Commissioning Controls Site Manager, Data Centers

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!

How We Operate

• Extreme ownership. Full autonomy. Own things end to end often taking on scope outside your core role without being asked to get things done.
• Velocity. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.
• First principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.
• Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.
  
  

The Commissioning Team

Examples of key problems the team is working on

• Help stand up a Cx program for 10s to 100s of GWs of DCs this decade.
• Develop plans for Cx and QA/QC for first-of-a-kind modular data center designs.
• Drive development and implementation of automated L4/L5 commissioning.
  
  

Role Scope

• Own controls commissioning delivery across BMS, EPMS, PLC, and SCADA (Ignition preferred) for Fluidstack's 2026 greenfield program, running L1 through L5 phases in parallel across multiple sites.
• Chair the weekly site big room as Owner's Representative, directing general contractors, designers, OEMs, and commissioning authorities from design-assist and factory witness testing through IST and turnover.
• Build and deploy FPT and IST test scripts with commissioning agents, verifying every controls system meets design intent before turnover.
• Own commissioning documentation, the controls budget, and change orders, tracking issues, punch lists, and final reports to closeout.
• Lead controls handover to operations and mentor project engineers across sites, standing up the commissioning playbooks and standards other engineers execute against on every site after.
  
  

What We're Looking For

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.

• You've led controls commissioning end to end on 50 MW data center or comparable mission-critical builds, covering UPS/EPMS monitoring, chilled water, and HVAC systems.
• You read controls architecture and L1 through L5 documentation well enough to direct the work and hold vendors and commissioning authorities accountable, not to program it yourself.
• You've run point as Owner's Representative, chairing big-room meetings and driving GCs, OEMs, and commissioning authorities to a shared schedule.
• Budgets, change orders, RFIs, and submittals are habits you track without being asked, and you catch schedule and cost risk before it turns into a change order fight.
• You've written FPT and IST test scripts yourself and reviewed them with commissioning agents to confirm systems meet design intent.
• Bonus: Bachelor's in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, automation, or a related field. PMP, CCP, NICET IV, PE license, or ISA CCST. ASHRAE or BCxA commissioning guideline experience. Hands-on pre-functional testing and mechanical or electrical adjustment work. Schedule-compressed delivery via prefabrication, skids, or modular deployment on 20 to 200 MW programs, and prior hyperscale or colocation commissioning experience.
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (cash equity).
• Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.
  
  

The base salary range for this position is $200,000 - $250,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.

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.

Compensation Range: $200K - $250K