Position Summary The Power Infra Project Manager is responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of the electrical power infrastructure required to energize IREN’s next-generation, renewable-powered data center projects. Reporting to the Project Director, the role provides project management leadership across grid connection, high- and medium-voltage infrastructure, substations, transformers, transmission and distribution interfaces, and associated balance-of-plant works required to provide reliable and scalable power to the data center campus.

The role acts as the primary project management focal point for power infrastructure, coordinating internal teams, engineering consultants, utilities and grid stakeholders, EPC contractors, equipment manufacturers, specialist vendors, permitting authorities, and the wider Data Center project organization. The role ensures that power infrastructure is designed, permitted, procured, constructed, tested, energized, and handed over safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with technical, contractual, regulatory, grid, and operational requirements.

This role is critical to the successful delivery of IREN’s Spain data center projects, ensuring that external and campus power infrastructure is available in line with the data center energization strategy and construction schedule. The Power Infra Project Manager maintains clear control of scope, cost, schedule, risks, changes, contracts, interfaces, and energization milestones while driving resolution of critical dependencies that could impact overall project delivery.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Project Director, the Power Infra Project Manager is responsible for:

- Manage the end-to-end delivery of power infrastructure packages required to energize the data center, including grid connection works, HV/MV substations, transformers, switchgear, transmission and distribution infrastructure, underground and/or overhead electrical connections, protection and control systems, metering, telecommunications interfaces, grounding systems, and associated civil and balance-of-plant works.
- Develop and manage the power infrastructure delivery strategy by defining project scope, execution approach, contracting strategy, key milestones, procurement requirements, construction sequencing, energization strategy, interfaces, risks, and resources in alignment with the overall data center master plan.
- Support the Project Director in delivering overall project objectives by maintaining clear visibility of power infrastructure progress, cost, schedule, risks, constraints, decisions, grid dependencies, and energization milestones and by escalating critical matters requiring project-level intervention.
- Manage grid connection and utility interfaces by coordinating technical and project requirements with utilities, transmission and distribution stakeholders, engineering teams, contractors, and relevant authorities to ensure that connection infrastructure and associated requirements are delivered in line with project energization needs.
- Manage engineering, procurement, construction, testing, and energization activities by coordinating the complete lifecycle of power infrastructure packages and ensuring effective transition between project phases.
- Manage EPC contractors, engineering consultants, specialist contractors, and equipment vendors by establishing clear delivery expectations, monitoring contractual deliverables and performance, reviewing progress, and driving corrective and recovery actions where required.
- Coordinate power infrastructure design activities by working with Engineering, consultants, contractors, utilities, and equipment manufacturers to ensure design maturity, technical compliance, constructability, operability, maintainability, grid compliance, and alignment with the data center electrical architecture.
- Manage interfaces between external power infrastructure and the Data Center project by coordinating connection points, voltage levels, substation interfaces, protection philosophy, metering, controls, telecommunications, grounding, energization boundaries, testing requirements, and physical construction interfaces.
- Coordinate closely with Data Center Electrical, CSA, Mechanical, BMS/Controls, Construction, Commissioning, and Operations teams to ensure that power availability and energization milestones remain aligned with building construction, equipment installation, commissioning, and operational readiness requirements.
- Manage power infrastructure schedule performance by developing and monitoring key milestones, reviewing contractor and supplier schedules, identifying critical-path activities and dependencies, monitoring long-lead equipment, and implementing mitigation and recovery actions where required.
- Maintain particular focus on energization-critical milestones including design approvals, permitting, utility dependencies, equipment manufacturing, factory testing, site readiness, installation, protection testing, pre-energization activities, utility approvals, and final energization.




- Manage project cost performance in coordination with the Project Director, Commercial, Procurement, Finance, and Project Controls teams by monitoring budgets, commitments, actuals, forecasts, Estimate at Completion (EAC), variations, claims, contingency, and cost risks associated with power infrastructure packages.
- Manage scope and change control by identifying potential changes, evaluating technical, commercial, schedule, regulatory, grid, and operational impacts, coordinating stakeholder reviews, and ensuring appropriate approval and implementation of changes.
- Manage project risks and opportunities by identifying and actively managing technical, grid connection, permitting, procurement, contractor, equipment, construction, interface, energization, commercial, and schedule risks that could affect power availability or overall data center delivery.
- Support procurement and contracting strategy by defining package requirements, contributing to tendering and contractor selection, reviewing technical and commercial proposals, supporting negotiations, and ensuring that contracting and procurement activities support the required delivery schedule.
- Manage long-lead electrical equipment by coordinating specification, procurement, manufacturing, factory inspections and testing, logistics, delivery, installation, and vendor support for critical equipment such as power transformers, HV/MV switchgear, protection and control systems, and other major power infrastructure components.
- Monitor contractor and vendor performance against contractual, technical, quality, safety, cost, and schedule requirements and ensure that performance issues are identified early and addressed through appropriate corrective actions.
- Coordinate permitting and regulatory requirements associated with power infrastructure by working with Engineering, utilities, consultants, contractors, Legal/Permitting teams, and relevant authorities to ensure that required approvals are obtained in line with construction and energization milestones.
- Ensure quality performance across power infrastructure packages by coordinating with Engineering, Construction, Quality, contractors, and vendors to ensure compliance with approved designs, specifications, inspection and test plans, manufacturer requirements, applicable standards, and grid requirements.
- Promote and support strong HSE performance across power infrastructure activities, with particular attention to high-voltage construction, electrical safety, lifting operations, energization activities, LOTO, controlled access, and other high-risk construction and commissioning activities.
- Manage testing and energization readiness by coordinating construction completion, inspections, factory and site acceptance testing, protection and control testing, cable testing, equipment commissioning, utility requirements, energization procedures, documentation, and approval gates.
- Coordinate energization activities with contractors, utilities, Commissioning, Operations, and the wider Data Center project team, ensuring clear system boundaries, responsibilities, safety controls, sequencing, and communication throughout the energization process.
- Support commissioning and integrated testing by ensuring that power infrastructure systems are available, stable, documented, and operationally ready to support data center commissioning, load testing, integrated systems testing, and subsequent operational ramp-up.
- Drive cross-functional issue resolution and decision making by identifying critical constraints, establishing clear ownership and deadlines, coordinating technical and commercial stakeholders, evaluating alternatives, and escalating decisions to the Project Director where required.
- Provide structured project reporting by consolidating progress, schedule, cost, risk, change, procurement, permitting, contractor performance, equipment manufacturing, construction, testing, and energization information for integration into overall project governance and reporting.
- Manage project completion and handover by coordinating punch-list closure, as-built documentation, test records, equipment documentation, warranties, O&M; manuals, training, regulatory documentation, asset information, and turnover requirements with contractors, utilities, Commissioning, and Operations teams.
- Promote continuous improvement and standardization by capturing lessons learned and identifying opportunities to improve power infrastructure architecture, procurement strategies, contractor performance, cost efficiency, schedule certainty, energization processes, and scalability across IREN’s data center portfolio.

Requirements





- At least 8–10 years of experience in project management, engineering, construction management, or project delivery within power infrastructure, utilities, transmission and distribution, substations, renewable energy, industrial infrastructure, or other large-scale electrical infrastructure projects; experience supporting data centers or mission-critical facilities is highly valued.
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Energy Engineering , or a related technical discipline; relevant project management, electrical, construction, or professional engineering certifications are well regarded.
- Strong technical understanding of power infrastructure , including HV/MV systems, substations, power transformers, switchgear, transmission and distribution systems, underground and/or overhead connections, protection and control systems, metering, grounding, and associated civil and balance-of-plant infrastructure.
- Demonstrated experience delivering substation, grid connection, transmission, distribution, or major electrical infrastructure projects through engineering, procurement, construction, testing, energization, and handover.
- Strong understanding of grid connection processes and utility interfaces , including technical connection requirements, utility coordination, approvals, testing, metering, protection requirements, energization, and dependencies affecting connection schedules.
- Strong project management capability across scope, schedule, cost, risk, procurement, contracts, change management, quality, HSE, stakeholder management, construction, commissioning, energization, completion, and handover .
- Demonstrated experience managing EPC contractors, engineering consultants, specialist contractors, utilities, equipment manufacturers, and multidisciplinary project stakeholders within complex capital projects.
- Experience managing major and long-lead electrical equipment packages, including technical specification, procurement, manufacturing, FAT, logistics, installation, SAT, commissioning, and energization.
- Ability to read, interpret, and challenge electrical single-line diagrams, substation layouts, protection and control schematics, equipment specifications, technical submissions, grid requirements, construction drawings, schedules, cost reports, change requests, risk registers, and commissioning documentation.
- Solid understanding of electrical protection, control, metering, SCADA/telecommunications interfaces, grounding, electrical safety, switching, LOTO, and energization principles applicable to HV/MV infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of the complete project lifecycle from feasibility and design development through procurement, construction, testing, energization, operational readiness, handover, and project close-out.
- Experience with project controls processes, including master scheduling, cost forecasting, risk management, change control, progress measurement, contractor reporting, and project governance.
- Experience supporting commercial and contractual management of major infrastructure packages, including tendering, contractor selection, variations, claims, contract amendments, and contractor performance.
- Familiarity with applicable Spanish and European electrical regulations, grid requirements, technical standards, permitting processes, HSE requirements, and utility practices relevant to high- and medium-voltage infrastructure.
- Understanding of data center power requirements and mission-critical infrastructure is highly valued, including reliability, redundancy, availability, staged energization, commissioning dependencies, scalability, and the importance of power-on dates to overall data center delivery.
- Strong stakeholder management capability, with the ability to coordinate effectively with the Project Director, Data Center Project Management, Engineering, Construction, Project Controls, Procurement, Commercial, Finance, Commissioning, Operations, utilities, authorities, EPC contractors, consultants, and equipment vendors.
- Fluent in English , with strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to operate effectively in an international, multidisciplinary project environment, including coordination with utilities, contractors, consultants, equipment manufacturers, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
- Structured, proactive, commercially aware, and results-driven profile, with strong leadership, communication, planning, analytical, negotiation, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills and the ability to manage multiple contractors, packages, interfaces, risks, and critical milestones in a fast-paced project environment.

Compensation

- Compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, qualifications, and market data for the region.
- Total Compensation package may be inclusive of annual incentive bonus, and equity (long-term incentive)

Health & Wellness

- Medical, dental and insurance coverage.
- Wellhub: access to gyms, fitness classes and wellness services.
- Pluxee: versátil benefits for meals, transportation and childcare expenses.

📌 Power Infra Project Manager (Badajoz)
🏢 IREN
📍 Badajoz