Site Selection Manager - AI Infrastructure

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus

Comprehensive benefits package

Global AI infrastructure exposure

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited seeks an experienced professional to lead the technical due diligence on AI infrastructure opportunities across EMEA. You will guide powered land, build-to-suit and strategic investments, coordinating engineering, environmental, and permitting teams through scoping to final recommendations.

You will translate technical findings into commercial insights, present risk mitigation strategies to leadership, and help establish standards and processes to support rapid

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical due diligence, site development, civil engineering, infrastructure development or large scale industrial projects.
• Strong understanding of geotechnical investigations, environmental assessments, utilities, permitting, zoning and infrastructure development across complex projects.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering and environmental consultants through feasibility and development studies.
• Ability to interpret technical studies and translate engineering findings into commercial recommendations and investment decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and executive presentation skills.
• Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Real Estate Development or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary technical due diligence across powered land, build to suit and strategic AI infrastructure opportunities throughout EMEA.
• Manage engineering, environmental, geotechnical, utility and permitting consultants from initial scoping through to final technical recommendations.
• Assess technical risks relating to constructability, utilities, fiber connectivity, environmental constraints, zoning, entitlements and development feasibility.
• Prepare technical reports and present recommendations, risks and mitigation strategies to senior leadership and investment stakeholders.
• Partner with Site Selection, Project Development, Engineering, Energy, Legal and Finance teams throughout the infrastructure acquisition lifecycle.
• Develop technical due diligence standards, consultant networks, templates and scalable review processes to support future growth across EMEA.

Skills

Technical due diligence

Site development

Civil engineering

Geotechnical investigations

Stakeholder management

Executive presentation

Education

Bachelors/Master in Civil Engineering or related

Job description

Ready to take the next step in your career?

Join one of the world's fastest-growing AI infrastructure providers, delivering a high-performance AI cloud platform that enables startups, enterprises, and research organizations to build, train, and deploy next-generation AI applications. The organization is rapidly expanding its GPU-powered infrastructure across Europe and beyond to support the growing demand for AI compute.

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced data center professional looking to lead the technical evaluation of AI infrastructure opportunities across EMEA. The role involves conducting technical due diligence on powered land, build-to-suit developments, and strategic infrastructure opportunities, while helping establish the engineering standards, governance, and technical processes that will support the organization's continued expansion.

Responsibilities:

• Lead multidisciplinary technical due diligence across powered land, build to suit and strategic AI infrastructure opportunities throughout EMEA
• Manage engineering, environmental, geotechnical, utility and permitting consultants from initial scoping through to final technical recommendations
• Assess technical risks relating to constructability, utilities, fiber connectivity, environmental constraints, zoning, entitlements and development feasibility
• Prepare technical reports and present recommendations, risks and mitigation strategies to senior leadership and investment stakeholders
• Partner with Site Selection, Project Development, Engineering, Energy, Legal and Finance teams throughout the infrastructure acquisition lifecycle
• Develop technical due diligence standards, consultant networks, templates and scalable review processes to support future growth across EMEA

Skills/Must Have:

• 5+ years of experience in technical due diligence, site development, civil engineering, infrastructure development or large scale industrial projects
• Strong understanding of geotechnical investigations, environmental assessments, utilities, permitting, zoning and infrastructure development across complex projects
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering and environmental consultants through feasibility and development studies
• Ability to interpret technical studies and translate engineering findings into commercial recommendations and investment decisions
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and executive presentation skills
• Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Real Estate Development or a related discipline, or equivalent experience

Desirable Skills:

• Experience supporting hyperscale, AI infrastructure or mission critical data center developments
• Professional Engineer (PE), PMP or equivalent certification
• Knowledge of utility infrastructure, transmission networks and European power markets
• Experience supporting large scale infrastructure acquisition or development programs

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with bonus and comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunity to influence multimillion euro AI infrastructure investments across EMEA
• Work alongside world class engineering, energy and infrastructure teams
• Help build the standards, consultant network and technical processes behind one of the world's fastest growing AI cloud platforms
• Clear progression opportunities within a rapidly growing international business

Salary:

• Up to €130,000 gross per year