Senior Civil Engineer

About the role

The Data Center Design Team at Fluidstack is responsible for leading the design, development, and execution of 50GW+ of data centers over the next decade. Key areas of focus include developing and scaling first-of-a-kind modular data centers, influencing behind-the-meter designs and planning for multi-GW campuses, and owning the civil engineering workstream across a multi-site development portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Own the civil engineering workstream across a multi-site development portfolio from site screening through permitting and construction completion.
• Lead civil due diligence for greenfield and conversion sites: topography, drainage, utilities, soils, floodplain, and environmental constraints, flagging fatal flaws and cost risks during site selection.
• Develop and maintain the civil basis of design, master specs, and standard drawings, and establish grading strategies, earthwork balance, and cut/fill sequences for large campus developments.
• Structure phased delivery with early work packages (mass grading, site utilities, enablement) to accelerate the critical path.
• Lead civil permitting strategy across jurisdictions: land disturbance, NPDES/SWPPP, floodplain (CLOMR/LOMR), environmental, and utility permits.
• Manage external civil consultants from schematic through IFC and coordinate civil scope with structural, MEP, fiber, and architectural teams.

Requirements

• You've owned civil engineering on large-scale site development (data centers, industrial, logistics, or power infrastructure), ideally owner/developer-side.
• You've directed external civil consultants and managed design deliverable quality through IFC.
• You know grading, earthwork, stormwater, and site utility design cold, plus NPDES and floodplain (FEMA/CLOMR/LOMR) permitting.
• You've identified civil fatal flaws and quantified cost risk during site selection, not just executed design after the site was chosen.
• You've coordinated geotechnical investigations and interpreted boring programs into design actions.
• Bonus: PE license.
• Hyperscale or energy infrastructure development experience.
• Experience in expansive clay, karst, or high water table conditions.
• MISO/utility interconnection civil coordination experience.
• AutoCAD Civil 3D and GIS proficiency.

Qualifications

We are committed to pay equity and transparency. Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law. You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email careers@fluidstack.io with your resume/CV, the role you've applied for, and the date you submitted your application—someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.

Pay

$200K - $250K