Forward Deployed Expert

Trunk Tools, Inc.•Austin, TX

4d•$148,500 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Trunk Tools is looking for Forward Deployed Experts (FDX) to drive AI adoption where it actually happens — on active jobsites. This is not a back-office role, and it is not a custom-engineering role. The FDX is a construction operator who has become deeply AI-fluent, embedded with a general contractor’s project teams to change how work gets done. You’ll be part of a deployed team that operates like a SWAT unit: driving adoption region by region, finding efficiency opportunities, and dropping into critical projects to get them back on track using the full AI stack — Trunk Tools products alongside additional cutting edge tools. You’ll consult on custom agent opportunities and partner with our product teams on them, but your job is behavioral change and adoption, not building agents. This role is field-embedded with heavy travel, up to 75%.

Requirements

5+ years in construction operations — superintendent, project engineer/manager, VDC/BIM, or field operations — with real time spent on active jobsites.
Demonstrated, high AI fluency: a daily power-user of AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, and others) who has already changed how they work.
A track record of driving adoption or change in the field, and of turning around struggling situations.
Deep knowledge of construction workflows — submittals, RFIs, drawings, scheduling, and the daily grind of a project team.
Strong AI-tool fluency and the instinct to match the right tool to the right workflow.
A natural coach and communicator who earns trust on the jobsite.
Comfortable with heavy travel and embedding on-site for stretches at a time.
Bachelor’s in construction management, engineering, or a related field — or equivalent field experience.

Nice To Haves

AI or tool-specific certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

Embed with project teams and superintendents to drive daily, hands-on use of Trunk Tools and the broader AI stack.
Run workshops, competitions, and side-by-side coaching that turn skeptics into everyday users.
Meet the field where it is — builder-to-builder, on the jobsite, under real-world pressure.
Identify the highest-value AI use cases for each business unit and rebuild the workflow around them.
Tie every push to a measurable outcome — time saved, cost reduced, or work won.
Capture use cases and feed them back into the shared library so other teams and accounts benefit.
Deploy into at-risk or high-priority projects and use the AI stack to get them back on track.
Diagnose where teams are stuck and stand up practical, AI-enabled workflows fast.
Advise on where custom agents would create value and partner with Trunk Tools product teams to scope them.
Stay current across the AI tool landscape so you can match the right tool to the job.
Certify customer champions and trainers so adoption sustains itself after our behavioral change program concludes.
Transfer capability deliberately — the goal is a self-running team, then on to the next region or account.
Track adoption and behavioral-change metrics for your region and report them up.
Bring field feedback back to Product to shape the roadmap.