Pre-Construction Manager

Fluidstack; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Generous PTO

Job summary

Fluidstack seeks a seasoned Construction Lead for pre-construction of large-scale GPU data center projects. You will liaison between Real Estate, Design Engineering, Procurement and Construction to scale to multiple gigawatts while maintaining safety, cost, and schedule.

You’ll drive constructability reviews, evaluate site conditions, develop scope packages and manage GC pre-construction services, with emphasis on high-density power and liquid cooling. Equity and growth await the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Led pre-construction for large-scale data center projects.
• Performed constructability reviews of electrical, mechanical, structural, and civil designs.
• Conducted site due diligence and translated findings into schedule and budget.
• Developed scope packages and managed GC pre-construction services.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-construction for large-scale GPU data center projects, coordinating between Real Estate, Design Engineering, Procurement and Construction.
• Run constructability reviews on electrical, mechanical, structural, and civil designs with focus on high-density power and liquid cooling.
• Perform site evaluations and translate requirements into schedule, budget, and delivery plans.
• Develop construction scope packages and RFPs, manage GC pre-construction services and negotiations.

Skills

Pre-construction lead

Data center

Construction management

High-density power

Liquid cooling

RFPs & contracts

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\u2019t 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\u2019ve ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don\u2019t share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.
We\u2019re 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

• Extreme ownership. Full autonomy. Own things end to end often taking on scope outside your core role without being asked to get things done.
• Velocity. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.
• 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.

The Construction Team
Examples of key problems the team is working on

• Put gigawatts in the ground, faster than anyone has. We\u2019re 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\u2019re 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\u2019t get you there. You\u2019ll 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\u2019ll 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\u2019re targeting.

Role Scope

• Lead pre-construction for large-scale GPU data center projects as we scale to multiple gigawatts, serving as the link between Real Estate, Design Engineering, Procurement, and Construction.
• Run constructability reviews of electrical, mechanical, structural, and civil designs, with focus on high-density power distribution (100+ kW per rack), liquid cooling, and utility interconnections.
• Perform site evaluations (electrical capacity, utilities, civil and structural, phasing) and determine site-specific requirements that impact schedule, cost, and delivery.
• Develop construction scope packages and RFPs, manage GC pre-construction services (bid reviews, schedule development, labor pricing, subcontractor evaluations), and negotiate with landlords, developers, and contractors.
• Run construction cost analysis from conceptual through GMP, support budget updates, and validate estimates against market and historical data.
• Build comprehensive handoff packages for Construction Managers, and partner with Contracts, Legal, and Commercial on contract terms and risk allocation.

What We\u2019re Looking For
The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don\u2019t fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.

• You\u2019ve led pre-construction for large-scale data center, industrial, or mission-critical projects.
• You run constructability reviews across electrical, mechanical, structural, and civil, with high-density power and liquid cooling in scope.
• You perform site due diligence (geotechnical, utilities, zoning and permitting, logistics) and translate it into schedule and budget impact.
• You develop scope packages and RFPs and manage GC pre-construction services and negotiations.
• You run construction cost analysis from concept through GMP and keep estimates honest against the market.
• Bonus: Hyperscale data center pre-construction. High-density power (100+ kW per rack) and liquid cooling. Modular or prefabricated 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.

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