Project Engineering Manager

Pacifico Energy; Texas; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacifico Energy seeks a Project Engineering Manager to lead the owner's engineering team for the Cedar Creek project and govern contractor design against specifications. You will evaluate change requests and own the design review process, interfacing with the Project Director to ensure technical alignment on a major energy infrastructure initiative.

The role requires 15+ years of power plant engineering experience, hands-on gas turbine design, and a Bachelor's degree in engineering.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in power plant engineering, including team leadership on large projects.
• 5+ years representing an owner or client over an EPC contractor under a lump-sum contract.
• Hands-on gas turbine plant design experience.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering — required for this position.
• Proficiency with Bluebeam Revu, Procore and AI tools used with human verification.

Responsibilities

• Lead the owner's discipline engineering team and the interface function.
• Govern the contractor's design development against the technical specification.
• Lead your team's technical evaluation of change request content.
• Provide the final change request recommendation to the Project Director.
• Own the owner's design review and comment process.
• Drive resolution of technical disputes with the contractor and the OEM.
• Own technical risk identification and mitigation.

Skills

Power plant engineering

Team leadership

EPC contract experience

Gas turbine design

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Bluebeam Revu

Procore

AI tools

Job description

Pacifico Energy develops, finances, builds, and operates energy infrastructure that powers businesses and communities. In the U.S., we are tackling one of the biggest challenges facing AI and large-scale data centers: access to reliable power. Our private grids bring dedicated generation and energy storage directly to customers, helping projects move forward without waiting for traditional utility connections. We draw on Pacifico Energy Group’s experience across the U.S., Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam, spanning solar, wind, battery storage, and natural gas. Joining Pacifico means helping turn ambitious energy projects into operating infrastructure, with work that connects directly to the people and businesses building the future of AI.

Cedar Creek is a 1,100 MW simple-cycle gas turbine power project built under a lump-sum EPC contract. As Project Engineering Manager you lead the owner's engineering team, govern the contractor's design, and lead technical evaluation of every change request. When the design is challenged, yours is the judgement that has to hold.

What You Get To Do

• Lead the owner's discipline engineering team and the interface function.
• Govern the contractor's design development against the technical specification.
• Lead your team's technical evaluation of change request content.
• Provide the final change request recommendation to the Project Director.
• Own the owner's design review and comment process.
• Drive resolution of technical disputes with the contractor and the OEM.
• Own technical risk identification and mitigation.

What You Bring To The Role

• 15+ years in power plant engineering, including team leadership on large projects.
• 5+ years representing an owner or client over an EPC contractor under a lump-sum contract.
• Hands-on gas turbine plant design experience.
• Proficiency with Bluebeam Revu, Procore and AI tools used with human verification.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering — required for this position.

Nice To Have

• Professional engineering registration.