Head of Engineering at Fermi in Dallas, TX

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Description Fermi America™ (Nasdaq & LSE: FRMI) is pioneering the world's largest next-generation private HyperGrid™ campus, Project Matador, located on approximately 8,400 acres in the Texas Panhandle near Amarillo. The campus is designed to deliver up to 17 gigawatts of highly redundant, behind-the-meter power to hyperscale artificial intelligence data centers, integrating the nation's largest combined-cycle natural gas generation complex, utility-scale solar PV, battery energy storage systems (BESS), utility grid interconnection, and one of the most ambitious nuclear power programs in the United States. With first power targeted for 2027 and nearly $1 billion in committed financing secured, Fermi America is one of the most consequential energy infrastructure companies in the United States. The Head of Engineering is a critical leadership role at the heart of this mission. ROLE PURPOSE The Head of Engineering is Fermi America's senior technical authority and Owner's Engineer for Project Matador's HyperGrid™ campus. This executive owns the engineering standards, design basis, and technical decisions for the program from conceptual design and front-end engineering design (FEED) through detailed engineering, construction support, commissioning, and handover to operations. Detailed engineering is executed by Fermi America's contracted engineering partners and EPC contractors; the Head of Engineering directs, reviews, approves, and holds those partners to account across a multi-technology portfolio spanning gas-fired generation, high-voltage transmission and substations, campus utilities, data center power infrastructure, and battery energy storage, with utility-scale solar PV and nuclear generation in future phases. The role builds and leads a corporate engineering organization of Principal discipline engineers who serve as Fermi America's subject matter experts, owns the Engineering Management System, leads the technical interfaces with EPC contractors, engineering partners, OEMs, and the interconnecting utility (SPS/Xcel), and ensures all engineering deliverables meet Fermi America's safety, quality, regulatory, schedule, and performance requirements. The group is fully capable of performing design where Fermi America elects to do so; its primary function is owner-side technical leadership of the partners who execute the work. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Engineering Leadership & Strategy Define and own the engineering strategy for Project Matador, ensuring technical coherence across gas-fired generation, high-voltage transmission, data center power, BESS, and future solar PV and nuclear systems. Establish and enforce engineering standards, codes of practice, design criteria, and design verification requirements across all disciplines, coordinated with the Director of Quality, who owns QA/QC. Lead the engineering organization structure, resource planning, and capability development to support the phased delivery of up to 17 GW of generation capacity. Provide technical vision and leadership to the COO, executive leadership, and Board on engineering risk, innovation, and delivery strategy. Champion a safety-by-design culture, embedding HSSE requirements into all engineering deliverables from concept through commissioning. Power Generation Engineering: Gas & BESS Provide owner technical direction and oversight of the combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) program engineered by Fermi America's EPC and engineering partners, including Siemens Energy and GE gas turbines, heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), steam turbines, and associated balance-of-plant systems. Direct and approve battery energy storage system (BESS) sizing and integration engineering performed by Fermi America's engineering partners, including containerized battery systems, inverters, thermal management, protection and control, and grid integration. Review and approve FEED and detailed engineering packages, technical specifications, equipment datasheets, and vendor drawings