Commissioning Manager

Signal Energy

Commissioning Manager managing the commissioning of solar energy projects. Focus on process improvement and team collaboration with engineering and project management.

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Live Signal Energy’s core principles to achieve preferred selection by our customers by continually improving processes, products and services to ensure Signal Energy consistently meets or exceeds customer requirements.
Communicate effectively with a wide range of people including Signal colleagues from all departments, clients, sub-contractors, and other stakeholders.
Review commissioning requirements in upstream contract language from Signal’s clients for problematic requirements and consistency with Signal‘s internal commissioning standards.
Work with estimating and project management groups to ensure commissioning requirements are adequately planned (schedule) and budgeted for at the proposal stage.
Serve as the commissioning subject matter expert for Signal supporting Project Engineers, Project Managers, and other team members.
Communicate Signal commissioning practices clearly and effectively to outside parties including clients, AHJs, and sub-contractors.
Continue to develop and maintain commissioning documentation including a commissioning plan template and commissioning forms.
Integrate Cx procedures and documentation with Procore to improve efficiency of processes and ensure proper archival of Cx documentation.
Review, correct and answer Owner’s comments related to commissioning.
Manage daily Cx meetings with owners, vendors, sub-contractors, etc.
Prepare and approve checklists for commissioning tests.
Coordinate with Safety in preparation of SOPs for energized tasks.
Review forecasted Commissioning schedules in coordination with PMs.
Assist developing project specific Cx plans.
Assist project teams with scoping of Cx activities to appropriate sub-contractors.
Interface and coordinate with suppliers, including review of test plans, bill of material, factory testing, and schedule collaboration during commissioning.
Work with Project Engineers and Cx Superintendents to review all Cx documentation submitted by sub-contractors and resolve any issues.
Work with project engineers and Cx Superintendents to ensure each projects Cx requirements are met and all Cx activities and test results are properly documented.
Work with quality control to ensure smooth transition from quality to Cx.
Manage field Cx Superintendents.
Assist CMs and PMs in managing subs with Cx scope to ensure Cx is completed on schedule.
Work with Performance engineering to transition project from Cx to performance testing.
Travel to sites as necessary to personally manage Cx when necessary.
Provide guidance to CMs, field Cx staff, or subs in troubleshoot inverters, trackers, SCADA, combiner boxes, transformers, communications, POA, Met stations, soiling stations, control building alarms, substation, and ground faults.
Become Subject Matter Expert on the interconnection process for different Utilities and ISOs.
Support project teams in achieving ISO and Utility milestones where required (CAISO buckets, ERCOT interconnection, etc.)
Support and coordinate utility and ISO tests (Power Factor, Relay Testing, Telemetry) and PPC tests (AVR, PFR, Curtailment, etc)
Monitor progress of construction as it relates to the critical path for Commissioning.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in technical field (engineering, physics, math, statistics, renewables or similar) preferred, but not required
Minimum of 7+ years of professional experience
Minimum 3+ years of experience in solar commissioning
Experience in operations and construction within the solar industry strongly preferred
Familiarity with and understanding of NETA ATS
Knowledge and expertise about PV solar equipment including PV modules, combiner boxes, solar trackers, inverters, DAS/SCADA equipment, communications hardware, meteorological sensors, etc.
Knowledge of ISO and Utility interconnection process is a plus
Knowledge and expertise of PV specific testing and equipment IV curve tracing VOC testing DC operating current checks
Familiarity with handheld and drone thermal imaging
Knowledge of NFPA 70E and safe electrical work practices
Required software: Microsoft Office, Cloud storage (Box, Dropbox, OneDrive), Bluebeam Revu, Excel, Testing tools software

Benefits

Comp & perks

Signal Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Hard Skills & Tools

solar commissioningPV solar equipmentIV curve tracingVOC testingDC operating current checksthermal imagingcommissioning documentationcommissioning plan developmentschedulingbudgeting

Soft Skills

communicationteam collaborationproblem-solvingproject managementstakeholder engagementleadershiporganizational skillstroubleshootingguidancecoordination

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineeringNETA ATS certificationNFPA 70E certification