VP of Projects
TLDR
Lead engineering practice across BTM gas-fired power projects, stamp FEL-2/FEED deliverables, defend against incumbents, and shape the dual-team platform roadmap.
About Candid
Candid is the AI execution layer for capital projects in behind-the-meter gas-fired power generation. We compress pre-FEED and FEED schedules by 30%+ at full engineering quality, run by senior PEs on top of a software platform built around how this work actually gets done. We recently closed a $6.5M round led by Schneider Electric and Yann LeCun. Active pipeline: 200 MW to 2.4 GW BTM gas projects serving AI factories, hyperscale data centers, and gas-to-nuclear bridge architectures across Texas and the Gulf Coast.
The Role
You lead Candid's engineering practice. Walk into the room with a 30-year nuclear-trained CEO or a Fortune 500 head of engineering and be a peer on day one. Hire the project directors. Stamp the deliverables. Defend Candid against incumbent EPCs (B&V, Bechtel, S&L, B&McD, Worley) on FEED bids. Shape what the platform team builds by feeding back what the work actually needs.
What You'll Do
Lead engineering practice across BTM gas-fired power projects, 200 MW to multi-GW
Serve as senior engineering counterparty to client CEOs, Heads of Engineering, VPs of Projects
Stamp FEL-2 / FEED deliverables; defend Class 4 estimates with lenders, IC, incumbent EPCs
Build and lead the engineering team — project directors, senior PEs, multi-discipline leads
Architect Candid's dual-team execution model (Project Execution Team + FlowState platform team)
Shape the platform roadmap with the AI engineering team
What You Bring
20+ years in power generation engineering, deep on combined-cycle and simple-cycle gas
Directed engineering on at least two gas plants at FEED or EPC stage ($200M+ capex). Owned, not participated.
PE-licensed in Texas (multi-state ideal)
Background at a major power EPC (S&L, B&McD, Bechtel Power, B&V, Worley, Kiewit) or owner-operator (Vistra, Constellation, NRG, Talen, Duke, AES)
Have run 10+ disciplines in parallel through HAZID, IDC, IFR, IFI cycles
BTM / islanded / co-located generation experience — paralleling, redundancy mapping, microgrid architecture
Tech-friendly without being naive. You see waste in conventional FEL execution and want to fix it.
Houston-based or relocatable
Nice to Have
Nuclear-adjacent BOP work (Vogtle, Palisades, NuScale, BWRX-300, Stone & Webster)
Data center critical-power experience (Tier III/IV)
ERCOT or PJM market familiarity
Direct experience with project-finance / IC / lender engineering review
Compensation
Senior base + meaningful equity. Unlimited PTO. Medical, dental, vision. Daily lunch and dinner. $150/month wellness budget.
Benefits
Equity Compensation
meaningful equity.
Free Meals & Snacks
Daily lunch and dinner
Health Insurance
Medical, dental, vision
Paid Time Off
Unlimited PTO
Wellness Stipend
$150/month wellness budget.
Candid Intelligence is developing an AI execution layer tailored for EPCs and owner operators, focusing on automating preconstruction tasks to enhance efficiency and maintain engineering quality. By streamlining document processing, consistency checks, and workflow steps, we aim to reduce preconstruction timelines by over 30%, driving innovation in capital projects across various energy sectors.