Procurement Manager — Services

Position Overview

Fermi America is developing Project Matador — one of the most ambitious power generation and data center programs in U.S. history. The project spans multi-gigawatt F-Class gas turbine generation, a 1 GW battery energy storage system, 345 kV transmission infrastructure, and approximately 14 million square feet of data center campus across a West Texas site spanning roughly 7,000 acres.

Fermi America is developing Project Matador — one of the most ambitious power generation and data center programs in U.S. history. The project spans multi-gigawatt F-Class gas turbine generation, a 1 GW battery energy storage system, 345 kV transmission infrastructure, and approximately 14 million square feet of data center campus across a West Texas site spanning roughly 7,000 acres.

The Procurement Manager, Services is a high-impact, cross-functional role responsible for the sourcing, contracting, and ongoing administration of professional, technical, and operational services required to construct and operate Project Matador’s power generation and data center facilities. This position manages the full services procurement lifecycle — from scope development and RFP execution through award, contract administration, and performance management — across a broad portfolio that includes engineering and technical consulting, environmental and permitting services, inspection and testing, temporary staffing and skilled labor, operations and maintenance services, facility and site support, IT and telecommunications, safety and security, and general professional services.

The role works directly under the Director of Procurement and in close coordination with Operations, Finance, Legal, and project leadership.

• Develop and maintain the Services Procurement Register — the authoritative list of all services contracts, master service agreements (MSAs), purchase orders, and blanket orders across the project portfolio
• Define services packaging strategy, including bundling decisions, competitive solicitation plans, and identification of sole-source or directed-award items requiring CAB justification
• Partner with functional leaders across Engineering, Operations, Safety, IT, Legal, and Finance to translate business requirements into executable procurement scopes
• Cross-reference services procurement timelines against the Primavera P6 construction schedule and Unifier CBS forecast to identify critical-path service mobilizations and long-lead contract awards

• Lead end-to-end competitive RFP/RFQ processes for services packages including — but not limited to — engineering consulting, environmental and permitting, geotechnical and materials testing, inspection and NDE services, surveying, IT/OT systems integration, security, facility management, janitorial and site support, temporary and contract staffing, equipment maintenance, and general professional services
• Develop bid packages, scopes of work, commercial terms, and evaluation scorecards in coordination with the requesting function and Legal (Haynes & Boone)
• Manage clarification cycles, BAFO processes, and commercial award recommendations through the Fermi America CAB process in accordance with the Delegation of Authority
• Negotiate MSA and task order structures, time-and-material rates, unit pricing, blended labor rate schedules, not-to-exceed caps, and termination provisions with service providers
• Structure contracts to align with IRA tax credit compliance requirements, prevailing wage certifications, and project-specific insurance and indemnity standards

• Administer active services contracts and blanket purchase orders in Oracle Fusion, maintaining accurate commitment tracking, approved budgets, and accrual data for Finance
• Issue and manage task orders, work authorizations, and statements of work against active MSAs, ensuring proper scope definition, budget authorization, and compliance with contract terms
• Evaluate and process vendor change order requests — validating entitlement, pricing…