Construction Manager, Fiber (Data Center)

Location: Full-time onsite role based in Memphis, Tennessee; relocation required for additional construction locations within the United States. Evening and weekend availability, travel as needed.

Company

xAI is building a full Super Intelligence stack spanning Colossus supercomputers, Grok models, and applications including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X.

What you will do

• Represent the senior construction lead for the Memphis data center fiber scope and manage contractors, vendors, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Oversee fiber execution from pre-construction and site development through testing, certification, commissioning, and handover.
• Coordinate fiber backbone, horizontal cabling, pathways, splicing, testing, field verification, and quantity take-offs.
• Identify and mitigate quality, safety, system integrity, schedule, and operational-readiness risks; resolve roadblocks.
• Manage change orders, control costs, track KPIs, and provide dashboards and updates to internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead site safety for fiber installation, splicing, testing, and work at heights while supporting cross-functional project needs.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing data center or construction projects.
• Experience in data center construction or highly technical facilities; familiarity with local Memphis building codes and regulations.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, organizational, leadership, and vendor-management skills.
• Ability to lead onsite with authority, build trust with vendors and technical teams, and manage large programs with multiple vendors and dynamic priorities.
• Ability to work in environments with noise exposure, lift at least 25 lbs, travel as needed, and work evenings and weekends according to site operational needs.
• Subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing, as well as pre-employment and annual post-employment background checks.

Nice to have

• Experience managing large-scale data center or mission-critical construction projects, including AI/HPC data centers.
• FOA, BICSI, or equivalent fiber-optics or cable-installation certification.
• Advanced expertise in fiber splicing, OTDR testing, certification procedures, fiber types, cleaning and validation techniques, switches, and port identification.
• Technical knowledge of hyperscale data center networking, structured cabling, fiber infrastructure, construction management, commissioning, and site operations.
• Proficiency with light meters, OTDRs, optical power meters, fiber certifiers, loopbacks, optical probes, fiber-management software, and electronic testing systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work onsite at a continuously expanding data center and construction program, with potential work at additional US construction sites.
• Schedule varies with site operational needs and requires flexibility for evenings and weekends.
• Travel is required as needed, with relocation required depending on future construction locations.