# Site Civil, Structural & Architectural Lead (CSLA)

**Company**: OpenAI
**Location**: US - Remote
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $150K - $300K
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186

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## Description

## Job Summary

Lead OpenAI's field delivery of civil works, structures, building envelope, architectural fit-out and landscape interfaces, from site preparation through completed facilities.

## Key Responsibilities

- Direct and coordinate general contractors, civil and structural trades, architectural contractors and specialist service providers against the approved design, construction schedule and quality requirements.

- Oversee earthworks, grading, drainage, underground interfaces, foundations, concrete, structural steel, building envelope and architectural completion; coordinate landscape and external works.

- Review constructability, work sequencing, contractor work plans, RFIs, submittals and proposed changes; obtain design decisions from the responsible engineers and track field implementation.

- Coordinate building and underground interfaces with mechanical, electrical and network leads and hardware deployment teams, protecting access, equipment routes and installation readiness.

- Inspect work with quality teams, track nonconformances and punch lists, and verify contractor closeout, as-built records and turnover readiness.

- Set clear contractor deliverables and work priorities; review staffing, progress and quality, identify constraints early, and drive recovery actions through the Site Construction Manager.

- Provide concise progress and risk reporting, evaluate field impacts of proposed changes, and maintain accountable handoffs between construction partners and OpenAI teams.

## Qualifications

- Typically 8–10 years of civil, structural or architectural construction experience, including substantial data center or comparable complex industrial site delivery and responsibility for contractors or multiple work packages.

- Ability to read and coordinate civil, structural and architectural drawings, specifications, surveys and relevant geotechnical information, recognizing impacts on grading, drainage, earthworks, foundations, underground services and building construction.

- Experience translating approved designs into buildable field packages, sequencing, temporary-work interfaces and inspection hold points; assess utility conflicts, equipment access and phased handover before releasing work.

- Experience reviewing RFIs, submittals and field changes, coordinating design decisions with the engineer of record, and verifying approved changes in the field while preserving clear design responsibility.

- Practical knowledge of inspection and acceptance evidence for civil works, concrete, steel, building envelope and architectural completion, including nonconformance resolution, punch lists and as-built records.

- Ability to coordinate construction with permitting conditions, environmental constraints and authorities having jurisdiction through the responsible engineering and EHS teams.

- Demonstrated ability to lead contractors and service providers through changing site conditions, set clear deliverables and acceptance criteria, and resolve performance gaps across organizations without relying on direct reporting authority.

- Strong written and verbal communication: maintain accurate field records, action and decision logs, and explain technical risks, schedule impacts and recovery options to site leadership, engineers and delivery partners.

- Sound judgment when information is incomplete: identify assumptions, prerequisites and interfaces, determine what work can proceed within approved authority, and escalate unresolved risks before they affect safety, quality or delivery.

## Benefits

No benefits information provided.

## Skills

### Required
- civil construction
- structural construction
- architectural construction
- project management
- leadership
- communication
- problem-solving

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