Environmental Engineer, Data Center Design
About The Position
Fluidstack is building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI, aiming to deliver 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else. This involves rethinking every layer of the stack, from acquiring power to designing and operating data centers. The company values extreme ownership, velocity, first principles thinking, and a passion for the problem space. The Data Center Design Team is responsible for leading the design, development, and execution of over 50GW of data centers this decade, driving next-generation cooling and electrical systems, developing modular data centers, and influencing behind-the-meter designs for multi-GW campuses.
Requirements
- Personally delivered multi-media environmental due diligence and permitting on large-scale infrastructure, with hands-on CWA 404 and NPDES work alongside groundwater protection, wastewater discharge, and natural and cultural resource evaluations.
- Run Phase I and Phase II ESAs on both greenfield and brownfield sites and made the call on what is a manageable risk versus a dealbreaker.
- Carried threatened and endangered species work on real projects: scoping biological surveys, running ESA Section 7 or Section 10 consultations with USFWS or NMFS, and resolving listed-species and critical-habitat constraints.
- Owned environmental permitting or due diligence projects end to end, tracking the work tightly enough that an agency deadline never catches you off guard.
- Negotiated directly with regulatory agencies, and the consultants and contractors who feed them, to land permits on timelines most of the industry would call unrealistic.
- Write and speak clearly enough to turn a multi-media permitting risk into a decision and a next step for a site lead, a lawyer, or a regulator.
- Managed and supported community and public interactions when a site's path forward depended on them.
- Willing to travel to project sites up to about 25% of the time.
Nice To Haves
- PE license or active pursuit.
- Data center or critical infrastructure environmental work.
- Permitting across multiple US states, especially NC, GA, LA, MS, TX, TN, OK, and FL.
- Smartsheet or similar project management tooling.
Responsibilities
- Lead environmental due diligence on greenfield and brownfield sites, owning Phase I and Phase II ESAs, regulatory and permitting evaluations, and natural, biological, cultural resource, and noise assessments.
- Own the threatened and endangered species (T&E) scope: commission biological surveys and habitat assessments, run ESA Section 7 and Section 10 consultations with USFWS and NMFS, and deliver required Biological Assessments, Habitat Conservation Plans, or incidental take coverage.
- Build and execute site-specific permitting strategies across multiple states, delivering CWA 404, NPDES, groundwater, and wastewater approvals.
- Quarterback environmental requirements across Development, Design, Legal, Risk, Power, Water, and Construction to absorb natural-resource and operational constraints.
- Lead regulatory agency negotiations and community interactions to secure permits and protect the regional development strategy.
- Track permitting and compliance metrics across the portfolio to provide leadership visibility on environmental risk.
Benefits
- Offers equity in the form of stock options.
- Commitment to pay equity and transparency.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
