Gas to Power Engineering Design Manager

AECOM•Houston, TX

3d•$190,000 - $240,000•Hybrid

About The Position

AECOM is seeking a technically experienced Gas to Power Engineering Design Manager to join its growing U.S. Energy team. The role leads technical development, coordination, and delivery for multidisciplinary engineering and design teams working on complex gas-to-power generation, battery energy storage systems (BESS), electrical distribution, and related industrial infrastructure for datacenter clients. As part of the project leadership team, the manager interacts routinely with clients and serves as the primary internal interface for the design team. The role leads projects from conceptual planning and front-end engineering through detailed design, procurement support, construction, commissioning, and closeout. It combines technical engineering management with practical understanding of civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, process, piping, and facility engineering, while managing technical scope, budgets, schedules, and work production. The position is based in Houston, Texas, with a hybrid work model. Travel to client offices, project sites, and AECOM locations may be required for less than 25% of the time. Relocation is not available, and sponsorship for U.S. employment authorization is not available now or in the future.

Requirements

BA/BS in Civil Engineering or a related field, plus 10 years of related experience, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
Demonstrated experience leading projects from feasibility and front-end engineering through detailed design and construction.
Demonstrated experience supporting engineering or project delivery for power generation for datacenters or comparable energy infrastructure.
Demonstrated experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering and design teams.
Valid U.S. driver’s license and ability to pass AECOM’s Motor Vehicle screening as a condition of employment.
Ability to travel to client offices, project sites, and AECOM locations as required, less than 25%.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
Professional Engineer license in one or more U.S. states.
Experience as an engineering manager, or as an electrical or mechanical/process lead, on power generation for datacenter projects.
Demonstrated experience with both brownfield facility modifications and greenfield infrastructure.
Experience with hydraulic modeling, process simulation, GTPRO, GIS, CAD, or 3D design and laser-scanning tools.
Previous consulting-engineering or EPC/EPCM experience.
Established relationships within the datacenter, hyperscaler, or industrial energy markets.

Responsibilities

Lead feasibility studies, front-end engineering, detailed design, and construction-support assignments for power plant developments, particularly for datacenter clients.
Develop project technical scope, manage the technical delivery team, and coordinate completion of project technical work.
Prepare and maintain technical project execution plans, staffing plans, manhour estimates, schedules, work breakdown structures, budgets, and progress reports.
Coordinate work across AECOM offices and technical disciplines; review project status, identify emerging constraints, and implement corrective actions to support schedule and budget performance.
Lead design reviews, constructability reviews, and client progress meetings; respond to contractor RFIs, submittals, field questions, and design changes during construction.
Support project closeout, record drawings, lessons learned, and final project documentation.
Direct multidisciplinary teams that may include process, mechanical, piping, civil, structural, geotechnical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, environmental, permitting, surveying, and construction professionals.
Provide technical oversight for power plant and facility design, including gas power generation equipment, emissions controls systems, BESS, electrical power distribution, site development, valve stations, meter and proving facilities, storage tanks, and utility systems.
Support the development and review of basis-of-design documents, process flow diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams, facility layouts, equipment arrangements, hydraulic surge analyses, and transient analyses.
Support the development and review of turbine performance predictive modeling, reliability, availability, and maintainability analyses, protections and controls, equipment data sheets, and technical specifications.
Oversee site civil and structural, mechanical and process-piping, and electrical and controls design packages; material requisitions and procurement documentation; tie-in, shutdown, commissioning, and startup plans; and issued-for-bid and issued-for-construction packages.
Evaluate technical alternatives and help clients balance safety, operability, constructability, lifecycle cost, schedule, and operational continuity.
Coordinate vendor technical information and support equipment evaluation, selection, procurement, and expediting.
Promote quality reviews and integrated design coordination across disciplines, soliciting specialist input as appropriate.
Coordinate internal resources supporting permitting with agencies and stakeholders, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, state environmental agencies, transportation departments, local building departments, utilities, port authorities, and landowners.
Coordinate surveying, utility investigations, geotechnical studies, potholing, right-of-way requirements, and environmental field activities.
Work with clients and permitting specialists to identify approval requirements early and incorporate them into project schedules.
Serve as a point of contact for existing and prospective energy clients; develop understanding of their facilities, operational priorities, capital programs, and long-term infrastructure needs.
Develop scopes of work, staffing plans, schedules, level-of-effort estimates, and technical approaches for new opportunities.
Build long-term client relationships through responsive communication, sound technical judgment, and consistent project delivery.
Mentor developing project engineers and technical staff, recognize their contributions, and follow assigned work through to completion.