Construction Manager, Industrial Compute

OpenAI is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to lead large-scale AI data center projects, ensuring safe and efficient delivery of complex infrastructure. OpenAI’s Compute organization is building the physical infrastructure required to support the next generation of AI systems. We are developing and scaling large, complex data center campuses that integrate high-density compute, power, cooling, networking, and supporting infrastructure at unprecedented speed and scale.

• •Lead construction execution for large-scale data center campuses and critical infrastructure from site mobilization through commissioning and operational handoff.
• •Serve as a senior field leader and primary point of contact for general contractors, trade contractors, and construction partners across assigned projects.
• •Direct large multidisciplinary contractor organizations across electrical, mechanical, structural, civil, controls, networking, and data hall construction activities.
• •Develop and drive construction sequencing strategies that enable parallel execution across multiple workstreams while maintaining safety, quality, and schedule integrity.
• •Own construction schedules, progress reporting, critical-path management, and recovery plans for projects operating under aggressive delivery timelines.
• •Review engineering designs and construction documents for constructability, identifying opportunities to simplify execution, reduce field conflicts, and accelerate installation.
• •Partner with engineering and design teams to resolve constructability issues before they become field constraints and minimize unnecessary RFIs and rework.
• •Lead rapid field problem solving across construction, engineering, commissioning, and contractor teams, making decisions that keep projects moving.
• •Coordinate construction activities with equipment deliveries, logistics, commissioning, energization, and infrastructure readiness requirements.
• •Establish clear performance expectations for contractors and trade partners, and hold them accountable for safety, schedule, quality, productivity, and execution.
• •Support contractor selection, onboarding, scope development, and performance management across major construction packages.
• •Identify construction risks, emerging schedule constraints, resource bottlenecks, and interface issues and develop mitigation strategies before they impact project delivery.
• •Partner with commissioning teams to ensure systems are installed, tested, and transitioned into operational readiness according to project requirements.
• •Develop scalable construction processes, reporting mechanisms, and execution standards that can be applied across OpenAI’s growing data center portfolio.
• •Provide senior leadership with clear visibility into project status, critical risks, contractor performance, schedule confidence, and required decisions.