Superintendent, Mechanical & Process Systems

Fluidstack; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement or pension plan

Generous PTO policy

Job summary

Fluidstack seeks an experienced construction specialist to own daily on-site execution of large bore mechanical and process piping installation, from groundbreaking through commissioning.

You will coordinate trades, subcontractors, GC relationships, and unions across multiple installs, ensuring systems meet specs before turnover. Strong knowledge of building codes (OSHA, ASME B31.3, NFPA) and drawing interpretation is required.

Qualifications

• You've led on-site installation of large bore industrial or process piping systems on large-scale mechanical builds.
• You've overseen mechanical system commissioning, verifying cooling or process systems perform to spec before turnover.
• You've managed multiple mechanical subcontractors, GC relationships, and union representatives at once on complex builds.
• You know building codes, safety regulations, and compliance standards for mechanical and process work (OSHA, ASME B31.3, NFPA).
• You read complex mechanical, process, and piping drawings, specs, and RFIs fluently.

Responsibilities

• Own daily site execution of large bore mechanical and process piping installation, from groundbreaking through cooling and process system commissioning.
• Coordinate mechanical and process trades, subcontractors, GC relationships, and union representatives across simultaneous cooling and process system installs.
• Lead mechanical system commissioning, verifying cooling and process systems perform to spec before handoff to operations.
• Read and interpret complex mechanical, process, and piping drawings, specs, and RFIs, and resolve field issues fast.
• Manage on-site logistics for large bore pipe, mechanical equipment, and long lead process materials.

Skills

On-site installation

Mechanical commissioning

Subcontractor coordination

Code compliance (OSHA, ASME B31.3, NF…

Reading drawings and RFIs

Schedule & logistics management

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't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

We're 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're 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're 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't get you there. You'll 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'll 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're targeting.

Role Scope

• Own daily site execution of large bore mechanical and process piping installation, from groundbreaking through cooling and process system commissioning.

• Coordinate mechanical and process trades, subcontractors, GC relationships, and union representatives across simultaneous cooling and process system installs.

• Lead mechanical system commissioning, verifying cooling and process systems perform to spec before handoff to operations.

• Read and interpret complex mechanical, process, and piping drawings, specs, and RFIs, and resolve field issues fast.

• Manage on-site logistics for large bore pipe, mechanical equipment, and long lead process materials.

What We're Looking For

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.

• You've led on-site installation of large bore industrial or process piping systems on large-scale mechanical builds.

• You've overseen mechanical system commissioning, verifying cooling or process systems perform to spec before turnover.

• You've managed multiple mechanical subcontractors, GC relationships, and union representatives at once on complex builds.

• You know building codes, safety regulations, and compliance standards for mechanical and process work (OSHA, ASME B31.3, NFPA).

• You read complex mechanical, process, and piping drawings, specs, and RFIs fluently.

• You manage schedules, logistics, and on-site materials and equipment for mechanical and process scopes.

• Bonus: Hyperscale data center or heavy industrial cooling system experience (50MW+, $100M+ budgets). Liquid cooling or high density process system builds. Commissioning oversight on mission-critical mechanical systems. Large bore pipe fabrication or welding oversight.

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 salary range for this position is $130,000 - $160,000 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.