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

Were 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!

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Operations and Delivery Engineering Lead to own the engineering scope of our data centers across their full life cycle from sites under construction through turnover to all subsequent engineering work performed on live infrastructure. This is a senior people-management role spanning mechanical/cooling electrical/power controls/BMS and fire/life safety.

You will lead a multi-disciplinary team of engineers who own technical support of sites under construction support the commissioning effort through turnover and act as the engineering owner for any work performed on the building once it is live additions modifications retrofits controls changes capacity moves and incident-driven fixes. The construction-phase presence is deliberate: in partnership with Design Engineering the team builds a thorough first-hand understanding of how each building is put together and how it is intended to operate so that by the time it goes live the engineers who will own its life cycle already know it inside and out. You chair the site Change Control Board (CCB) where you approve technical changes to data center systems and the way they operate. You do not run day-to-day operations that sits with the Critical Facilities Operations team and you do not own design or commissioning those sit with Design Engineering and the Commissioning Agent but you set the engineering bar both functions execute against and serve as the engineering escalation point when something on site doesnt behave the way it was designed to.

You partner closely with Design Engineering Construction Commissioning Agents Critical Facilities Operations Capacity Planning and equipment vendors. You are equally comfortable walking a job site with a GC red-lining a one-line diagram reviewing a Sequence of Operations chairing a CCB and standing up an engineering bridge during a complex incident.

This role requires approximately 50% travel to live job sites and data centers.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & People Management

• Lead coach and develop a multi-disciplinary team of delivery and lifecycle engineers; own hiring onboarding performance management career development and retention.

• Set the technical bar across disciplines and ensure each engineer has clear ownership across the projects buildings and systems in their portfolio.

• Plan and prioritize the teams workload across construction support commissioning support lifecycle engineering work on live infrastructure and engineering escalations from Operations.

• Build and maintain an on-call rotation that provides qualified engineering support to Operations and to active construction sites when issues exceed the operating teams authority.

• Foster a strong safety culture and a blameless learning-oriented approach to incidents near-misses and commissioning findings.
  

Construction & Delivery Engineering

• Own technical support of sites under construction in partnership with Design Engineering; embed engineers as the on-site technical resource across mechanical electrical controls and fire/life safety scopes.

• Use the construction phase to develop a deep first-hand understanding of how each building is constructed and how it is intended to operate so that the engineers who will own its life cycle are fully fluent in the asset before it goes live.

• Represent the Operations and Delivery Engineering team in design reviews constructability reviews submittal reviews and RFI/change-order decisions; flag deviations from design intent and route them back to Design Engineering for resolution.

• Provide technical support to the Commissioning Agent and Design Engineering through FAT SAT and Levels 15 commissioning including review of functional test scripts and witness participation where useful without assuming ownership of the commissioning program.

• Lead the operational readiness and turnover process: ensure new systems are fully documented alarmed integrated into BMS/EPMS/DCIM trained on and supportable before they carry critical load.

• Hold GCs subcontractors and vendors to the sites safety quality and documentation standards through energization and turnover.
  

Lifecycle Engineering on Live Infrastructure

• Own the engineering scope for any work performed on live data center infrastructure regardless of size or type capacity additions equipment replacements controls and BMS/EPMS changes electrical or mechanical configuration changes retrofits and incident-driven remediation.

• Scope design and project-manage lifecycle work in partnership with Design Engineering and Operations from concept through execution and back-to-service.

• Maintain a forward-looking view of site risk single points of failure and system interdependencies and convert that view into a prioritized lifecycle and reliability roadmap.

• Provide engineering input to capacity and load reviews so additions and changes stay within the safe operating envelope of mechanical and electrical infrastructure.

Change Control Board (CCB) Ownership

• Chair the site Change Control Board; own the process cadence quorum and decision record.

• Review and approve all technical changes to data center systems and to the way those systems operate including BMS/EPMS logic changes setpoint and Sequence of Operations changes electrical topology changes and mechanical configuration changes.

• Set the standard for what a CCB-grade change package looks like: risk assessment blast radius MOP/SOP/EOP impact rollback plan validation criteria and communications plan.

• Ensure every approved change is properly documented executed against an approved MOP validated and reflected in as-builts point lists one-lines and program backups.

• Track CCB throughput change success rate and change-induced incidents as engineering KPIs and drive continuous improvement of the change process.

Engineering Authority During Operations

• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for the Operations team across all disciplines; lead root-cause analysis on complex cross-system faults and drive corrective actions to closure.

• Review and approve MOPs SOPs and EOPs authored by Operations or vendors; own the engineering content of those procedures even though execution sits with Operations.

• Analyze trend historian and alarm data across BMS/EPMS/DCIM to identify degradation tune performance and convert findings into CCB-approved changes.

• Lead engineering participation in incident response drills and post-incident reviews; ensure lessons learned land as documented changes not tribal knowledge.

• Maintain the engineering source of truth for the site: as-builts one-lines point lists Sequences of Operations controls program backups and the asset and documentation library.
  

Safety Compliance & Risk

• Ensure all engineering and delivery work is performed in compliance with NFPA 70E including PPE selection arc flash boundary awareness and energized work permitting.

• Own engineering enforcement of LOTO/LOTOTO procedures for work on or near energized electrical and mechanical equipment including during construction tie-ins and commissioning.

• Ensure the site meets applicable codes and standards (NEC NFPA OSHA) and maintains audit-ready engineering and change documentation.
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Electrical or Controls Engineering a related engineering/technical field OR an equivalent combination of technical training and directly relevant experience.

• Minimum 810 years of hands-on experience in critical facilities engineering construction support or mission-critical infrastructure delivery including 2 years in a team lead or people-management capacity.

• Demonstrated experience across both new-build delivery (on-site technical support during construction commissioning support turnover) and engineering work on live data center infrastructure.

• Breadth across mechanical/cooling electrical/power and controls/BMS with enough depth to lead design review and troubleshooting across all of them.

• Strong working knowledge of critical facility systems: chilled water and air handling generators UPS and switchgear and BMS/EPMS platforms (Ignition Schneider EcoStruxure Johnson Controls Metasys Tridium Niagara or equivalent).

• Proven ownership of formal change management ideally as a CCB chair or equivalent including MOP/SOP/EOP review and approval.

• Working knowledge of NEC NFPA 70E and LOTO/LOTOTO procedures.

• Excellent leadership communication and documentation skills with the ability to make sound risk decisions across competing construction and operations priorities.

• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50% to live job sites and data centers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams across both delivery and operations in a Tier III/IV data center colocation facility or hyperscale environment.

• Direct experience leading large retrofits or major capacity additions on energized critical infrastructure.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent.

• Uptime Institute ATD/AOS or equivalent data center industry credential.

• OSHA 30 General Industry certification and formal incident-command/emergency-management training.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (cash 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 $260000 - $300000 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.

You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email please email with your resume/CV the role youve applied for and the date you submitted your application-- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.

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