VP of Projects

candidintelligence· General Engineering
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🌍 Remote📍 HoustonFullTime

About this role

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.

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Yes, this VP of Projects position at candidintelligence is remote, with team members based in Houston. You can work from home or anywhere in the supported regions.
Is the VP of Projects role at candidintelligence full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a FullTime position. It is posted as a VP of Projects role in the General Engineering department at candidintelligence.
Which team or department does the VP of Projects at candidintelligence belong to?
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This VP of Projects position at candidintelligence was posted on Apr 16, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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