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Director of Construction

Sparks, Nevada, United States

Overview
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 upleveling 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.

Role Summary

Reports to: VP, Construction

Experience: 15+ years (7+ owner-side)

Position Overview

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.

Key Responsibilities

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 and CMs, define role expectations, and strengthen Fleet’s ability to deliver campuses at scale.
  • Safety & Risk: Champion an incident-free safety culture and direct program-level risk mitigation and contingency planning; oversee sustainability compliance.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, or a related technical field, OR equivalent practical owner-side executive field experience.
  • 15+ years of progressive experience in large-scale infrastructure or construction management, including a minimum of 7 years representing an owner/operator or developer on mega-scale, mission-critical, or hyperscale data center projects; a strong general contractor background leading major hyperscale delivery at this scale is also considered.
  • Proven experience leading and developing multi-disciplinary construction leadership teams on concurrent, fast-tracked critical paths.
  • Demonstrated ownership of campus capital budgets, program-level commercial strategy, and executive reporting to corporate leadership and/or joint-venture partners.
  • Deep experience across CSA, MEP, and high-voltage power delivery, including utility substations, backup generation, integrated industrial controls/BMS, and multi-level commissioning.
  • Advanced proficiency with Procore (or equivalent enterprise systems), Microsoft Office Suite, and macro scheduling software such as Primavera P6.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Executive-level leader with strong commercial acumen, contractual fluency, and meticulous attention to detail.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills, with proven ability to align diverse corporate and field stakeholders.
  • Direct experience leading multi-phase, master-planned data center campus developments exceeding 100MW+ from initial earthwork through completed operational handoff.

About Fleet

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 struggle to keep pace with demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure.

Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans who have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are uniquely capable of upleveling data center development scale and operations in the face of rising demand. Fleet brings in-house design, engineering, and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+, enabling the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation.

Fleet is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with satellite offices in Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA. These positions are located in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center north of Sparks, NV and require the candidate to be on-site (senior field roles on-site five days per week), located within a commutable distance to the project site.

Employment & Benefits

Fleet Data Centers employees enjoy comprehensive benefits, including 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, standard paid holidays, and unlimited PTO. As these are on-site positions, there is limited travel associated with the roles.

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