM & Portfolio Delivery leads the
Commissioning Project Management function and provides portfolio-level oversight
for Testing & Commissioning delivery across SOLV Energy projects. This role is
accountable for consistent project ownership, integrated commissioning planning,
milestone visibility, cross-functional coordination, resource balancing,
reporting, and escalation from early engagement through project closeout. The
position leads the Sr. CPM team and partners with HV and BESS/PV technical and
field-execution leaders, who retain accountability for their respective
technical standards and field-delivery scopes.
This role is fully remote. Specific location details and expectations will be
discussed during the interview process.
Job Description:
*This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions;
it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
Position Responsibilities and Duties:
* Lead the Sr. Commissioning Project Management team, providing clear
direction, coaching, training, performance feedback, and support.
* Establish team goals, role expectations, workload priorities, and
accountability consistent with T&Cx objectives.
* Hire, onboard, develop, and mentor employees while supporting succession
planning and career growth.
* Build a culture of safety, project ownership, collaboration, accountability,
and continuous improvement.
* Lead and standardize the Sr. CPM operating model across regions, business
units, and project types.
* Maintain portfolio-level visibility of commissioning schedules, milestones,
readiness, risks, resource needs, and project performance.
* Ensure every assigned project has clear Sr. CPM ownership, an integrated
commissioning plan and schedule, and an effective coordination cadence.
* Ensure Sr. CPMs serve as the primary project-level owners for the overall
commissioning scope, communication, cross-functional coordination, milestone
management, turnover, and closeout.
* Establish consistent expectations for readiness reviews, dashboards,
reporting, issue tracking, documentation, turnover, and closeout.
* Balance Sr. CPM assignments and workload across regions and projects based on
schedule, complexity, risk, and portfolio priorities.
* Drive early identification and escalation of issues affecting energization,
commissioning, substantial completion, contractual milestones, and customer
commitments.
* Support Sr. CPMs in resolving cross-functional, contractual, schedule,
resource, and stakeholder challenges.
* Oversee Sr. CPM engagement with Project Management, Operations,
Preconstruction, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Field Testing,
Safety, Quality, SCADA, OT Infrastructure, and other partner teams.
* Partner with the HV and BESS/PV Field Execution leaders to integrate
technical scope, field readiness, resource requirements, and execution risks
into the overall project plan without replacing their technical or
field-execution authority.
* Review portfolio staffing needs and resource forecasts, and recommend hiring,
contract support, or assignment changes to protect project delivery.
* Monitor portfolio performance, trends, and recurring constraints; establish
measures that improve ownership, transparency, predictability, and customer
confidence.
* Standardize project-management processes, tools, templates, estimating and
planning inputs, lessons learned, and performance reporting across the
portfolio.
* Ensure safety planning, energized-work requirements, switching interfaces,
and care/custody/control considerations are incorporated into commissioning
plans and project coordination.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
* Advanced understanding of the utility-scale commissioning lifecycle from
early planning through energization, performance testing, turnover, and
closeout.
* Strong portfolio and multi-project management capability, including
prioritization, workload balancing, resource forecasting, and executive-level
escalation.
* Strong knowledge of commissioning plans, integrated schedules, readiness
gates, milestone logic, turnover requirements, and project reporting.
* Ability to interpret contractual requirements and translate them into clear
commissioning deliverables, responsibilities, schedules, and governance.
* Strong understanding of interfaces among Project Management, Operations,
Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Performance Engineering, Field
Testing, Safety, Quality, SCADA, and OT Infrastructure.
* Proficiency with project controls, P6 scheduling, dashboards, reporting
systems, document-control systems, and Microsoft Office applications.
* Ability to analyze portfolio data, identify trends and risks, and communicate
clear recommendations to leaders and project teams.
* Strong conflict-resolution, negotiation, facilitation, and
stakeholder-management skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including concise
executive reporting and client-facing communication.
* Functional competencies include leadership, ownership, strategic thinking,
organization, collaboration, customer focus, prioritization, accountability,
and drive.
Safety
* Presents, supports, and leads by example with a safety- and quality-oriented
attitude.
* Leads by example to demonstrate that safety is the most important function
and ensures employees follow safe work practices.
* Continually reinforces safe behaviors and promptly corrects at-risk
behaviors.
* Adheres to and ensures team members understand applicable standard operating
procedures.
* Leads and supports project and site teams in technical, quality, and safety
matters using established systems and processes.
Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements:
* A minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in EPC commissioning, project
management, construction management, or delivery of utility-scale electrical
or renewable-energy projects.
* Demonstrated experience leading employees and managing a multi-project or
portfolio-level workload.
* Proven experience integrating commissioning activities into project
schedules, milestones, budgets, and cross-functional delivery plans.
* Strong understanding of utility-scale solar, battery energy storage, and
high-voltage commissioning interfaces.
* Demonstrated ability to identify and escalate project risks, balance
competing priorities, and drive cross-functional resolution.
* Demonstrated ability to train, mentor, and develop project-management
personnel.
* Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects,
priorities, and stakeholder groups simultaneously.
* Strong Microsoft Office skills and proficiency with scheduling, project
controls, reporting, dashboard, and document-control systems.
* Excellent communication, interpersonal, facilitation, and
stakeholder-management skills.
* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a
related field is preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be
considered.
* PMP or other relevant project-management certification is preferred.
* Valid driver’s license.
Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions
* Occasional exposure to weather, harsh outdoor environments, and variable site
conditions.
* Requires frequent stooping, bending, crouching, reaching, handling, finger
dexterity, sitting, standing, walking, and lifting 50 or more pounds.
* Requires the ability to see details at close range and at a distance, hear
and communicate effectively, and possess depth perception.
* Occasional climbing and carrying, proximity to moving mechanical parts, and
work in high, exposed, or difficult-to-access locations.
* The noise intensity level may be high.
* Work may occur on or near lifts and other machines.
* Work may occur near medium- and high-voltage equipment.
* Regular travel is required to support project teams, regional alignment,
leadership engagement, and portfolio needs.
SOLV Energy Is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At SOLV Energy we celebrate the power of our differences. We are committed to
building diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces that improve our
communities. SOLV Energy prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind
against an employee or applicant based on race, color, age, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national
origin, or ethnicity, mental or physical disability, veteran status, parental
status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Benefits:
Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic
life and disability insurance. Employees can enroll in our company’s 401(k) plan
and are provided vacation, sick and holiday pay.
Compensation Range:
$133,634.00 - $173,724.00
Pay Rate Type:
Hourly
SOLV Energy does not accept unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or
resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies. We require all
third-party recruiters to communicate exclusively with our internal talent
acquisition team. SOLV Energy will not pay a placement fee to any third-party
recruiter or agency that has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the
appropriate member of our internal talent acquisition team.
In addition, candidate introductions or resumes can only be submitted to our
internal talent acquisition recruiting team if a signed vendor agreement is
already on file and the third-party recruiter or agency has received formal
instructions from our internal talent acquisition team to submit candidates for
a particular job posting.
Any unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes sent by
third-party recruiters to SOLV Energy or directly to any of our employees, or
received through our website or career portal, will be considered property of
SOLV Energy and will not be eligible for a placement fee. In the event a
third-party recruiter submits a resume or refers a candidate without a
previously signed vendor agreement, SOLV Energy explicitly reserves the right to
pursue and hire the candidate(s) without financial liability to such third-party
recruiter.
Job Number: J13851
If you’re interested in a meaningful career with a brighter future, join the
SOLV Energy Team.