Candidates must live within a reasonable commuting distance of Turkey, TX
What You Will Do
Lancium is seeking a highly experienced Local On-Site Manager to lead day-to-day operations for a multi-year AI data center campus. The site includes HV/MV substations and electrical backbone infrastructure built and owned by Lancium, while tenant constructors build and operate their own facilities. Peak site mobilization can exceed 4,000+ personnel across multiple trades.
This role represents the company on the ground and ensures the site is safe, lawful, constructible-at scale, and welcomed by the local community. The On-Site Manager will coordinate daily field operations, manage interfaces between contractors, utilities, public agencies, and community stakeholders, and report to both functional management and projectized Project/Operations Management.
Key Responsibilities:- Site Leadership: Serve as the primary point of contact for all Site Managers, Supervisors, and managers on site. Host and participate in site-wide coordination meetings to ensure clear communication and alignment.
- Site Governance & Daily Control: Oversee everything happening within the site boundary, including roads, utilities, laydown areas, and logistics. Orchestrate the daily "Plan of the Day" and rapid issue resolution.
- Stakeholder & Community Interface: Build trusted relationships with local stakeholders and the community to support project goals and promote local benefit.
- Multi-Prime Coordination: Align Lancium-owned HV/MV substation and collector work with tenant GC/EPC teams.
- Access, Security, Traffic & Logistics: Manage site access, traffic, and security in collaboration with contractors and stakeholders.
- Workforce & Community Impact: Coordinate local hiring, training, and housing/transport solutions. Monitor workforce accommodation and conditions if on-site camps are used.
- EHS Leadership: Enforce Lancium EHS expectations across all contractors and maintain compliance with safety regulations.
- Permitting & Compliance: Ensure local permits and regulations are adhered to for all hired work.
- Security & Emergency Management: Develop and post emergency procedures, including "grab and go" protocols.
- Media & Issues Management: Act as first responder for on-site media inquiries in accordance with corporate communications protocols.
- Utilities & Interconnections: Coordinate tie-ins, outages, and energization windows with utility, TSP, TDU, gas, water, and telecom providers.
- Landlord & Lease Management: Enforce lease boundaries, easements, ROWs, and site standards.
- Cost & Schedule Oversight: Track field productivity, escalate risks early, maintain integrated site master schedule, and log constraints affecting owners, tenants, and agencies.
- Turnover Readiness: Support Project and Operations Managers during energization events.
- Site Monitoring & Reporting: Use drone tools and surveillance to track progress and percent complete. Conduct site tours for VIPs and stakeholders, documenting status.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:- Monitor daily activities of all primes and utilities.
- Track access, EHS, emergency routes, call trees, and weather event responses.
- Manage interface clashes for laydown, duct banks, outages, road crossings, and energization.
- Maintain community relations cadence.
- Oversee traffic, parking, and road repairs.
- Approve working plans affecting shared assets.
- Guide incident response and investigations.
- Maintain issues and commitments register.
- Support major deliveries and ensure coordination with key stakeholders.
RequirementsWhat We Want From You
- Four-year degree in a technical engineering discipline, with extensive practical experience in high 100s MW electrical and electro-mechanical applications, particularly large site construction.
- Professional Engineering / PMP Certification preferred
- 15-20 years of prior site construction experience on large/mega complex projects, with the ability to respond reliably to site issues while living locally (rural/remote community).
- Working knowledge of construction across multiple electrical and related disciplines within an Integrated Project, including: Utility/Grid studies, MEP and IT power supplies for AI data center systems, Substation and Generation Automation
- Deep understanding of Lancium customers' MV and HV systems, including coordination with 3rd parties and power stakeholders
- Balance of Campus scope related to Site Buildings, Water Development, Civil Undertakings (roads, drainage, etc) and a curiosity for learning what unexpected things occur.
- Abilities as a demonstrated team builder, for not only safety and security culture, but also morale.
- Demonstrated success meeting strict SLAs for industrial or data-center customers, by experience with Hands-on with protection & controls, EMS/SCADA, plant controllers, and PQ troubleshooting, with expert 3rd party assistance.
- Strong vendor/OEM management and contract performance enforcement (LTSA, KPIs, LDs). Excellent incident command, Root Cause Analysis, and stakeholder communication skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to build relationships with local community stakeholders, landowners, public officials, contractors, and utility providers; communicate project activities clearly; and address concerns professionally.
- Strong computer skills, including the ability to independently access, navigate, and review electronic construction drawings; use internal online communication and collaboration platforms; and work confidently across a broad range of construction management, document control, reporting, and other software tools.
Extra Consideration May be Given to Candidates With:- Recent Project Experience (Similar, Hyperscale and AI-specific Construction) and Demonstrated results will be considered in lieu of requested Education and Experience Levels.
- FAA Remote Pilot Certificate under Part 107 holders, with experience using drones for construction progress monitoring, site documentation, and aerial photography.
What We Will ProvideOur benefits and perks add to a total rewards experience for our employees that foster a supportive, flexible, and inclusive environment. Current full-time employee benefit offerings include:
- Employer-subsidized health, dental, and vision benefits
- $50,000 of basic term life insurance coverage paid for by Lancium, as well as 100% of short-term disability premiums. Additionally, we provide options for additional life insurance coverage for employees, their spouses, and children. Employees also have the option to enroll in long-term disability coverage (LTD) at their own expense.
- Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Accounts, and Health Savings Accounts (with employer contribution; $400 employee only coverage, $700 for all other tiers of enrollment in our HDHP).
- Flexible (Unlimited) Time Off
- Paid parental leave
- 11 paid holidays
- Fidelity safe-harbor 401(k) with 100% match up to 4%
- Company Vehicle
