Senior Construction Manager

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Construction Manager to lead on-site delivery for Nscale’s data centre campus in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. This is a site-based leadership role responsible for driving construction from site preparation through commissioning and turnover.

You will oversee day-to-day field execution, coordinate contractors and trades, maintain safety and quality standards, and keep the project on schedule and aligned to budget. This role is well suited to a construction leader with deep experience delivering complex infrastructure, industrial, or mission-critical projects in the field. A college degree is not required; we value practical construction leadership, sound judgement, and a proven ability to deliver.

What You'll be Doing

- Lead and oversee on-site construction activities across site preparation, structural, electrical, mechanical, commissioning, and turnover phases.
- Manage general contractors, subcontractors, and trade partners, ensuring work is properly sequenced and delivered to specification.
- Own construction schedule management, including tracking progress, identifying critical-path risks, and driving corrective action.
- Manage project budgets, monitor costs, review change orders, and support cost control against forecast.
- Enforce a strong safety culture in line with OSHA requirements, site safety plans, and Nscale standards.
- Drive quality control across disciplines, including inspections, punch lists, testing, and commissioning of critical power and cooling systems.
- Serve as a primary on-site contact for project stakeholders, engineers, vendors, inspectors, and local authorities.
- Review drawings, RFIs, and submittals; resolve field conflicts and coordinate engineering clarifications.
- Coordinate procurement and logistics for materials and long-lead equipment to support uninterrupted progress.
- Support permitting, inspections, regulatory compliance, and local jurisdiction coordination.
- Report progress, risks, and milestones to construction leadership on a regular cadence.

About You

- Extensive progressive construction management experience, including significant time leading large-scale, complex, industrial, infrastructure, or mission-critical projects in the field.
- Proven track record managing full project lifecycles from groundbreaking through commissioning and turnover.
- Strong working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and structural systems, with the ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications.
- Demonstrated success managing schedules, budgets, contractors, and multiple trades on active job sites.
- Deep understanding of construction safety standards and OSHA requirements, with a record of leading safe job sites.
- Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound decisions quickly in the field.
- Ability to work full-time on site in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
- Ability to move through an active construction site, including outdoor conditions, uneven terrain, and areas requiring personal protective equipment, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice to Have

- Experience building data centres, power plants, industrial facilities, or other large mission-critical infrastructure.
- Familiarity with critical power distribution, backup generation, and advanced or liquid cooling systems.
- Experience coordinating commissioning of complex MEP systems.
- OSHA 30 certification.
- Relevant trade certifications or professional construction certifications.

Why this role matters

Nscale is building the infrastructure required to power the next generation of AI. The Senior Construction Manager will play a visible, high-impact role in delivering a major data centre campus safely, efficiently, and to the quality standards required for GPU-dense, mission-critical environments.

What We Can Offer You

At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.

Highly competitive package with base compensation and equity, reviewed every 12 months.

Join one of the fastest-growing technology companies working at the frontier of AI infrastructure. You’ll have the chance to push boundaries, collaborate with brilliant minds, and make your mark on a business-critical construction programme.

Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by trying new things, leading, challenging the status quo, and owning your impact, always with our full support.

Human-first flexibility: this is a site-based role, and we recognise that construction delivery requires real presence in the field. Within the needs of the project, we trust Nscalers to work with ownership, autonomy, and respect for life’s moments.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.

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