Power & Utility Infrastructure

Company: Worldwide Mission Critical LLC
Location: Dallas
Posted on: February 16, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description Description: The Power & Utility Infrastructure role serves as the organization’s lead interface with utilities, transmission operators, energy suppliers, and regulatory agencies—responsible for securing, managing, and delivering reliable high-voltage power to hyperscale and AI-oriented data center campuses nationwide. This role owns the full lifecycle of utility engagement and delivery—from load forecasting and interconnection applications through substation commissioning, energization, and long-term energy supply strategy. The ideal candidate combines deep technical knowledge of transmission and substation systems (138 kV–500 kV) with proven experience navigating utilities, ISOs/RTOs, third-party energy suppliers, and regulatory frameworks to accelerate large-scale development programs and advance sustainability goals. Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline (Master’s or MBA preferred). • Professional Engineer (PE) certification a plus. • 15 years of progressive experience in electric-utility planning, transmission interconnection, or large-scale energy infrastructure. • Proven record leading major-load interconnections for data center, industrial, or utility-scale projects. • Deep knowledge of RTO/ISO processes (PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, SPP, WECC) and NERC/FERC compliance. • Demonstrated success managing EPC programs and complex vendor or utility negotiations. • Experience influencing or participating in utility regulatory processes, rate cases, and interconnection policy development. • Background in energy procurement, supply contracting, or market analysis strongly preferred. • Prior experience supporting hyperscale or large enterprise data-center energy programs preferred. • Strategic relationship builder with utilities, RTOs, regulators, and energy suppliers. • Advanced technical fluency in grid operations, protection systems, and interconnection standards. • Strong leadership, negotiation, and communication skills—capable of engaging both technical and executive stakeholders. • Innovative and collaborative—able to drive commercial and technical execution to meet cost, performance, and sustainability goals. • Skilled in program management, risk mitigation, and cross-functional coordination across multiple markets. • Ability to translate complex regulatory and engineering challenges into clear business strategies. • Transmission & Substation Expertise: Directed multi-GW data center transmission and substation delivery programs. • Program Execution Leadership: Managed EPC procurements and complex stakeholder negotiations with regulated utilities. • Regulatory & Policy Strategy: Led interconnection and tariff policy development under FERC/CPUC/ISO frameworks. • Energy Program Management: Built and led national power infrastructure teams ensuring reliable and affordable power for hyperscale campuses. Primary Responsibilities • Direct system-level studies (load flow, short-circuit, transient stability, voltage-ride-through, and protection coordination) to ensure grid compliance and reliability. • Oversee the scope and execution of substation and transmission-tap EPC projects (230 kV–500 kV) from feasibility through commissioning. • Evaluate and coordinate behind-the-meter generation, grid-support assets, and energy storage opportunities to enhance resiliency. • Serve as the owner’s technical authority for grid-interconnection design, reliability standards, and NERC/FERC compliance documentation. • Translate complex technical analyses into executive summaries and business recommendations for leadership. • Represent the company in regulatory proceedings, rate cases, stakeholder sessions, and interconnection policy forums. • Negotiate energy service agreements, tariffs, and special contracts to optimize cost and reliability for large-load customers. • Monitor and influence RTO and utility planning initiatives—including queue reform, transmission expansion, and renewable integration—that may affect project economics or schedule. • Oversee rate-case participation and infrastructure cost recovery strategies impacting the organization’s national power portfolio. • Lead end-to-end processes for securing major-load interconnections, including applications, queue management, studies, and agreements through energization. • Develop and maintain executive-level relationships with utilities, RTOs/ISOs, and regulators to secure cost-effective, reliable, and timely interconnections. • Establish and oversee standardized interconnection playbooks, design criteria, and execution protocols across all campuses and markets. • Partner with Development, Design, and Construction teams to integrate power-delivery timelines with overall campus schedule and mitigate infrastructure delivery risks. • Support data center interconnection and energy-supply contracts with utilities and third-party suppliers. • Lead regulatory and policy strategy development with utilities, regulators, and stakeholders critical to data center and clean energy infrastructure delivery. • Oversee a portfolio of activities to optimize and execute opportunities in data center energy supply and technology, including; - Supporting site selection efforts, interconnection strategy, and execution in partnership with utilities. - Developing an energy lease and colocation provider program. - Negotiating energy rate tariffs and special contract agreements. - Identifying regulatory and policy opportunities relevant to business and sustainability objectives. - Monitoring market conditions material to long-term energy and infrastructure strategy. - Drive commercial and technological innovation to realize business goals, lower costs, and achieve sustainability targets. • Partner with Development to evaluate power feasibility during site selection and acquisition. • Collaborate with internal teams—Design, Construction, Procurement, Finance, and Operations—to develop business cases, long range cost forecasts, and RFP frameworks for utility and energy infrastructure investments. • Work cross-functionally with business stakeholders to ensure alignment across technical, commercial, and sustainability objectives. • Ensure power-delivery milestones align with construction schedules and commissioning targets.

Keywords: Worldwide Mission Critical LLC, Frisco , Power & Utility Infrastructure, Energy / Utilities , Dallas, Texas