Director of Construction

Director of Construction

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of up leveling data center development scale and operations in the face of rising demand.

Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world's largest and most sophisticated customers a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation.

The Director of Construction is the senior owner/operator executive accountable for the delivery of an entire Fleet data center campus program. Reporting to the VP of Construction, this leader owns the outcome of the full campus — scope, schedule, capital budget, quality, safety, and operational readiness — and delivers it through a team of senior construction leaders rather than through a single scope.

The Director leads the on-site construction organization, including the Sr Construction Managers (CSA, MEP, and BTM/Substation/BESS), ancillary-scope Construction Managers, Project Engineers, and the embedded controls functions (scheduling, cost, safety, and security). The role sets the governance, standards, and escalation model for the program, safeguards Fleet's capital and long-term operational assets, and serves as the owner's primary interface to corporate leadership, joint-venture partners, utilities, and municipal authorities.

Program Leadership & Governance

• Own Campus Program Delivery:
  Hold owner-side accountability for the full campus program — from preconstruction strategy through physical buildout, multi-level commissioning, and operational handover.
• Lead the Construction Organization:
  Lead and develop the on-site leadership team; set priorities, resolve cross-discipline conflicts, and ensure consistent execution across scopes.
• Set Standards & Governance:
  Establish reporting cadence, decision rights, escalation paths, quality standards, and the controls framework so delivery is predictable and repeatable.
• Integrated Critical Path:
  Own the integrated campus critical path across disciplines.
• Milestone Sign-Off:
  Lead campus-level reviews, major owner inspections, and final campus milestone and commissioning sign-offs.

Capital, Commercial & Contract Stewardship

• Capital Budget Ownership:
  Develop, own, and forecast the campus capital budget, contingency strategy, cash flow, and cost reporting.
• Commercial Strategy:
  Set contracting strategy and lead major RFPs, prime contract negotiations, and change order dispositions.
• Value Optimization:
  Direct program-level value engineering and constructability strategy.

Technical, Quality & Readiness Assurance

• Integrated Delivery Assurance:
  Ensure CSA, MEP, and power (BTM/substation/BESS) disciplines integrate cleanly into a mission-critical asset.
• Standards & Reliability:
  Oversee compliance with Fleet's high-availability, mission-critical resiliency requirements, codes, permitting, and Fleet engineering and quality standards.
• Supply Chain & OFCI Integration:
  Own the program-level interface with Supply Chain for long-lead OFCI assets across the campus.
• Commissioning & Turnover Governance:
  Oversee the L1–L5 commissioning and turnover program with commissioning and operations leadership.

Stakeholder, Risk & Organizational Leadership

• Executive Owner Interface:
  Serve as the owner's lead point of contact bridging corporate leadership, joint-venture partners, contractors, local utilities, and municipal consultants.
• Executive Reporting:
  Provide program updates, financial variance reporting, and predictive risk assessments to corporate leadership and partners.
• Organizational Development:
  Coach Sr CMs…