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VP of Projects

Candid Intelligence

Houston, TX · HybridFull-timePosted 5mo agoStill listed 3 days ago

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PE-Licensed In Texas

Job overview

Candid Intelligence is hiring a VP of Projects. Candid is seeking a VP of Projects to lead its engineering practice for capital projects in behind-the-meter gas-fired power generation. This role involves leading engineering across BTM gas-fired power projects, serving as a senior engineering counterparty to clients, and building and leading the engineering team. The VP will also architect Candid's dual-team execution model and shape the platform roadmap with the AI engineering team.

Key focus areas include Lead engineering practice across BTM gas-fired power projects, Serve as senior engineering counterparty to client CEOs, Heads of Engineering, VPs of Projects, and Stamp FEL-2 / FEED deliverables.

Successful candidates bring Power Generation Engineering, PE License In Texas, and Major Power EPC Or Owner-Operator Experience. Important skills include Engineering Practice Leadership, BTM Gas-Fired Power Projects, Client Interaction, FEL-2 / FEED Deliverables Stamping, Class 4 Estimates Defense, and Engineering Team Building. Preferred (not required): Nuclear-Adjacent BOP Work, Data Center Critical-Power Experience, ERCOT Market Familiarity, and PJM Market Familiarity.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Engineering Practice LeadershipBTM Gas-Fired Power ProjectsClient InteractionFEL-2 / FEED Deliverables StampingClass 4 Estimates DefenseEngineering Team BuildingEngineering Team LeadershipProject Execution Team ArchitectureFlowState Platform Team ArchitecturePlatform Roadmap ShapingCombined-Cycle GasSimple-Cycle GasHAZIDIDCIFRIFI CyclesBTM Generation ExperienceIslanded Generation ExperienceCo-Located Generation ExperienceParallelingRedundancy MappingMicrogrid ArchitectureTech-FriendlyWaste Identification in Conventional FEL ExecutionNuclear-Adjacent BOP WorkData Center Critical-Power ExperienceERCOT Market FamiliarityPJM Market FamiliarityProject-Finance ReviewIC ReviewLender Engineering Review

Qualifications

20+ Years in Power Generation EngineeringDirected Engineering on 2+ Gas Plants at FEED or EPC StagePE-Licensed in TexasBackground at Major Power EPC or Owner-OperatorHouston-Based or RelocatableMulti-State PE License

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Full job description

About Candid

Candid is the AI execution layer for capital projects in behind-the-meter gas-fired power generation. We compress pre-FEED and FEED schedules by 30%+ at full engineering quality, run by senior PEs on top of a software platform built around how this work actually gets done. We recently closed a $6.5M round led by Schneider Electric and Yann LeCun. Active pipeline: 200 MW to 2.4 GW BTM gas projects serving AI factories, hyperscale data centers, and gas-to-nuclear bridge architectures across Texas and the Gulf Coast.

The Role

You lead Candid's engineering practice. Walk into the room with a 30-year nuclear-trained CEO or a Fortune 500 head of engineering and be a peer on day one. Hire the project directors. Stamp the deliverables. Defend Candid against incumbent EPCs (B&V, Bechtel, S&L, B&McD, Worley) on FEED bids. Shape what the platform team builds by feeding back what the work actually needs.

What You'll Do

  • Lead engineering practice across BTM gas-fired power projects, 200 MW to multi-GW

  • Serve as senior engineering counterparty to client CEOs, Heads of Engineering, VPs of Projects

  • Stamp FEL-2 / FEED deliverables; defend Class 4 estimates with lenders, IC, incumbent EPCs

  • Build and lead the engineering team — project directors, senior PEs, multi-discipline leads

  • Architect Candid's dual-team execution model (Project Execution Team + FlowState platform team)

  • Shape the platform roadmap with the AI engineering team

What You Bring

  • 20+ years in power generation engineering, deep on combined-cycle and simple-cycle gas

  • Directed engineering on at least two gas plants at FEED or EPC stage ($200M+ capex). Owned, not participated.

  • PE-licensed in Texas (multi-state ideal)

  • Background at a major power EPC (S&L, B&McD, Bechtel Power, B&V, Worley, Kiewit) or owner-operator (Vistra, Constellation, NRG, Talen, Duke, AES)

  • Have run 10+ disciplines in parallel through HAZID, IDC, IFR, IFI cycles

  • BTM / islanded / co-located generation experience — paralleling, redundancy mapping, microgrid architecture

  • Tech-friendly without being naive. You see waste in conventional FEL execution and want to fix it.

  • Houston-based or relocatable

Nice to Have

  • Nuclear-adjacent BOP work (Vogtle, Palisades, NuScale, BWRX-300, Stone & Webster)

  • Data center critical-power experience (Tier III/IV)

  • ERCOT or PJM market familiarity

  • Direct experience with project-finance / IC / lender engineering review

  • Compensation

  • Senior base + meaningful equity. Unlimited PTO. Medical, dental, vision. Daily lunch and dinner. $150/month wellness budget.

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