Long-Lead Equipment Procurement Manager, HV Electrical - Corsicana, TX, or Sweetwater, TX

Long-Lead Equipment Procurement Manager, HV Electrical

Location:

Corsicana, TX or Sweetwater, TX.

Decima International seeks an experienced procurement professional to support hyperscale data center construction projects in a PMC/Owner’s Representative capacity, focusing on long‑lead HV electrical equipment such as power transformers, HV switch gear, UPS systems, generators, and related electrical infrastructure.

• Lead procurement oversight for HV electrical long‑lead equipment packages.
• Monitor factory production milestones and delivery commitments.
• Review supplier progress reports for schedule and delivery risks.
• Support transformer manufacturing kick‑off meetings and follow‑up actions.
• Validate supplier updates against approved production schedules.
• Identify genuine delivery risks and recommend corrective actions.
• Escalate procurement risks affecting cost, schedule, quality, or turnover.
• Review scopes, proposals, exclusions, assumptions, and lead times.
• Support bid evaluations, award recommendations, and procurement decisions.
• Coordinate with owners, project teams, vendors, suppliers, and contractors.
• Maintain procurement logs, delivery trackers, and risk registers.
• Prepare procurement updates, lookaheads, and leadership reports.
• Support Factory Acceptance Testing planning and issue resolution.
• Resolve procurement issues impacting construction, commissioning, or turnover.
• Support procurement closeout and vendor performance feedback.
• Coordinate site delivery sequencing and laydown planning for HV electrical equipment in coordination with the GC, including oversize load requirements and formal custody transfer documentation at delivery.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Supply Chain, or related fields.
• 7+ years of procurement experience on large capital construction programs.
• Experience supporting hyperscale data center or mission‑critical construction projects.
• Experience in a PMC, owner’s representative, developer, or client‑side delivery environment.
• Direct experience procuring large power transformers.
• Understanding of transformer manufacturing lead times of 52 to 100 weeks.
• Direct experience procuring HV switch gear, including GIS or AIS equipment.
• Direct experience procuring UPS systems.
• Experience supporting owner‑direct procurement or OFCI/OFOI electrical equipment packages.
• Experience managing long‑lead electrical equipment vendors.
• Understanding of factory production milestone schedules.
• Experience supporting or participating in transformer manufacturing kick‑off meetings.
• Ability to read and interpret factory progress reports.
• Ability to identify when equipment delivery is genuinely at risk.
• Experience communicating procurement risks to project stakeholders.
• Strong documentation, reporting, coordination, and issue‑resolution skills.

• Experience with utilities, EPC, or large industrial construction programs.
• Experience coordinating Factory Acceptance Testing for electrical equipment.
• Familiarity with expediting, logistics, and supplier performance reviews.
• Experience with GMP, lump sum, design‑build, CM‑at‑Risk, or MSA agreements.
• Experience with Procore, Unifier, e‑Builder, Kahua, Oracle, SAP, or Coupa.
• Experience with Smartsheet, Power BI, Microsoft Project, or Microsoft 365.

• Location (On‑site):
  • Corsicana, Texas
  • Sweetwater, Texas
• Position Classification:
  Salary‑based full‑time hours
• Current work permit required. This position does not offer sponsorship for employment (e.g., H‑1B visa sponsorship or transfer not offered).

• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft 365

Decima International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to the safety and well‑being of all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low‑income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.