Remote Ria Operation Manager Jobs in Fallbrook, CA

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:

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:

• Enforce adherence to company policies, utility safety rules, and the Electrical Safety Manual.

• Ensure projects comply with NFPA 70E, OSHA, and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Champion a culture of safety, quality, and accountability across all project teams.

• Lead lessons-learned reviews and drive continuous improvement initiatives. The Senior HV Project Manager ensures projects are executed safely, on schedule, within budget, and in full compliance with utility standards and contractual requirements.

• Accountable for the end-to-end delivery of utility-scale substation, transmission, and distribution projects, from early development and interconnection through construction, testing, commissioning, and closeout.

• Serves as a technical, financial, and leadership authority for complex HV projects.

• Acts as a primary interface with utility owners, interconnecting utilities, EPC partners, and regulatory stakeholders.

• Perform all responsibilities of a Project Manager while providing strategic oversight for multiple concurrent HV projects.

• Direct and mentor Project Managers, APM’s., Project Engineers, and Project Support Staff.

• Establish project execution strategies aligned with contract scope, utility standards, and company objectives.

• Mentor Project Engineers, Project Admins, and other junior level employees.

• Lead internal and external coordination across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations.

• Support the auditing of project budgets with Director support.

• Support the auditing of project schedules with Director support.

• Support negotiations of project contract exhibits with owner.

• Negotiate Change Orders with Client and Subcontractors.

• Serve as the primary point of contact with interconnecting utilities throughout construction and commissioning.

• Manage interconnection-related activities, including:

  • Utility coordination meetings

  • Interconnection agreements and scope alignment

  • Protection & control requirements

  • Utility inspections and approvals Project Reviews.

  • Own P6 scheduling responsibility.

• Coordinate protection and control scope, ensuring alignment with relay settings, communication architecture, and utility requirements.

• Oversee SCADA integration, including:

  • RTU/IED installation

  • Point-to-point testing

  • Utility control center coordination

• Manage fiber, communications, and telemetry integration as part of substation and line projects.

• Assist team with testing and commissioning planning and execution, including:

  • Equipment functional testing

  • Relay testing and end-to-end testing

  • SCADA checkout

  • Pre-energization reviews

• Coordinate energization activities with utilities, contractors, and internal stakeholders.

• Ensure all commissioning documentation, redlines, and turnover packages are complete and approved.

• Support negotiation of contract exhibits, scope clarifications, and commercial terms with owners.

• Ensure compliance with contract requirements, insurance, bonding, and regulatory obligations.

• Maintain strong client relationships and represent the company at executive-level project meetings.

Objectives or Goals to Measure Performance:

• Adherence to Company policies and Corporate Procedures and Electrical Safety Manual

• Work within SE’s business processes and ensure an efficient working environment

• Project profitability

• Project completed on schedule

• Quality control; integrity and excellence of completed project

• Customer/Client Satisfaction

• Business Development Plan implemented

• Positive project team attitude

• Improved personal professional growth and education

• Staff development and training

Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of EPC utility scale experience in design and/or construction of Utility scale power substations

• Licensed Professional Engineer, PMP certification, or directly relevant industry experience preferred NFPA 70e “Qualified Person” preferred, skilled with knowledge related to the construction and operation of the electrical equipment and installation and has received safety training on the hazards involved

• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills to work with others under all situations

• Ability to work, analyze, troubleshoot and prioritize problems independently

• Strong knowledge of dispatching methods, techniques, and practices

• Effective written and verbal English communication skills

• Proficiency and knowledge in office practices, procedures and equipment

• Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize and coordinate

Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:

• Requires frequent stooping, bending, crouching, reaching, handling, sitting, standing, walking, and lifting 20 or more lbs

• Constant finger dexterity and ability to see details at close range and at a distance, hear, talk, and possess depth perception

• Occasional climbing and carrying, proximity to moving mechanical parts, working in high exposed places

• Occasional exposure to environmental conditions  

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:

$144,790.00 - $180,990.00

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.

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Job Number: J12893

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