Field Engineer

⚡ Job Title: Senior Field Engineer🏢 Industry: Mission Critical Power / Data Centers🌎 Location: Texas (On-Site)💰 Compensation: Competitive Base + Bonus
⚡ Company Overview:A rapidly growing power infrastructure business, backed by one of North America's largest engineering and construction organizations, is seeking a Senior Field Engineer to support the delivery of a flagship hyperscale data center power program.
This is an opportunity to work on some of the most complex electrical infrastructure being deployed today, spanning substations, microgrids, battery storage, commissioning, and energization. The project is highly visible, well-funded, and critical to a major hyperscale development.
⚡ Position Summary:The Senior Field Engineer will be the owner's representative in the field, providing daily oversight throughout construction, commissioning, and energization activities. This role sits at the centre of project execution, ensuring leadership has accurate visibility of progress, risks, and critical milestones.
⚡ Key Responsibilities:• Monitor construction, commissioning, and energization activities across major power infrastructure systems• Coordinate interfaces between contractors, vendors, and project stakeholders• Identify schedule, quality, and commissioning risks before they impact delivery• Track testing, startup, and commissioning readiness activities• Maintain field reports, punch lists, and project documentation• Provide critical project updates to senior programme leadership
⚡ Required Qualifications:• 10+ years of field engineering, commissioning, construction, or electrical infrastructure experience• Hands-on commissioning and energization experience• Ability to interpret electrical drawings, schematics, and commissioning procedures• Strong stakeholder management and reporting skills• Comfortable working in a highly visible site-based role
Preferred:• Substation, BESS, microgrid, or utility infrastructure experience• Data center commissioning experience (L1-L5)• Owner's representative or PMO-side experience• Engineering degree or relevant industry certifications
⚡ Why This Opportunity?• Join a market-leading organization delivering mission-critical infrastructure at scale• Work directly on a hyperscale data center development from construction through energization• Gain exposure to cutting-edge power systems, microgrids, and battery storage technologies• High visibility with executive leadership and major industry stakeholders• Strong long-term growth opportunities within a rapidly expanding platform
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