[Hiring] Service Transition Project Manager @LG Energy Solution Michigan, Inc.

Role Description

You will be a member of the Global Service Team reporting to Sr. Service Project Manager; the Service Transition Project Manager leads the transition of utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) from commission into Long-term Operations and Maintenance under LTSA contracts. This remote role ensures structured service readiness while supporting engineering activities during early operations, enabling smooth handover, technical stability, and readiness for high-performance service delivery to Field Service Teams on Battery Energy Storage Systems.

Primary Responsibilities

• Commissioning Service Transition:
  • Follow the LTSA Transition & Turnover Procedure to develop and own the Service Transition Plan including actions tracker, checklists, acceptance criteria, and milestones.
  • Coordinate with Project Manager, Commissioning engineers, Customers, and internal stakeholders to resolve punch items.
  • Manage alignment of warranty scope, contractual obligations and handoffs, and service-level activation timelines.
  • Represent service team to join Project Execution team and guidelines for delivering preventative and corrective maintenance services.
• O&M Readiness & Documentation Handover:
  • Develop the O&M project kick-off report, collect commercial information and technical documents from commercial manager and service engineering team.
  • Oversee structured handover of all technical documentation from Service Engineering and Project Execution teams.
  • Ensure scheduled phase gate review are under tracking and aligned with procedure guidelines and Project Execution plan.
  • Ensure onsite service infrastructure, spare parts, equipment, tools, remote access, digital tools, and EHS readiness are in place.
  • Support onboarding of service technicians with training conducted and receive all system access.
• Service Engineering & Field Support:
  • Develop resource plan to provide field engineering support to onsite team for early-stage issues.
  • Support setup and verification of monitoring systems and KPI baselining tools.
  • Identify and develop service maintenance equipment, tools and fixtures required to perform preventative and corrective maintenance.
  • Collaborate with the Service Engineering team on the onsite manpower study and development of Semiannual and Annual PM Master Schedule.
  • Provide digital tools system onboarding plan with support of Commercial Managers, and EMS/Cloud team.
• Performance & Warranty Alignment:
  • Ensure readiness actions tracker is baselined before LTSA starts aligned with Project Execution milestone.
  • Collaborate with Commercial Managers and Contract Managers to ensure contractual obligations and align warranty responsibilities.
  • Initiate issue tracker and operational risk registers.
• Continuous Improvement & Lessons Learned:
  • Facilitate post-transition reviews and gather field feedback.
  • Recommend design-for-serviceability enhancements.

Success Metrics

• LTSA commencement achieved on time with full readiness package.
• No missing documentation or tooling at handover to transition closure.
• Early-life issues resolved with minimal downtime on O&M.
• CMMS and applicable digital tools operational and validated.
• Clear technical ownership Division of Responsibility is defined and accepted.

Qualifications

• Experience on project management in renewable energy industry.
• Experience and solid knowledge of Operation and Maintenance of Battery Energy Storage Systems.
• Excellent personnel management skills.
• Ability to interface well with customers and team members in a cross-functional environment.
• Experience with structured problem-solving experience or Lean background.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience using Office tools Excel, PowerPoint, Word.

Requirements

• Engineering experience with energy storage and power conversion systems (desired).
• Knowledge or understanding of generation, transmission, and distribution in electric grid systems (desired).
• Understanding of computer networks (desired).
• Certifications: preferred PMP, OSHA 30, NFPA 72E.
• Education: B.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, or Power/Energy Engineering or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience: 3+ years in renewable energy or utility-scale power systems, preferred in BESS.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time to engage directly with team members, customers, vendors on project locations.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Generous benefits, including 100% employer sponsored medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Flexible working hours.