Project Engineer – DC Power

Brunel has partnered with SB Energy to hire a Project Engineer – DC Power to support the engineering coordination and execution of a major data center power infrastructure project in Borden County, Texas. Backed by Soft Bank and Ares, SB Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates large-scale power and data center infrastructure projects across the U.S.

In this role, you will serve as a key on-site engineering interface, connecting contractors, the data center campus design team, consultants, and SB Energy’s in-house engineering resources. You will help ensure design decisions, technical deliverables, and field engineering activities remain aligned with construction, commissioning, and overall project execution.

SB Energy is a fast-growing energy and infrastructure company backed by Soft Bank Group and Ares Infrastructure. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, they develop, build, own, and operate large-scale power and data center infrastructure across the United States.

Since launching in 2019, SB Energy has quickly grown into a leading integrated platform with more than 3 GW in operation and a multi-GW pipeline of energy and data center infrastructure nationwide. Their team combines innovation, technical expertise, and execution excellence to deliver reliable, secure, and forward-thinking infrastructure that helps power America’s future.

The Project Engineer – DC Power will manage engineering coordination for an assigned project in Borden County, Texas, working primarily in the field from the project site trailer.

This role will serve as the primary field contact for engineering and technical concerns, coordinating contractors, consultants, the data center campus design team, and SB Energy’s internal engineering resources to ensure design decisions and deliverables remain aligned with project execution.

The Project Engineer will bring strong electrical engineering fundamentals and broad coordination skills, engaging subject matter experts when specialized technical support is required and driving engineering issues from identification through resolution and closeout.

Location: On-site – Borden County, Texas

• Serve as the primary field contact for engineering and technical concerns, coordinating timely resolution with contractors, consultants, and SB Energy subject matter experts.
• Coordinate design packages and interfaces across transmission line (T-Line), substation, and related power infrastructure scopes, including alignment with the data center campus design team.
• Manage contractor design schedules, deliverables, and review milestones to support procurement, construction, commissioning, and project completion.
• Identify engineering and design delays and drive appropriate corrective actions.
• Plan and coordinate design reviews with internal engineering resources and the Owner’s Engineering consultant.
• Consolidate design comments, resolve conflicting feedback, and track actions through closure.
• Own the timely coordination and issuance of SB Energy responses to design reviews, requests for information (RFIs), and submittals, obtaining input and approvals from appropriate technical authorities.
• Maintain engineering action, RFI, submittal, and design review logs while communicating priorities, overdue items, decisions, and risks to project leadership and field teams.
• Partner with QA/QC teams on first articles and benchmarks, clarify design intent and acceptance criteria, and coordinate resolution of technical discrepancies.
• Engage in-house subject matter experts for specialized analysis and technical decisions, providing clear field information and following issues through documented resolution.
• Coordinate with the Independent Engineer on technical…