Construction Project Manager

Fluidstack; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Retirement plan

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous PTO policy

Job summary

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI in the United States. We are hiring a Construction Program Manager to drive planning, budgeting, scheduling, and risk management for hyperscale data centers across geographies.

You will own master schedules, budgets, and contract lifecycles, coordinating cross-functional teams and traveling 80–100% to active sites. The role demands deep knowledge of scheduling tools and a track record in fast-track delivery.

Qualifications

• Led PM on hyperscale data center or large infra builds with fast-track delivery.
• Deep knowledge of civil/structural/mechanical/electrical scopes, procurement workflows, and cost controls.
• Expert in scheduling (P6, MS Project), cost (Procore, Ares, Excel) and collaboration tools (Smartsheet, Confluence).
• Clear written and spoken communication with executives and trades.
• Built and scaled project teams across regions/time zones; willing to travel 80–100%.
• Bonus: PMI-PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent; multi-region fast-track delivery.

Responsibilities

• Drive planning, budgeting, and risk management for global data centers; align stakeholders from kickoff to turnover.
• Build integrated schedules across design, procurement, construction, and commissioning; own master schedule.
• Own project budgets, cash-flow forecasts, and change-order governance; report earned-value weekly.
• Facilitate phase-gate/design reviews; maintain RACI matrices and action logs; manage contract lifecycles.
• Identify critical-path and long-lead risks; be single source of truth for leadership and partners.
• Lead cross-functional delivery teams; develop staffing plans; run standups, reviews, and retrospectives.

Skills

Project management

Scheduling

Budgeting

Leadership

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Construction management qualification

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Procore

Ares

Excel

Smartsheet

Confluence

Job description

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.
We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!

How We Operate

• Be a barrel. Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role.
• Insane urgency. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.
• Reason from first principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.
• Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.
• Build something that actually matters. If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world.

The Construction Team

Examples of key problems the team is working on

• Put gigawatts in the ground, faster than anyone has. We're delivering one of the largest data center buildouts of its kind, with many sites running at once. Traditional construction management breaks at this scale, so we're building the model that replaces it.
• Throw out traditional construction and invent how gigawatts get built. Tons of tools, layers of process, and administrative drag don't get you there. You'll strip all of that out and win by solving the real problem and beating the goal, not by managing toward it.
• Productize the data center so we can build it a thousand times. You'll turn one-off construction into a repeatable, modular build, where the hundredth site goes up faster and cleaner than the first. That repeatability is the only way to reach the scale we're targeting.

Role Scope

• Drive the planning, budgeting, and risk-management engine behind global data centers, turning capacity targets into executable project plans and keeping every stakeholder aligned from kickoff to customer handover.
• Build integrated schedules (Primavera P6, MS Project) across design, procurement, construction, and commissioning, and own the master construction schedule from site mobilization through substantial completion and turnover.
• Own project budgets, cash-flow forecasts, and change-order governance, and report earned-value KPIs weekly.
• Facilitate phase-gate and design reviews, maintain RACI matrices and action logs, and manage contract lifecycles: RFP, bid analysis, award, PCO tracking, and close-out.
• Identify critical-path and long-lead risks (transformers, chillers, switchgear) and drive mitigation, and act as the single source of truth for internal leadership and external partners.
• Lead cross-functional delivery teams (project managers, construction managers, superintendents), develop staffing plans, and run standups, reviews, and retrospectives.

What We're Looking For

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.

• You've led project management on hyperscale data center, large industrial, or infrastructure builds, delivering fast-track projects across multiple geographies.
• You know civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, and electrical scopes, procurement workflows, and cost controls deeply.
• You're an expert with scheduling (P6, MS Project), cost (Procore, Ares, Excel), and collaboration (Smartsheet, Confluence) tools.
• You communicate clearly in writing and in person, comfortable with executives and trades alike.
• You've built and scaled project teams across regions and time zones, align technical and commercial stakeholders under shared goals, and you'll travel 80-100% to active sites.
• Bonus: PMI-PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent. Construction management qualification. Multi-region fast-track delivery.

Salary & 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.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

Compensation Range: $200K - $253K