Project Controls Lead

jobr.pro; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous PTO policy

Retirement or pension plan

Job summary

Fluidstack, located in Austin, Texas, is seeking a Data Center Project Controls Lead to oversee their datacenter portfolio's project master schedule and delivery roadmap. This role focuses on ensuring consistent execution across multiple builds and provides critical schedule intelligence for decision-making.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in construction, including significant expertise in project controls and leadership. Fluidstack offers a competitive total compensation package, including salary and equity options.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in construction, including 7+ in project controls/scheduling.
• Strong leadership and experience implementing companywide procedures.
• Expert in P6, Microsoft Suite, and Bluebeam.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional project controls and scheduling teams.
• Oversee schedules and project controls processes.
• Ensure compliance with companywide practices for budgets and reporting.

Skills

Leadership

CPM Scheduling

Risk Evaluation

Financial Systems

Education

Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture

Tools

P6

Microsoft Suite

Bluebeam

Job description

About Fluidstack

At Fluidstack, we build the compute, data centers, and power that will fuel artificial superintelligence. We supply GWs of compute capabilities to the world’s biggest AI Labs at industry-defining speeds.

Our team is small, fast, and obsessed with quality. We own outcomes end-to-end, challenge assumptions, and treat our customers' problems as our own. No task is beneath anyone here.

There are a few thousand people who will shape the trajectory of superintelligence. Come and be one of them.

About Fluidstack

At Fluidstack, we’re building the infrastructure for abundant intelligence. We partner with top AI labs, governments, and enterprises - including Mistral, Poolside, Black Forest Labs, Meta, and more - to unlock compute at the speed of light.

We’re working with urgency to make AGI a reality. As such, our team is highly motivated and committed to delivering world‑class infrastructure. We treat our customers’ outcomes as our own, taking pride in the systems we build and the trust we earn. If you’re motivated by purpose, obsessed with excellence, and ready to work very hard to accelerate the future of intelligence, join us in building what’s next.

About the role

The Data Center Project Controls lead is the central owner of the project master schedule and the delivery roadmap across FluidStack’s datacenter portfolio. This role ensures consistent, predictable execution across multiple concurrent builds of GW scale datacenter builds, by integrating design, procurement, permitting, and construction schedules into a unified enterprise‑level program plan.

The project controls lead provides schedule intelligence, identifies bottlenecks, forecasts critical path risks, and supports executive decision‑making for resource allocation, phasing, and capital deployment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead regional project controls and scheduling teams; set goals and ensure progress.
• Oversee schedules (pre‑construction, baseline, updates) and project controls processes.
  Manage change orders, claims, delay/productivity analyses, and dispute resolution support.
• Ensure compliance with companywide practices for budgets, scheduling, and reporting.
• Partner with Operations, Legal, and Finance on risks, claims, and recovery strategies.
• Support client interviews, Go/No‑Go decisions, and bid strategies.
• Develop dashboards, KPIs, and training programs; mentor project controls staff.
• Collaborate with Estimating, VDC, Safety, and Quality for project integration.
  Participate in councils and committees to improve processes, policies, and tools.
• Conduct contract reviews to identify risk, timelines, and notification protocols.

About You

• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in construction, including 7+ in project controls/scheduling.
• 7+ years handling scheduling and productivity claims.
• Strong leadership and experience implementing companywide procedures.
• Proficiency in CPM scheduling, contracts, risk processes, and self‑perform productivity.
• Skilled in financial/cost systems, forecasting, and risk evaluation.
• Expert in P6, Microsoft Suite, and Bluebeam; knowledge of VDC tools.
• Ability to travel within the region.

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.

The base salary range for this position is $200,000 - $300,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.

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.