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Gas peakers and combined-cycle plants, battery energy storage, transmission lines, substations, and the interconnection scopes that tie new generation to the grid. iRecruit.co's power generation and grid construction recruiters place the project managers, superintendents, electrical and commissioning leaders, and executives who carry programs from FNTP to energization — from project engineer to the VP who owns the portfolio.
Not a generalist construction desk with a power folder. A dedicated power generation and T&D construction practice — one wing of our wider energy & power infrastructure practice — concentrated in the people who deliver new gas generation, grid-scale storage, transmission lines, and substations, on contractor and utility-side teams alike.
Combined-cycle campuses, simple-cycle peakers, and hydrogen-capable units — the first major U.S. thermal buildcycle in a decade, pulled forward by the same AI data-center load growth driving our data center construction practice. Our power generation recruiters place the construction managers, startup leaders, and commissioning teams who carry units from FNTP through first fire, backfeed, and reliability runs.
Grid-scale LFP systems arriving as sealed OFCI equipment, NFPA 855 siting and fire protection, UL 9540A test data, augmentation planning — and the commissioning-heavy back end where storage schedules are actually won or lost.
HVDC corridors and 345–765 kV AC backbones — ROW clearing, access roads, foundations, lattice and monopole erection, wire stringing, and energization across hundreds of miles. T&D construction is its own discipline, and we recruit it as one.
GIS and AIS substations, GSU and autotransformers sitting on 100-week leads, protection and controls, relay testing, SCADA integration — and the NERC CIP obligations that attach the moment the yard energizes.
Network upgrades, interconnection queue scopes, reconductoring and rebuild programs, storm hardening, and substation retrofits — the brownfield work where outage windows, switching orders, and utility interfaces decide the schedule.
Coal-to-gas conversions, uprates, and brownfield repowers that turn retired sites into new capacity — plus the utility and IPP owner's teams that carry them from board approval through commercial operation.
Every title below links to a dedicated hiring page for that role. The span is deliberate — iRecruit.co places from project engineer to executive, and most power and grid engagements involve a coordinated set of three to five of these roles across a site, a corridor, or a portfolio. We recruit against the live pipeline in our Power & Grid Construction Project Tracker.
Owns FNTP-to-COD delivery on combined-cycle, peaker, and conversion projects — EPC interfaces, OFCI logistics, startup sequencing, and the LD exposure that comes with a capacity date.
Runs corridor delivery across ROW, foundations, erection, and stringing scopes — heavy-civil and helicopter logistics, outage windows, and utility interfaces across hundreds of miles.
Runs the yard through civil, steel, bus work, transformer set, and P&C phases — energization sequencing and the switching discipline that keeps a hot yard safe.
Owns MV and HV electrical scope across generation and grid sites — duct banks, cable pulls, terminations, and the NFPA 70E discipline sites need once sections go energized.
Runs turnover packages, loop checks, first fire and backfeed, relay and SCADA point-to-point, and the utility witness tests that stand between mechanical completion and COD.
Runs the field across civil, mechanical, and electrical phases — sequencing crews and subs through mechanical completion on schedule-critical power scopes.
Cost, schedule, and risk across EPC and self-perform scopes — earned value, transformer and turbine delivery tracking, and LD exposure forecasting.
Bids T&D, substation, and generation electrical scopes — unit-rate discipline on structures, wire, and terminations, with escalation and lead-time risk priced in.
Whichever model fits your program, every power and grid engagement runs on the same delivery discipline — clear scope up front, verified candidates, and full ownership of the process through offer and start.
30 minutes with a power practice lead. We map the roles, credential stack, and geography against your FNTP and energization dates — and quote a concrete proposal, with pricing, within 48 hours.
A dedicated recruiter from the power & grid practice runs intake with your hiring managers and calibrates on the first candidates. Qualified slates in 14–21 days on retained engagements.
Every candidate verified against delivered megawatts and line-miles, the credential stack — NFPA 70E, OSHA 30, NERC exposure — and references who watched them hit, or miss, an energization date.
Offers structured for remote-site and corridor reality — per-diem, rotation schedules, traveler-versus-relocation math — plus notice-period management and replacement guarantees on retained roles.
30-minute scoping call — we map the roles, credentials, and geography against your build schedule, and quote a concrete proposal within 48 hours.
Five models, each priced per solution. Retained executive search where confidentiality and certainty matter most; success-fee support where speed and reach matter; RPO and embedded models where volume makes placement-by-placement pricing the wrong shape; and contract staffing for the surges in between. Most power and grid clients run two models in parallel across a program.
Retained search for VPs of construction, project executives, and directors of T&D and generation — confidential, calibrated, and guaranteed. The searches an energization date or a capital program actually depends on.
Pricing — retained, 30% of first-year compensation, with replacement guarantee
Success-fee search for project managers, superintendents, engineers, and commissioning talent — full practice sourcing depth, and you pay on placement.
Pricing — 20% success fee, with no upfront fee on single roles
Full recruitment process outsourcing for portfolio ramps and multi-site programs — one team, one process, every open req from field engineer to director.
Pricing — from a $15k service fee plus volume pricing
A dedicated recruiter or pod working inside your systems and standups, scaled to monthly hiring volume — built for sustained hiring across a capital program.
Pricing — monthly volume-based fee + success fee at a reduced rate
Contract and contract-to-hire field and office staff for outage seasons, commissioning pushes, and corridor mobilizations — scaled up and down with the build.
Pricing — hourly bill rates, priced per role and duration
Load growth, not state lines, decides where power gets built — and the surge is concentrated in the Sun Belt, the Midwest, and the Mountain West. iRecruit.co places across all of it, with per-diem, rotation, and relocation packages calibrated to remote-site and corridor reality, because the best substation superintendent in the region is rarely 40 minutes from your laydown yard.
A power generation and grid construction recruiter sources, qualifies, and places the construction talent that carries gas generation, battery storage, transmission, and substation projects from FNTP through energization and commercial operation — project managers, superintendents, electrical and commissioning leaders, project controls, safety and quality leaders, and the executives above them. The difference between specialist power generation recruiters and a generalist utility construction staffing desk is what gets verified: delivered megawatts and line-miles by scope, credential stacks like NFPA 70E, OSHA 30, and NERC and CIP exposure, and references who watched the candidate hit — or miss — an energization date. iRecruit.co recruits across the full span, project engineer to executive.
Fees follow the engagement model. Retained executive search — VPs of construction, project executives, directors of T&D — runs at 30% of first-year compensation, paid in stages, with a replacement guarantee. Success-fee recruiting support for project managers, superintendents, and engineers runs at a 20% success fee, with no upfront fee on single roles. RPO for portfolio ramps runs from a $15k service fee plus volume pricing, and embedded recruiting runs on a monthly volume-based fee + success fee at a reduced rate. A 30-minute scoping call gets you a concrete, per-role quote within 48 hours.
Three forces at once. First, an estimated $1.4 trillion in U.S. power sector capital need through 2030 across generation, transmission, and distribution. Second, AI data-center load growth — the largest demand shock the grid has absorbed in a generation — pulling forward gas peakers, combined-cycle plants, and grid capacity years ahead of prior plans. Third, the physical buildout itself: ERCOT's first 765 kV backbone, multi-state HVDC corridors, and substation and interconnection programs in every region. The talent pool did not grow with the pipeline, which is why verified, credential-fluent candidates move on every one of these programs.
Substation superintendents and P&C-fluent commissioning managers top the list — the relay-testing and switching-order bench is small, senior, and heavily retained. Transmission line project managers with real corridor mileage are close behind, followed by startup and commissioning leaders for combined-cycle and BESS scopes. Every one of these profiles is also being recruited by data center and industrial programs at the same time, so speed and a verified story matter more here than in any other construction niche we serve.
Yes. The practice serves investor-owned utilities and their owner's teams, EPCs, T&D and substation contractors, gas generation owners, IPPs and developers, and OEM field-service organizations. The same verified network serves both sides — and because engagements are priced per solution, a utility running a decade-long capital program and a contractor staffing one corridor package can each engage the model that fits.
A 30-minute scoping call produces a concrete proposal, with pricing, within 48 hours. On retained searches, qualified slates land in 14–21 days — each candidate verified on delivered scope, credentials, and references before you see them. For surge needs around outages, commissioning pushes, and corridor mobilizations, contract staffing can move faster still.
30-minute scoping call. We map the roles, the credentials, the geography, and the engagement model that fits your program — and quote a concrete proposal within 48 hours.
iRecruit.co places project engineers through executives across gas generation, storage, transmission, and substation programs in every major U.S. market. Submit your resume to be matched to confidential roles across the searches we run.
