Director of Project Development and Strategy, High Voltage

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 Director of Project Development and Strategy leads all preconstruction activities for SOLV Energy's High Voltage Infrastructure business unit, from early-stage opportunity identification through estimate finalization, proposal submission, and handoff to project execution.

This role owns the accuracy, consistency, and competitiveness of HV bids and budgets - including transmission, substation, and switchyard scope - and works closely with Business Development, Engineering, Procurement, and Operations leadership to convert pipeline opportunities into well-scoped, biddable, and constructible projects.

The Director builds and standardizes preconstruction process across a growing HV portfolio, including the integration of recently acquired self-perform capability, and is a key contributor to win-strategy and pricing decisions presented to executive leadership.

This role is based full-time in our office in San Diego, CA.

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 HV preconstruction team through all phases of estimating and proposal development - conceptual/budgetary pricing, competitive hard-bid estimates, negotiated pricing, and change order/scope development for existing projects.


* Own the preconstruction stage-gate process for the HV business unit, ensuring consistent scope definition, take-off methodology, risk review, and estimate quality across all opportunities and estimators.


* Partner with Business Development to evaluate incoming opportunities, support go/no-go decisions, and shape win strategy, pricing philosophy, and differentiation for client proposals and RFP responses.


* Direct quantity take-offs, unit pricing, and labor productivity assumptions for HV scope, including substations, switchyards, transmission lines, and BOP tie-in work, using both self-perform and subcontracted delivery models.


* Lead constructability reviews with Engineering and Operations to identify schedule, sequencing, and cost risk during design development, and to ensure estimates reflect buildable, field-validated approaches.


* Manage subcontractor and major equipment vendor bid solicitation, leveling, and qualification (transformers, switchgear, structures, conductor, and specialty subcontract scopes), working closely with Procurement and Supply Chain.


* Develop and present cost estimates, risk registers, and pricing recommendations to executive leadership and ownership (American Securities) as part of proposal and award approval process...