# Project Manager, Construction

**Company**: xAI
**Location**: Memphis, TN
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120599684

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## Description

We're seeking an experienced Construction Project Manager with a strong engineering background to lead mission-critical build efforts for our data center in Memphis, Tennessee. As a key on-site leader, you'll bring technical credibility, engineering expertise, and steady leadership to fast-paced, high-impact projects.

This is a full-time, onsite role based in Memphis, Tennessee, with relocation required depending on additional construction locations within the US.

### Responsibilities

- Act as the senior construction representative for the Memphis data center, managing relationships with contractors, partners, and internal stakeholders.

- Oversee end-to-end project execution, from pre-construction and site development through commissioning and handover.

- Coordinate multiple vendors and trade partners, ensuring seamless communication between field teams, engineering disciplines, and technical stakeholders.

- Proactively identify and mitigate risks to ensure high-quality delivery, safety, schedule adherence, and operational readiness.

- Drive project progress, resolving roadblocks and keeping complex, multi-phase timelines on track.

- Create and align construction schedules and deliverables with xAI's broader infrastructure and AI supercomputing goals through cross-functional collaboration.

- Partner with engineering and commissioning teams to guide technical integration and resolve issues efficiently.

- Deliver regular updates using well-designed KPIs, dashboards, and reports for internal and external stakeholders.

- Ensure the project meets technical, quality, and engineering standards outlined in the base design.

- Perform quantity take-offs, field verifications, and progress monitoring to support accurate forecasting and reporting.

- Manage change orders, identifying value-engineered solutions to minimize unnecessary changes and control costs.

- Lead site safety initiatives, fostering a consistent and effective safety culture.

- Adapt to evolving needs, supporting cross-functional partners as required, regardless of original job scope.

### Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, or related Engineering discipline (or equivalent experience).

- 5+ years of experience managing large-scale construction projects, with a focus on data centers, mission-critical facilities, or industrial infrastructure.

- Strong engineering background with proven ability to interpret drawings, specifications, and technical requirements across multiple disciplines.

- Demonstrated success leading on-site construction teams with authority and building trust with vendors, partners, and technical stakeholders.

- Experience managing large programs involving multiple vendors, dynamic priorities, and complex coordination.

- Excellent communication skills across disciplines, from field-level updates to technical escalations with engineering teams.

- Thrives in solving complex, real-time problems with adaptability, composure, and data-driven decision making.

- Ability to travel as needed.

### Preferred Skills and Experience

- Previous experience in data center or hyperscale construction projects.

- Professional Engineer (PE) license or advanced engineering credentials.

- Familiarity with Memphis/Shelby County building codes, regulations, and permitting processes.

- Experience with commissioning, MEP systems, structural works, or site development for technical facilities.

- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to handle complex construction and engineering challenges.

- Proficiency with construction management tools (Procore, Primavera P6, Bluebeam, etc.).

## Skills

### Required
- Construction Project Management
- Engineering
- Data Centers
- Mission-Critical Facilities
- Industrial Infrastructure
- Communication
- Problem-Solving
- Adaptability
- Composure
- Data-Driven Decision Making

### Nice to have
- Data Center Construction
- Hyperscale Construction
- Professional Engineer (PE) License
- Commissioning
- MEP Systems
- Structural Works
- Site Development
- Construction Management Tools

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