Director, Preconstruction – Mega Data Center Campus

Fleet Data Centers; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K program

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds, and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models struggle to keep pace with demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure.

The Preconstruction Director leads owner-side preconstruction from concept to NTP, ensuring budget confidence, procurement readiness, and a de-risked handoff to Construction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field, or equivalent practical preconstruction leadership experience.
• 15+ years of preconstruction, estimating, and/or delivery experience on large-scale, mission-critical or hyperscale projects, with 7+ years owner-side preferred.
• Proven ownership of campus-level budgets, contracting strategy, and long-lead procurement across CSA and MEP/Power scopes.
• Ability to lead and develop a preconstruction team and collaborate with design, development, Supply Chain, and construction leaders.
• Advanced proficiency with estimating systems, Procore (or equivalent), MS Office, and scheduling software.

Responsibilities

• Own Campus Preconstruction: accountable for the full preconstruction effort through NTP.
• Lead the Preconstruction Team: develop site teams, set priorities, manage workload across campuses.
• Set Standards & Governance: establish formats, gates, benchmarking, logs, and risk registers.
• Design-to-Budget Alignment: partner with design/engineering and development to meet budget and reliability goals.

Skills

Estimating systems

Procore

Microsoft Office

Scheduling software

Leadership

Budget ownership

Preconstruction leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or related field

Tools

Procore

Scheduling software

MS Office

Job description

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds, and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models struggle to keep pace with demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure.

The Preconstruction Director leads owner-side preconstruction from concept to NTP, ensuring budget confidence, procurement readiness, and a de-risked handoff to Construction.