Pre-Construction Manager

Fluidstack

• $125K — $150K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in construction management for large, complex projects, with 3+ years in pre-construction for facilities valued at $50M+
  • In-depth knowledge of MEP systems for critical facilities and ability to review construction documents across disciplines
  • Experience in developing budgets, schedules, and scopes of work, and familiarity with various construction delivery methods
  • Strong communication skills to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders, managing multiple projects in fast-paced settings
  • Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Project or Primavera P6, and construction cost estimating tools
  • Willing to travel 25-40% to project sites across the US and Europe

Responsibilities

  • Lead pre-construction planning from site selection through design development for data center projects
  • Conduct detailed constructability reviews focusing on power distribution and liquid cooling systems
  • Perform site evaluations assessing utilities access and construction requirements
  • Develop scope packages and manage contractor procurement, including bid reviews and negotiations
  • Execute financial analysis of construction costs at various project milestones
  • Create handoff packages for Construction Managers, incorporating lessons learned for continuous improvement
  • Conduct thorough site due diligence, coordinating findings with Real Estate and Design teams

Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation package including salary and equity
  • Retirement or pension plan
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Generous PTO policy
Full Job Description
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
  • 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'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 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.
  • You've built and scaled project teams across regions and time zones, align technical and commercial stakeholders under shared goals, and you'll travel 20-30% to sites.
  • 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.

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