Lead Civil Engineer, Hyperscale Data Centers

Rozgoo; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI's Industrial Compute organization seeks a Civil Engineer to lead civil engineering strategy across its self-build data center portfolio. You will own site development and structural engineering directions, collaborating with external consultants, construction partners, and internal teams to optimize designs for speed and reliability.

This role focuses on grading, foundations, drainage, utility coordination, and constructability, advancing modular approaches and ensuring standards meet the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of experience designing large-scale industrial, mission-critical, manufacturing, energy, or data center facilities.
• Strong understanding of site development, grading, drainage, foundations, structural systems, utility coordination, and constructability.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams through design and construction.
• Experience reviewing engineering calculations, drawings, and consultant deliverables.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead civil engineering strategy across Industrial Compute's self-build infrastructure portfolio.
• Partner with engineering consultants and EPC firms to develop civil and structural designs for hyperscale AI campuses.
• Drive continuous improvement of site design standards to reduce construction schedule, cost, and execution risk.
• Optimize grading, earthwork, drainage, foundations, utility routing, and constructability across multiple campuses.
• Develop structural standards supporting high floor loading, vibration control, durability, and long-term serviceability for AI infrastructure.
• Establish modular and prefabricated civil engineering approaches that improve repeatability and deployment speed.
• Coordinate closely with Mechanical, Electrical, Power Generation, Cooling, and Infrastructure Delivery teams throughout design and construction.
• Review engineering calculations, drawings, specifications, and consultant deliverables for technical quality and consistency.
• Support geotechnical investigations, constructability reviews, value engineering, and design optimization initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging construction methodologies and engineering technologies that improve speed, scalability, and reliability.
• Support engineering throughout construction, commissioning, and operational handoff.
• Help establish global civil engineering standards for future Industrial Compute campuses.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Site development

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

OpenAI's Industrial Compute organization seeks a Civil Engineer to lead civil engineering strategy across its self-build data center portfolio. You will own site development and structural engineering directions, collaborating with external consultants, construction partners, and internal teams to optimize designs for speed and reliability.

This role focuses on grading, foundations, drainage, utility coordination, and constructability, advancing modular approaches and ensuring standards meet the