Lead Civil Engineer: Data Center Site Permitting

Fluidstack; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking an experienced environmental engineer to own site development permitting for data center projects in the United States. You will lead SWPPP, wetlands, land disturbance permits, and coordinate with regulators and consultants to keep schedules on track.

You will screen sites for risks, manage third-party environmental teams, and align civil design with architectural scopes to enable fast, compliant construction. PE license is a plus.

Qualifications

• You've led environmental permitting for industrial sites including SWPPP, delineations, and agency approvals.
• You've screened raw land for development risk and avoided fatal flaws.
• You've managed AE and environmental consultants and ensured work is permit-ready.

Responsibilities

• Own environmental and civil engineering for data center site development: stormwater, grading and drainage, erosion control, and environmental constraints, from first site walk through permits in hand.
• Drive environmental permitting (SWPPP and construction stormwater, wetlands and waters permits, land disturbance approvals) through agencies and consultants on schedules measured in weeks.
• Screen prospective sites for fatal flaws (wetlands, floodplains, protected species habitat, contamination findings) before the company commits capital, and kill bad sites early.
• Manage third-party civil and environmental consultants, holding deliverables to schedule and rejecting work that isn't permit-ready.
• Coordinate civil design (grading, site utilities, roads, drainage) with structural and architectural scopes so site packages issue complete and build without rework.

Skills

Environmental permitting

Regulatory coordination

Stormwater management

Site development

Civil design coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering

Tools

Civil 3D

Hydrology modeling

Job description

Fluidstack is seeking an experienced environmental engineer to own site development permitting for data center projects in the United States. You will lead SWPPP, wetlands, land disturbance permits, and coordinate with regulators and consultants to keep schedules on track.

You will screen sites for risks, manage third-party environmental teams, and align civil design with architectural scopes to enable fast, compliant construction. PE license is a plus.