Pre-Construction Manager

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.

As a Pre-Construction Manager at Fluid Stack, you will lead pre-construction activities for large-scale GPU data center projects as we scale from 600MW to multi-GW capacity across the US. You'll serve as the critical link between Real Estate, Design Engineering, Procurement, and Construction teams, ensuring designs are constructible, cost-effective, and ready for rapid deployment.

You’ll focus on high-density AI infrastructure requiring advanced power distribution (100+ kW per rack) and liquid cooling systems. Working closely with the Director of Data Center Construction and cross-functional teams, you'll drive constructability standards, develop budgets and schedules, manage contractor procurement, and ensure seamless handoffs to construction execution—all while supporting Fluid Stack's aggressive expansion timeline and billions in annual infrastructure investment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead pre-construction planning from site selection through design development for data center projects, providing cost, schedule, and constructability guidance at each milestone and acting as primary liaison between Real Estate, Design Engineering, Procurement, and Construction teams.

• Conduct detailed constructability reviews of electrical, mechanical, structural, and civil designs with particular focus on high-density power distribution, liquid cooling infrastructure, and utility interconnections; identify and resolve complex constructability issues and cost/schedule risks.

• Perform site evaluations including electrical capacity, utilities access, civil/structural requirements, and build phasing assessments for potential locations; determine site-specific requirements that impact schedule, cost, delivery, and integration with surrounding infrastructure.

• Develop construction scope packages and RFPs for general contractors; manage GC pre-construction services including bid reviews, schedule development, labor pricing analysis, and subcontractor evaluations; conduct negotiations with landlords, developers, and contractors; coordinate with Contracts, Legal, and Commercial teams on contract terms, risk allocation, and business requirements.

• Execute financial analysis of construction costs at multiple project milestones (conceptual through GMP); support bi-annual budget updates and validate cost estimates against market conditions and historical data.

• Create comprehensive handoff packages for Construction Managers including budgets, schedules, design documentation, contractor agreements, and site information; capture and apply lessons learned to drive continuous improvement across Fluid Stack's design standards and delivery processes.

• Conduct comprehensive site due diligence including geotechnical evaluation for foundation system implications, utility availability assessments (power, water, fiber) against project timelines, zoning/permitting pathway reviews, environmental conditions analysis, and construction logistics planning (site access, laydown areas, staging); coordinate findings with Real Estate and Design teams to inform site selection decisions and project budgets.

• Partner with Contracts, Legal, and Commercial teams to inform and validate contract terms including rent commencement triggers, force majeure provisions, landlord/tenant obligations, milestone payment structures, end user requirements (liquidated damages, technical specifications, change order frameworks), and scope gap elimination; ensure construction realities are reflected in…