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Pre-Construction Manager

Fluidstack· Delivery
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Austin, TX, New York, NY$186k - $240k + equityFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Lead pre-construction for large-scale GPU data center projects, coordinating between Real Estate, Design Engineering, Procurement, and Construction to enable rapid, scalable gigawatt-level buildouts.

Responsibilities

  • Lead pre-construction for large-scale GPU data center projects, connecting Real Estate, Design Engineering, Procurement, and Construction.
  • Run constructability reviews of electrical, mechanical, structural, and civil designs with focus on high-density power distribution (100+ kW per rack), liquid cooling, and utility interconnections.
  • Perform site evaluations (electrical capacity, utilities, civil and structural, phasing) and translate site-specific requirements into schedule and budget impact.
  • Develop construction scope packages and RFPs, manage GC pre-construction services (bid reviews, schedule development, labor pricing, subcontractor evaluations), and negotiate with landlords, developers, and contractors.
  • Run construction cost analysis from conceptual through GMP, support budget updates, and validate estimates against market and historical data.
  • Build comprehensive handoff packages for Construction Managers, and partner with Contracts, Legal, and Commercial on contract terms and risk allocation.

Qualifications

  • You've led pre-construction for large-scale data center, industrial, or mission-critical projects.
  • You run constructability reviews across electrical, mechanical, structural, and civil, with high-density power and liquid cooling in scope.
  • You perform site due diligence (geotechnical, utilities, zoning and permitting, logistics) and translate it into schedule and budget impact.
  • You develop scope packages and RFPs and manage GC pre-construction services and negotiations.
  • You run construction cost analysis from concept through GMP and keep estimates honest against the market.
  • You've built and scaled project teams across regions and time zones, align technical and commercial stakeholders under shared goals, and you'll travel 20-30% to sites.
  • Bonus: Hyperscale data center pre-construction. High-density power (100+ kW per rack) and liquid cooling. Modular or prefabricated delivery.

Skills

Required:Pre-construction leadershipConstructability reviewsSite due diligenceScope and RFP developmentCost analysis & GMPStakeholder alignment

Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
  • Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Fluidstack builds civilization-scale infrastructure for AI

Fluidstack builds civilization-scale infrastructure for AI, delivering gigawatts of compute in 6 months. We're leading the deployment of Anthropic's $50B compute build out.

AI infrastructurecompute centershardwaresoftwarepowerdata centersAnthropicfrontier compute
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