jf_battery_storage_operations::M3

Battery Storage Operations Manager

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Battery Storage Operations Manager

industrial_energy_operations › Battery Storage Operations · M3 — M3 — Senior Manager · Management

Manages a team responsible for installing, operating, and maintaining battery storage systems at energy sites and customer locations.

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Median pay · United States · annual

$120,351 USD

▲ +40.6% vs M1 on this ladder

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$88,405$163,840

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pay@2 · 2026-07

What this role is

Manages a team responsible for installing, operating, and maintaining battery storage systems at energy sites and customer locations. At the Senior Manager (M3) level, the role owns multiple teams or a sub-function, multi-team execution and resourcing trade-offs, and drives sub-function outcomes. Manages managers and/or several teams.

What this level does

Manages the field operations department for a portfolio of battery storage assets, owning the maintenance program, work-order backlog, technician staffing and the site O&M operating budget
Evaluates recurring fault trends and root-cause findings across sites to prioritize corrective maintenance, spares strategy and preventative-maintenance interval adjustments
Leads commissioning readiness for new BESS projects, aligning field execution with manufacturer requirements, interconnection requirements and customer delivery timelines
Manages relationships with OEMs and warranty programs, arbitrating defective-part claims and holding contractors accountable to quality and safety standards

Knowledge applied: Applies broad O&M program knowledge to manage a portfolio's maintenance strategy, spares, warranty and budget; evaluates fault trends to shape decisions.
Complexity & problem solving: Addresses diverse field-reliability issues across sites, using trend evaluation to prioritize corrective and preventative work and commissioning readiness.
Collaboration & interaction: Leads functional field teams and OEM/contractor relationships; interfaces with customers on project delivery and warranty matters.
Typical experience: 5–7+ years managing field professionals and O&M budgets; may impact short-term portfolio goals and budgets.

Skills at this level

Battery Energy Storage System Maintenance: — Plans and oversees reactive and planned maintenance of standalone battery assets across monthly, semi-annual and annual cycles, ensuring preventative and corrective tasks meet manufacturer and industry standards.
BESS Troubleshooting and Root-Cause Analysis: — Directs fault isolation and repair of DC, low-voltage AC, data acquisition, meteorological station and ESS components, applying root-cause analysis to re-establish faulted units safely.
Commissioning of Battery Storage Systems: — Leads field installation, commissioning and testing of battery energy storage systems, inverters and transformers, aligning new-plant behavior with interconnection requirements and delivery timelines.
Field Safety and Health Compliance: — Enforces health, safety and lockout/tagout policies on BESS sites and audits the quality and safety practices of contractors performing technical maintenance and commissioning work.
Work Order and Service Reporting Management: — Manages field execution through the proprietary work order platform, ensuring site issues are documented, professional service reports are generated for customers, and work is completed accurately and on time.
OEM and Warranty Coordination: — Coordinates the return and repair of defective parts in support of warranty claims and manages OEM relationships to resolve early-life battery plant issues.
Grid Integration Alignment: — Works with SCADA, engineering teams and system operators to align plant behavior with interconnection requirements and market demands for reliable grid participation.
Field Operations Budgeting and Capital Planning: — Develops and controls O&M department budgets and long-term capital plans for battery storage fleets, allocating maintenance resources and spares across sites.
Technician Team Leadership and Mentorship: — Builds and develops high-performing teams of BESS engineers and technicians through mentorship, work assignment and skills development across independent and team environments.
Battery Technology Knowledge: — Applies technical understanding of battery chemistries including lithium-ion and emerging storage systems, and their safety standards, to maintenance and operations decisions.
Complex Field Problem Resolution: — Owns ambiguous field problems involving conflicting design requirements, unsuitability of conventional materials or methods, and difficult multi-party coordination across organizational boundaries.

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Pay across the ladder

Battery Storage Operations — median with , by . Real canon data.

National-base pricing — this family's function differential is pending review, so dollar levels are not function-adjusted (level-over-level % is unaffected).

Pay figures are modeled estimates from our market equation — level-differentiated, with honest-wide bands. They refresh as new leveling evidence lands; treat per-role dollars as directional.

Demand — is the field growing, or just turning over?

Employment growth 2014–2024, BLS OEWSobserved

+74.4%Managers, All Other · United States

361,900 → 630,980 jobs

BLS published no Managers, All Other employment before 2014 (this occupation code enters the OEWS series then), so the window shown is the widest one actually observed.

106,700 openings / year, split into:

replacement / exits 100,698

Growth — new jobs (6%)Exits — backfill (94%)

6% of hiring here is genuine expansion; the rest backfills people who move on.

Projected growth 2024–34 expanding: +4.5%
Growth share of hiring: 6%
Exit / retention pressure high: 94%
Openings / year: 106,700

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Where this role sits — growth vs. pay

level M3 held

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Where it pays — by metro

OEWS metro median

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$207k

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$186k

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$172k

Boulder, CO$169k

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$169k

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$162k

Lexington Park, MD$158k

Trenton-Princeton, NJ$157k

Pay only — metro-level demand isn't in public data (it needs job postings). National median $124k; the demand-cube initiative will add growth-by-metro.

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Level differentiators

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Scope: Multiple teams or a sub-function
Autonomy: Sets goals within functional strategy
Complexity: Multi-team execution and resourcing trade-offs
Impact: Sub-function outcomes
Decision rights: Owns goals, budget input, and people decisions across teams
Leadership: Manages managers and/or several teams

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Profile	Key	Median	Δ structural
Chief Battery Storage Officer	jf_battery_storage_operations::E3	$352,063†	confident0.06
Battery Storage Technician	jf_battery_storage_operations::P3	$82,468†	confident0.06
Senior Battery Storage Technician	jf_battery_storage_operations::S3	$49,566†	confident0.06
Senior Supervisor, Battery Storage Operations	jf_battery_storage_operations::M2	$110,455†	confident0.06

†National-base pricing — this family's function differential is pending review, so the dollar level is not function-adjusted.

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Demand — growth & openings	BLS Employment Projections; openings decomposed into growth + exits	EP 2024–34	projected
Pay by metro	BLS OEWS metropolitan medians	OEWS 2024	observed
Level distinctions	JobFrame universal-level canon (scope · autonomy · complexity · impact · decision rights · leadership)	canon	canon
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