Project Manager - Childress, TX

Who We Are

Lancium builds gigawatt-scale campuses for AI data centers. We develop and orchestrate all power infrastructure at the campus, including the grid interconnect, behind the meter solar, and large-scale battery energy storage systems. We currently have 5+ Gigawatts of capacity in various stages of development, and our projects under construction today are some of the largest in the world. We are backed by leading strategic and financial investors, including Blackstone, Shell, and Arclight, and have spent 6 years developing the infrastructure platform and are now rapidly accelerating the commercialization of our solutions into the market. Artificial Intelligence and the massive amount of energy it demands, balancing of that demand with supply – ideally clean resources – is collectively the mega-trend of our lifetimes. Lancium is at the epicenter of this trend, uniquely positioned to catalyze and empower the massive growth and opportunity at hand. If you want to be at the heart of this global transformation and growth, read on!

This is an opportunity for candidates who know they want entrepreneurial experience to build a system, a company and industry, all at the same time. This work will be executed by a high performance team that will include VP of Project Management and Engineering, local Site Managers, Project Managers, Electrical/Project Engineers, and with EPC contractors deployed across a portfolio of work. The portfolio is generally the energy generation and delivery infrastructure, and other site utilities. This role calls for a sense of adventure and strong ownership—it’s a dynamic journey that blends work and life in meaningful ways

What You Will Do

Lancium is seeking a highly skilled Project Manager to oversee the delivery of complex electrical infrastructure projects from Notice to Proceed through energization and turnover to Operations. This role will supervise EPC contractors, manage multiple work scopes, and ensure compliance with safety, quality, budget, and schedule objectives. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments, excels at stakeholder management, and can lead multidisciplinary teams to achieve ambitious project goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Single-Site Ownership: Serve as the primary point of contact for internal/external stakeholders, subcontractors, and site trades. Lead scope, schedule, budget, risk, and change control across multiple projects, ensuring integration into main grid-connected substations and utilities for site clients.

  
  
• Team Leadership: Manage high-performing teams across Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Power, SCADA, IT, Technology, Commercial, and Site Operations. Foster a collaborative culture that motivates team members to excel.
  
  
• EPC Oversight: Direct and monitor tier-1 EPC/EPCM contractors delivering HV AIS substations and 3rd-party power integration systems. Manage performance guarantees, liquidated damages, change orders, and claims.
  
  
• Controls for Volatile Loads: Ensure plant controllers, EMS, and SCADA systems meet requirements for fast ramp buffering, export/import modes, and price/dispatch signals. Collaborate with the Technical Development team during development, testing, and large-scale deployment.
  
  
• Engineering Oversight: Supervise EPC and Owner’s Engineering in protection & controls, metering, communications/teleprotection, grounding, and relay settings. Ensure compliance with utility/ISO/client interconnection standards and power-quality metrics.
  
  
• Procurement Management: Orchestrate procurement of long-lead items including transformers, breakers, reactors, capacitors, HV cables, transmission equipment, and 3rd-party BESS/Nat-Gas hardware. Track expediting, FATs, and logistics.
  
  
• Construction Management: Enforce EPC safety standards (LOTO, lift plans, energized work), QA/QC processes, RFI/submittal discipline, and field productivity. Resolve roadblocks and optimize work sequencing.
  
  
• Testing & Commissioning: Oversee pre-energization checkouts, relay/SCADA testing, staged energization, islanding/black-start trials, and microgrid performance validation.
  
  
• Stakeholder & Regulatory Management: Coordinate with utilities, ISOs, AHJs, and data center counterparts. Ensure full lifecycle compliance with permits and environmental commitments.
  
  

• Reporting & Controls: Maintain executive dashboards, track earned progress against financial milestones, and manage documentation and decision logs.

What We Want From You

• Four (4) year degree in Electrical or Power Engineering, with extensive practical work experience in high 100’s MW electrical and electro-mechanical applications, specifically with extensive electrical construction experience, advanced degree, and Electrical PE qualification (or similar experience).

• Professional Engineering / PMP Certification preferred

• 15–20+ years in utility-scale power operations (HV substations, microgrids, storage, generation) with 5+ years leading 24/7 operations or a control room and experience dealing with emergencies.

• Able to work with confidential information in a professional manner.

• Abilities as a demonstrated team builder for not only safety and security culture, but also morale.

• Demonstrated success meeting strict SLAs for industrial or data-center customers, by experience with Hands-on with protection & controls, EMS/SCADA, plant controllers, and PQ troubleshooting, with expert 3rd party assistance.

• Strong vendor/OEM management and contract performance enforcement (LTSA, KPIs, LDs). Excellent incident command, Root Cause Analysis, and stakeholder communication skills.

What We Will Provide

Our benefits and perks add to a total rewards experience for our employees that foster a supportive, flexible, and inclusive environment. Current full-time employee benefit offerings include:

• Employer-subsidized health, dental, and vision benefits

• $50,000 of basic term life insurance coverage paid for by Lancium, as well as 100% of short-term disability premiums. Additionally, we provide options for additional life insurance coverage for employees, their spouses, and children. Employees also have the option to enroll in long-term disability coverage (LTD) at their own expense.
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Accounts, and Health Savings Accounts (with employer contribution; $400 employee only coverage, $700 for all other tiers of enrollment in our HDHP).
• Flexible (Unlimited) Time Off
• Paid parental leave
• 11 paid holidays

• Fidelity safe-harbor 401(k) with 100% match up to 4%