Utility scale battery energy storage. Field leadership.
Location: project based, on site. Engagement: long term contract. Travel: assignment based.
About the role
A specialty energy services partner supporting owners, developers and EPCs is hiring a BESS Construction Manager for long term contract work on utility scale battery energy storage projects, standalone and solar plus storage.
This is field leadership on the owner’s representative and EPCm side, not a self perform GC superintendent seat. You will own day to day construction oversight of the BESS yard from mobilization through mechanical completion, commissioning support and COD: civil pads and undergrounds, container and rack set, PCS, transformers, MV equipment, cabling, fire and life safety, EMS and SCADA, and turnover.
HV substation and gen-tie remain a separate seat. You coordinate that interface. You do not run it.
Key responsibilities
- Lead day to day field execution of utility scale BESS construction from mobilization through mechanical completion and commissioning support.
- Oversee civil and structural work in the BESS yard: grading, access, equipment pads, foundations, containment, fencing and SWPPP.
- Manage set and install of battery enclosures, containers or racks, PCS units, auxiliary transformers, MV switchgear, grounding and associated skids.
- Direct underground and above ground electrical scopes: DC and AC cable, MV cable, fiber, auxiliary power, terminations and as-built documentation.
- Sequence OEM deliveries, offload, setting and preservation of batteries, PCS and transformers; control yard logistics and laydown.
- Drive fire and life safety and AHJ readiness: detection, suppression, deflagration and ventilation, gas detection, spacing, signage and emergency access per NFPA 855, IFC and OEM requirements.
- Support EMS, BMS and SCADA installation, network readiness, thermal and HVAC checkout, and commissioning hold points through soak, functional testing and energization.
- Review IFC drawings, one-lines, OEM installation manuals, specs and submittals; raise constructability and sequencing issues before they hit the field.
- Drive schedule, quality and cost for the BESS package against NTP to COD milestones; surface RFIs, OEM constraints and change conditions early.
- Manage subcontractors, OEM field advisors, inspectors and AHJ walkdowns.
- Enforce HSE for BESS work: OSHA, NFPA 70E, LOTO, JSAs, daily briefings, battery handling and storage controls, and work around energized adjacent equipment.
- Maintain QA/QC records, punch lists, quantity verification, as-builts and turnover packages through COD.
- Interface with solar, HV and interconnection, and commissioning leads so BESS interfaces do not sit on the critical path.
Required qualifications
- 7+ years construction management or superintendent experience on energy infrastructure, with 3+ years on utility scale BESS or solar plus storage.
- Direct field leadership of BESS yard scopes through mechanical completion and commissioning and energization support.
- Working knowledge of battery enclosures and PCS, MV collection, and BESS civil and electrical interfaces.
- Familiarity with NEC, NFPA 70E, OSHA, and BESS fire and life safety practice (NFPA 855, UL 9540, AHJ).
- Ability to read one-lines, OEM installation packages, cable schedules, and civil and electrical IFC drawings.
- Demonstrated field leadership of electrical and civil subcontractors in an active yard.
- OSHA 30 or equivalent.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to remain on site for the duration of a long term contract.
- Authorization to work in the United States.
Preferred qualifications
- Owner’s representative, EPCm or commissioning adjacent construction management background.
- Major BESS OEM field coordination (Tesla, Fluence, Wärtsilä, Sungrow, Power Electronics or similar).
- EMS and SCADA, BMS, transformer processing, or MV cable and testing coordination.
- Hybrid solar plus storage project experience.
- P6, Bluebeam and standard document control tools.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent field experience.
- PMP, CCM or PE a plus.
The contract
- Type: long term contract through Verde Solutions, with weekly invoicing and time and expenses handled through our contractor app.
- Location: project based, on site, with assignment based travel.
- Rate: up to $85 per hour, depending on experience.
- Start: as soon as possible.
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