Preconstruction Manager

Overview
Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of upleveling data center development scale and operations in the face of rising demand. Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation.

Role Summary

Reports to: Preconstruction Director

Experience: 10+ years · 2 Positions (site-assigned)

Position Overview

The Preconstruction Manager is an owner-side leader responsible for developing and de-risking the full scope of a Fleet data center campus — civil/structural/architectural and sitework, MEP and mission-critical systems, and power (BTM/substation/BESS) — from concept through Notice to Proceed (NTP). This role is site-assigned rather than discipline-limited: it owns end-to-end preconstruction for its assigned campus, including design management, estimating, procurement strategy, long-lead equipment, and buyout, so that when the project transitions to the construction team, the scope, budget, schedule basis, procurement status, and trade partners are set up for predictable execution.

Two Preconstruction Managers, each carrying full campus scope, are together sized to independently handle a 400MW campus; assignments flex by campus and concurrency as the portfolio scales. This is a partnership-oriented role that works closely with in-house design and engineering, real estate/development, Supply Chain, commissioning, the serving utility, and the future construction team.

Key Responsibilities

Design Management & Constructability

• Design Development Oversight: Serve as the owner’s preconstruction point of contact to the A/E and engineering teams across all disciplines — civil/structural/architectural, MEP, and power — driving completeness, coordination, and alignment with Fleet standards and Fleet’s high-availability, mission-critical resiliency requirements.
• Constructability & Value Engineering: Lead constructability reviews and value-engineering studies across earthwork, foundations, structure, envelope, and sitework as well as electrical distribution, mechanical cooling, controls/BMS, substation, BTM generation, and BESS, capturing cost and schedule efficiencies before construction.