Construction Manager, Fluid/Mechanical - Memphis (AI Data Center)

Location: Full-time onsite role based in Memphis, Tennessee; relocation required for additional construction locations within the US. Travel as needed.

Company

SpaceXSI is building a super-intelligence stack spanning Colossus supercomputers, Grok models, and related applications.

What you will do

• Serve as the senior construction representative for the Memphis data center’s fluid/mechanical scope.
• Lead execution from pre-construction and site development through commissioning across industrial HVAC, chilled water, plumbing, fire protection, and heavy mechanical equipment installation.
• Coordinate contractors, vendors, partners, and internal technical teams while managing schedules, change orders, costs, and roadblocks.
• Identify and mitigate risks involving quality, safety, system integrity, and operational readiness.
• Lead site safety for pressure piping, hot work, rigging, heavy equipment setting, and work at heights.
• Track progress through quantity take-offs, field verifications, KPIs, dashboards, and regular stakeholder updates.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing data center or construction projects.
• Deep expertise in construction management, commissioning, and site operations.
• Ability to lead onsite with authority and build trust with vendors, partners, and technical teams.
• Experience managing large programs with multiple vendors and changing priorities.
• Strong cross-disciplinary communication, problem-solving, adaptability, and composure in complex real-time situations.
• Must be available to work evenings and weekends as site operational needs vary.
• Must be willing to travel as needed and able to lift at least 25 lbs.
• Subject to pre-employment drug testing, random drug and alcohol testing, and pre-employment and annual post-employment background checks.
• Must be comfortable working in an environment with noise exposure.

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale data center, mission-critical, or highly technical facilities construction.
• Previous data center construction experience.
• Familiarity with local Memphis building codes and regulations.

Culture & Benefits

• Work is performed onsite at active construction locations and may continue across additional U.S. sites.
• Schedule flexibility is required for evening and weekend site operations.
• The role includes ongoing construction work across successive sites rather than a single short-term project.
• Equal opportunity employment.