Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Description

Fermi America is developing Project Matador, a ~17 GW private power generation and data center campus Texas, built to meet the surging energy demands of AI compute infrastructure and one of the largest most ambitious energy projects in the world.. The campus integrates natural gas, nuclear, and solar generation at a scale and speed rarely attempted in U.S. power development. 

• →Own the end-to-end talent acquisition strategy across construction, financial, commercial, and other business functions
• →Build scalable recruiting processes, workflows, and standards appropriate for a rapidly growing organization
• →Partner with executive leadership to forecast hiring needs against Project Matador's construction and operating timeline
• →Define and track TA metrics (time-to-fill, pipeline health, offer acceptance, cost-per-hire) and report on hiring progress

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for open roles across assigned functions, from intake through offer and close
• Partner directly with hiring managers to scope roles, define requirements, and build sourcing strategy — particularly for specialized construction, engineering, and financial/commercial roles
• Source and screen candidates directly for priority and hard-to-fill roles
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of passive and active candidates across target functions

• Manage relationships with external recruiting agencies, staffing partners, and contingent labor providers as needed to supplement direct sourcing
• Evaluate and select ATS and recruiting tools appropriate to the company's stage

• Ensure hiring practices comply with relevant federal, state, and local employment law
• Build consistent interview processes, scorecards, and candidate evaluation frameworks across functions
• Manage offer construction and negotiation in partnership with HR/People leadership

Requirements

• 7+ years of talent acquisition experience, including experience recruiting for construction, technical, or industrial roles
• Demonstrated experience building or scaling a talent acquisition function, ideally within a high-growth or project-based organization (construction, energy, industrial, or infrastructure preferred)
• Track record recruiting across a range of functions simultaneously (e.g., field/construction roles alongside corporate finance, commercial, or business roles)
• Strong stakeholder management skills — comfortable partnering directly with senior leaders and technical hiring managers
• Experience managing ATS platforms, sourcing tools, and recruiting vendors/agencies
• Willingness to work across and travel between Dallas and Amarillo, TX

• Experience recruiting for power generation, energy infrastructure, or large-scale construction/EPC projects
• Familiarity with skilled trades and construction labor markets in Texas
• Experience hiring at a company scaling rapidly from an early-stage or pre-operational phase