Construction Engineer Jobs in Austin, TX

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 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.

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:

BESS Engineering Oversight & EOR Coordination

• 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.

Technical Review, Vendor Coordination & Fire Protection Support

• 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.

Construction, Commissioning & Warranty Support

• 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.

• Participate in warranty investigations, root-cause evaluations, and corrective action development related to BESS equipment, installation, integration, or performance issues.

Technical Leadership & Standards Development

• Contribute to creation and refinement of BESS engineering standards, review workflows, SWIs, deliverable trackers, comment logs, and best-practice documents.

• Serve as a technical escalation resource for site-based field teams, project engineers, and project managers seeking guidance on BESS engineering questions during project execution.

• Provide practical technical guidance, lessons learned, and SME support to field and project teams to improve consistency, reduce delays, and improve issue resolution efficiency.

• Support Construction Engineering leadership with high-risk scope reviews, portfolio-level technical insights, and recurring issue trend analysis.

• Mentor Construction Engineering staff as needed through technical guidance, document review support, and knowledge sharing without direct supervisory responsibility.

Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field required.

• 3-5+ years of progressive electrical engineering, BESS engineering, EPC, utility-scale renewable energy, power systems, or energy storage experience with demonstrated advanced technical responsibility.

• Strong understanding of BESS design, integration, commissioning interfaces, battery systems, inverters, BMS, EMS, controls, grid interconnection equipment, and project execution requirements.

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate EORs, vendors, consultants, AHJs, owners, and internal project teams to resolve complex engineering issues and drive deliverables to completion.

• Experience reviewing engineering drawings, specifications, vendor documentation, commissioning documentation, fire protection-related documentation, and related BESS technical deliverables.

• Working knowledge of applicable codes, standards, and requirements including NEC, IEEE, IBC, ASCE, NFPA 855, UL 9540, UL 9540A, utility requirements, and related project-specific standards.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize technical documentation, evaluate design assumptions, and develop engineering-based recommendations.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for leading technical discussions with field teams, project engineers, project managers, consultants, owners, AHJs, vendors, and independent engineers.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with Bluebeam, AutoCAD, document control systems, and BESS or power system analysis tools is preferred.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.

• Ability to support field work, travel as required, and manage multiple concurrent complex scopes.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the future.

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:

$90,924.00 - $113,655.00

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

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: J13781

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