Construction Contracts Lead

Fluidstack • Austin, TX

1d • $304,000 - $349,000

About The Position

Fluidstack is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI and is singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else. We are rethinking every layer of the stack, acquiring power, designing and building data centers, and operating them. We hire people who care deeply about this problem space and operate with extreme ownership, velocity, first principles, and a love of the game. The Construction Team is working on delivering gigawatts of power, inventing new ways to build gigawatts, and productizing the data center for repeatable, modular builds to reach our scale targets.

Requirements

• You've personally negotiated and closed large construction contracts (EPC, design-build, GMP, or lump-sum) on capital projects, and you held the terms when a counterparty pushed back mid-build.
• You've resolved change orders and construction claims worth millions without letting them stall the schedule or blow up the counterparty relationship.
• You read a construction contract for the risk that shows up eighteen months later, not just the price on signing day.
• You've built contract templates or playbooks that let a team run the same deal structure again and again instead of starting from a blank page each time.
• You quarterback across legal, finance, and field teams, and you're the person others call when a contract is stuck.
• You keep every term, exhibit, and amendment tracked cleanly across a portfolio of concurrent projects, and nothing gets lost in the noise.

Nice To Haves

• Data center or mission-critical construction.
• Behind-the-meter or utility-scale power projects.
• Modular or productized build delivery.
• Working with AHJs and permitting authorities.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and close EPC, design-build, and GMP contracts for multi-hundred-megawatt data center builds, structuring terms that hold speed, cost, and risk in balance across concurrent sites.
• Build the contract templates and playbooks that turn one-off negotiations into a repeatable kit deployed across every site in the pipeline.
• Own change orders and claims from first notice to resolution, keeping cost and schedule exposure visible to delivery leads before it lands on the critical path.
• Structure subcontractor and vendor agreements that lock pricing and lead times against a build calendar measured in months, not years.
• Quarterback across legal, finance, procurement, and site delivery to move a contract from term sheet to signature in weeks.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed