Manager, Electrical OFCI Procurement Engineering - Data Center Supply Chain

Do you want to work with high-caliber professionals in a dynamic and growing company? Are you entrepreneurial, hard-working, and collegial? Join us at SB Energy, a leading infrastructure company backed by SoftBank Group and Ares Infrastructure, pairing cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution. Our mission is to deliver reliable and secure data center and power infrastructure to strengthen America's future. Founded in 2019, SB Energy is a SoftBank Group company headquartered in Redwood City, California. In 2026, SoftBank Group and OpenAI announced a $1 billion investment to support SB Energy as their leading development and execution partner for data center campuses, while Ares Infrastructure continues its long-standing support of the company's growth. SB Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates some of the largest and most technically advanced energy and data center infrastructure projects in the United States. Since its founding, the company has rapidly grown into a top-tier integrated platform with more than 3 gigawatts (GW) in operation and a multi-GW pipeline of energy and data center infrastructure nationwide. SB Energy also leverages a strong culture of innovation to identify and integrate new technologies into its projects, including its AI-based digital platform, delivering energy infrastructure that is local, reliable, and matched to load. We are building the energy and infrastructure future—today. Come join us in accelerating the energy and infrastructure transition! Basic Function SB Energy is seeking a Manager with deep electrical procurement engineering expertise, supported by industry and OEM experience, to lead procurement engineering for owner-furnished, contractor-installed (OFCI) power equipment supporting AI data centers. You will own the electrical product roadmap, procurement technical requirements, and equipment acceptance decisions for the electrical scope downstream of the high-voltage substation. Working directly with SB Energy’s clients, OEMs, and vendors, you will deliver highly reliable solutions at the best total cost of ownership (TCO). From day one, you will make timely, independent decisions amid ambiguity, drive innovation and equipment delivery, advance equipment fungibility, and enable multi-sourcing. You will build a team with the capacity and domain expertise needed to deliver the full electrical equipment scope. You will be part of a broader team of Procurement Managers with complementary technical, commercial, planning, and logistics strengths. While this role requires deep electrical engineering expertise, it also requires flexibility to support business needs beyond your primary discipline and build capability across the function. You are not expected to be a specialist in every area. Your assignments will span multiple projects and equipment categories and may include leading or supporting shared sourcing, supplier development, planning, or logistics activities. These assignments will evolve as projects advance, workloads shift, and business priorities change, taking into account your equipment knowledge, readiness, capacity, and access to appropriate specialist support. In every assignment, you will maintain clear ownership, cross-train colleagues, and provide structured handoffs and backup coverage. Responsibilities Equipment coverage includes but is not limited to the categories below. Power equipment Distribution: MV/LV switchgear, ring main units, switchboards, panelboards, standalone motor-control centers/ drives and , power, distribution, and isolation transformers. Backup and stored power: generators and integral fuel, starting, and exhaust auxiliaries; paralleling gear; MV/LV UPS; batteries/BESS; chargers and DC power systems. Transfer and final distribution: ATS/STS, busway/busduct, power distribution units, remote power panels, rack PDUs, and power cables and terminations. Packaged power: electrical skids, e-houses, modular power blocks, and packaged substations downstream of the HV substation. Protection and monitoring: relays, metering, electrical power management systems, control panels, power-quality equipment, surge protection, grounding assemblies, and load banks. Role accountabilities Personally lead electrical technical decisions from day one. Prioritize deliverables and specialist support, identify capability gaps. Once staffed, coach, develop, and manage direct reports to e stablish LLE ownership across distribution, backup/stored power, and other power packages. Own electrical equipment specifications, Basis of Design (BOD), product configurations, and interfaces. <span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bull