Job description

Director of Data Center Construction Fermi America | Dallas, TX or Amarillo, TX (if Dallas, travel to Amarillo, TX campus) $300K base | Generous bonus & equity About the Role Fermi America is building one of the largest privately-owned natural gas utility and hyperscale data center campuses in the world. With active customer conversations underway and first construction imminent, we're hiring the foundational leader who will own field execution, hold the GC accountable, and serve as a credible, trusted face to our hyperscaler tenants. This is not a steady-state role. It's a career-defining opportunity to build a program from the ground up at real scale — and grow with it. What You'll Do • Serve as owner's representative to the GC and tenant's onsite leadership team, ensuring delivery meets Fermi's standards for quality, safety, schedule, and cost • Build and lead a team of DC project managers across concurrent building phases • Own GC and tenant relationships at the program level — managing escalations, resolving disputes, aligning on sequencing and resource loading • Oversee GMP contract administration, including change order management, pay application review, and scope validation • Coordinate with design integration and engineering teams to keep packages construction-ready • Implement earned value and progress measurement systems for real-time visibility • Represent Fermi in customer-facing settings with hyperscaler tenants and development partners • Drive continuous improvement across successive building phases What We're Looking For • 18+ years in construction management, 10+ in hyperscale data center or mission-critical programs • Experience as an owner's representative managing GCs on large-scale programs • Strong command of GMP/EPC contract structures • Deep knowledge of data center construction sequencing — shell/core, MEP, critical power, cooling • Executive presence: comfortable representing Fermi in front of hyperscaler and technology company leadership • Career trajectory with runway to grow — this is a foundational hire and we want someone who wants to build something • Hyperscaler background strongly preferred; Bachelor's in Construction Management, Civil/Mechanical Engineering, or related field Compensation • Base: $300,000 • Generous bonus and equity Location Dallas, TX or Amarillo, TX with regular travel to Fermi's Amarillo, TX campus.

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Must-haves

This is not a steady-state role. It's a career-defining opportunity to build a program from the ground up at real scale — and grow with it.
Serve as owner's representative to the GC and tenant's onsite leadership team, ensuring delivery meets Fermi's standards for quality, safety, schedule, and cost
Build and lead a team of DC project managers across concurrent building phases
Own GC and tenant relationships at the program level — managing escalations, resolving disputes, aligning on sequencing and resource loading
Oversee GMP contract administration, including change order management, pay application review, and scope validation
Coordinate with design integration and engineering teams to keep packages construction-ready
Implement earned value and progress measurement systems for real-time visibility
Represent Fermi in customer-facing settings with hyperscaler tenants and development partners
Drive continuous improvement across successive building phases
18+ years in construction management, 10+ in hyperscale data center or mission-critical programs
Experience as an owner's representative managing GCs on large-scale programs
Strong command of GMP/EPC contract structures
Deep knowledge of data center construction sequencing — shell/core, MEP, critical power, cooling
Executive presence: comfortable representing Fermi in front of hyperscaler and technology company leadership
Career trajectory with runway to grow — this is a foundational hire and we want someone who wants to build something

Nice-to-haves

Director of Data Center Construction Fermi America | Dallas, TX or Amarillo, TX (if Dallas, travel to Amarillo, TX campus) $300K base | Generous bonus & equity
Hyperscaler background strongly preferred; Bachelor's in Construction Management, Civil/Mechanical Engineering, or related field

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