Senior Project Manager, Utility Electrical, Vernon, TX - Data Center Construction

What Makes This Role Different

• Owner’s representative leadership for the utility electrical and high voltage substation package
• Direct coordination across the serving utility, substation contractors, engineering teams, vendors, commissioning teams, and data center stakeholders
• Technical scope covering utility interconnection, transformers, breakers, switchyard equipment, protection and controls, metering, SCADA, grounding, and incoming power distribution
• Ownership of energization readiness, switching coordination, testing, commissioning, and turnover of mission critical power infrastructure
• A specialized role for a project leader who understands utility and substation construction, not only building level MEP electrical work

What You Will Do

• Lead full lifecycle delivery of the utility electrical scope from design coordination and procurement through construction, energization, commissioning, and turnover
• Serve as the primary owner’s representative interface with the serving utility, electrical EPC or contractor, design engineers, equipment vendors, commissioning teams, and site leadership
• Manage high voltage substation and switchyard scope including transformers, breakers, disconnect switches, bus, instrument transformers, control buildings, station service, grounding systems, cable systems, and associated civil interfaces
• Drive utility interconnection milestones, design approvals, long lead equipment procurement, outage and switching coordination, and required energization dates
• Review and challenge electrical single line diagrams, substation layouts, equipment submittals, protection and control schemes, relay coordination, grounding studies, and construction packages
• Oversee protection and controls, relaying, SCADA, telecom, revenue or utility metering, and the interfaces between utility systems and the data center electrical distribution network
• Coordinate installation and testing of high voltage and medium voltage cables, terminations, transformers, switchgear, breakers, grounding, and related electrical infrastructure
• Lead quality and commissioning readiness including factory acceptance testing, field acceptance testing, relay testing, electrical testing, punch resolution, and energization documentation
• Develop and manage safe energization, switching, lockout tagout, outage, and turnover plans in alignment with utility requirements, NEC, NESC, NFPA 70E, OSHA, and project standards
• Control schedule, cost, risk, change management, contractor performance, and interface issues for the utility electrical workstream
• Identify constructability, sequencing, access, equipment delivery, and cross discipline interface risks early and drive them to resolution

What You Bring

• 12 to 20+ years of construction project management experience with significant electrical infrastructure responsibility
• Strong experience delivering utility substations, high voltage electrical infrastructure, utility interconnections, transmission or distribution projects, or comparable mission critical power systems
• Hands on knowledge of substation construction, power transformers, high voltage and medium voltage switchgear, breakers, protection and controls, relays, grounding, cable systems, and energization
• Ability to read and manage execution from single line diagrams, electrical specifications, protection and control drawings, substation layouts, and commissioning procedures
• Proven ability to lead contractors, engineers, utilities, vendors, commissioning teams, and multidisciplinary project stakeholders
• Experience with electrical QA and QC, testing, commissioning, turnover, energization planning, and safe work practices around energized systems
• Proficiency with project controls and construction management tools such as Procore, Primavera P6, or MS Project

Preferred Background

• Hyperscale data center or mission critical utility electrical experience strongly preferred
• Direct, high voltage substation, utility interconnect, switchyard, or owner’s representative electrical package experience is highly relevant
• Background with an electric utility, substation EPC, electrical contractor, engineering firm, commissioning provider, or large industrial power project is highly transferable
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, construction management, engineering, or a related field. PE, PMP, or electrical commissioning credentials are a plus

Compensation and Benefits

Highly competitive compensation aligned with senior level utility electrical and project leadership experience

• Per diem and travel support where applicable
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Company matched retirement plan
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Why Top Candidates Choose WWPS

• Lead one of the most technically critical workstreams on a large-scale data center program
• Operate in a true owner’s representative capacity with direct influence on utility power delivery, energization, and project outcomes
• Work at the intersection of utility infrastructure, high voltage substations, mission critical electrical systems, and data center construction
• Join a project environment where electrical reliability, schedule certainty, and safe energization are central to success
• Be part of a company that is scaling and investing in specialized technical project leadership

Bottom Line

If you are a Senior Project Manager with deep utility electrical or substation experience who can lead a power delivery package from design through energization and turnover, this role offers direct ownership of one of the most critical scopes on a major data center project in Vernon, Texas.