Gas Lead

Compensation:
Up to $400,000 base salary, plus performance bonus and equity

A rapidly growing global data center owner/operator is hiring a Gas Lead to own the strategy, development and execution of gas-fired power generation solutions across its expanding U.S. data center portfolio.

This position requires a strong understanding of traditional power generation
, with particular emphasis on thermal and natural-gas-fired generation
. The successful candidate will understand how gas generation projects are originated, designed, permitted, financed, contracted, constructed and integrated into large-scale data center developments.

The Gas Lead will evaluate and deliver behind-the-meter, bridge-power and permanent generation solutions for data center campuses where grid capacity is unavailable, delayed or unable to meet project requirements.

This is a senior, commercially focused position combining generation development, technical evaluation, fuel strategy, project execution and stakeholder management.

• Lead the company’s gas-fired generation strategy across active and prospective U.S. data center markets.
• Identify where behind-the-meter, bridge-power, dedicated generation or hybrid power solutions can accelerate data center energization and reduce reliance on constrained utility infrastructure.
• Evaluate traditional thermal-generation technologies, including reciprocating engines, aeroderivative and industrial gas turbines, simple-cycle generation, combined-cycle generation, combined heat and power, and other dispatchable solutions.
• Assess generation technologies against data center requirements including capacity, reliability, redundancy, scalability, ramp rate, efficiency, availability, emissions, cost and delivery schedule.
• Lead the development of gas-generation projects from initial concept and feasibility through commercial operation.
• Develop project execution strategies covering technology selection, preliminary design, fuel supply, equipment procurement, permitting, interconnection, financing, construction and commissioning.
• Evaluate natural gas availability for prospective data center sites, including pipeline proximity, capacity, pressure, required lateral infrastructure, compression requirements and delivery constraints.
• Build and manage relationships with natural gas utilities, interstate and intrastate pipeline operators, local distribution companies, gas marketers, producers and fuel suppliers.
• Structure reliable fuel-supply strategies, including firm transportation, commodity procurement, storage, balancing, redundancy and contingency arrangements.
• Work with development and site-selection teams to determine whether prospective locations can support the required gas and generation infrastructure before land or customer commitments are made.
• Lead engagement with generation developers, independent power producers, utilities, OEMs, EPC contractors, engineering firms and infrastructure investors.
• Evaluate equipment and delivery proposals from turbine, engine and generation-technology manufacturers.
• Support negotiations with OEMs and EPC contractors covering equipment supply, engineering, construction, long-term service agreements, performance guarantees and delivery schedules.
• Develop commercial structures for owner-operated generation, third-party generation, power purchase agreements, tolling arrangements, energy-as-a-service models and other behind-the-meter solutions.
• Assess the commercial and operational implications of temporary bridge power compared with permanent on-site generation.
• Lead or support electrical interconnection strategy where generation will operate in parallel with the grid or export power.
• Coordinate with utilities and system operators on interconnection studies, protection requirements, operational limitations, network upgrades and energization planning.
• Oversee generation-related feasibility studies, conceptual designs, load profiles, heat-rate assessments, equipment configurations and capital-cost estimates.
• Develop and maintain project budgets, schedules, risk registers, development plans and investment recommendations.
• Identify risks associated with fuel availability, equipment lead times, interconnection, permitting, emissions, construction, reliability, cost and project delivery.
• Work closely with environmental and permitting teams on air permits, emissions requirements, noise limits, water requirements and other regulatory considerations affecting thermal-generation projects.
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