VP of Projects
Candid IntelligenceConstruction Tech company
Houston, United StatesDirector
Liquid 2 Ventures
Quiet Capital
E14 Fund
Flexcap Ventures
Presight (Abu Dhabi)
Yann LeCun
Leadership & General Management
About the role
TL;DR
Lead engineering practice for BTM gas-fired power projects.
- •Lead engineering practice across BTM gas-fired power projects, 200 MW to multi-GW Key Responsibilities 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 Requirements 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
Required skills
Engineering Management
Domain expertise
fintech
Benefits & perks
Senior base + meaningful equity, Unlimited PTO, Medical, dental, vision, Daily lunch and dinner, $150/month wellness budget
