Locations: Midland, Houston, Arlington, TX (Remote option)

Position Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership during early-stage development of utility-scale electrical infrastructure and generation projects.
• Evaluate transmission and distribution network configurations, interconnection opportunities, and grid constraints.
• Perform grid topology assessments to identify vulnerabilities and recommend resiliency improvements such as dual-source configurations, looped systems, transfer schemes, and islanding capabilities.
• Develop and maintain project budgets, development timelines, and key milestone schedules.
• Lead meetings with project teams, clients, utilities, consultants, and other external stakeholders.
• Track obligations and milestones associated with development agreements and project contracts.
• Support technology evaluations by comparing equipment options, vendor capabilities, lead times, reliability considerations, and commercial impacts.
• Prepare Class 3 through Class 5 conceptual cost estimates, including equipment, labor, construction, owner costs, and contingency analysis.
• Coordinate land-related development activities, including surveys, title reviews, and site diligence.
• Establish development schedules covering permitting, procurement, engineering, financing, and construction milestones.
• Present technical findings, risk assessments, cost analyses, and schedule updates to executive leadership and customers.
• Support contractor qualification and procurement activities alongside construction teams.
• Assist with development and permitting processes through project handoff to construction.
• Participate in financing and due diligence activities by providing technical documentation and project support.
• Manage external consultants, engineering firms, and specialty contractors during development phases.
• Communicate project risks, mitigation strategies, and recommendations to stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Contribute to pipeline reporting, project tracking, and business development efforts.

Qualifications

Required

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in power generation, utility infrastructure development, engineering, or project management.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Strong understanding of transmission, substation, generation, distribution, and energy storage infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of utility interconnection processes, regional grid operations, and applicable industry standards.
• Experience evaluating interconnection feasibility, system resiliency, grid reliability, and project development risk.
• Proven ability to prepare conceptual cost estimates and development schedules for large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Strong project management, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation abilities.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across functional teams.
• Experience managing client relationships and balancing competing project priorities.
• Willingness to travel approximately 25% to 50% as project needs require.

Preferred

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain licensure.
• Experience with thermal generation technologies and associated balance-of-plant systems.
• Familiarity with power system modeling and analysis tools such as PSS®E, PowerWorld, PSCAD, ETAP, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of market operators, transmission planning processes, and utility standards.
• Experience with CRM systems, project reporting, and performance metrics.