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

WORLD WIDE PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS is a project solutions organization committed to implementing lean constructions, collaborative contracting, and execution approaches to enable breakthroughs in performance.

WORLD WIDE PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS is a project solutions organization committed to implementing lean construction, collaborative contracting, and execution approaches to enable breakthroughs in performance.

WWPS is hiring a Senior Project Manager, Utility Electrical, to lead the utility electrical and high voltage substation scope for a large-scale data center project in Vernon, TX . This is a full time, 100% onsite role.

This is a high visibility owner’s representative role focused on the Futility electrical package, including the high voltage utility interconnection, substation, protection and controls, energization, and interface to the data center electrical distribution system. You will own execution across design, construction, commissioning, and turnover.

Wherever you are based, we provide full relocation or travel support including per diem, ensuring a smooth transition so you can hit the ground running from day one.

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.