Senior Datacenter Construction Manager

Cerebras
Finland, United States
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Construction, Civil & Site EngineeringExperience: 5-7 yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Stakeholder management","Ownership","Sound judgment"]

Manage end-to-end execution of white-space fit-out projects across colocation environments, driving construction schedules, commissioning, and turnover while balancing speed, quality, safety, and cost discipline. Serve as the day-to-day interface with colo providers and contractors to align base-build readiness, SLAs, milestones, and integration points. Lead site execution teams, maintain project reporting, and coordinate dependencies including power, cooling, network readiness, and long-lead equipment.

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Senior Datacenter Construction Manager

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Job Summary

Manage end-to-end execution of white-space fit-out projects across colocation environments, driving construction schedules, commissioning, and turnover while balancing speed, quality, safety, and cost discipline. Serve as the day-to-day interface with colo providers and contractors to align base-build readiness, SLAs, milestones, and integration points. Lead site execution teams, maintain project reporting, and coordinate dependencies including power, cooling, network readiness, and long-lead equipment.
Location: Finland, United States
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Construction, Civil & Site Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage end-to-end delivery of assigned data center construction projects from planning through commissioning and turnover.
  • •Lead data hall buildout, including racks, containment, power distribution, cooling integration, and network readiness.
  • •Act as the day-to-day site interface with colocation providers to align base-build readiness, SLAs, schedule milestones, and integration points.
  • •Drive vendors, general contractors, and trade partners to execute fit-out scope on aggressive timelines while maintaining construction standards and repeatable deployment processes.
  • •Develop and maintain detailed construction schedules, manage cost/schedule/quality/safety, lead risk identification and escalation, and support commissioning, punch-list completion, and operational handoff.
Travel: Medium travel

Key Requirements

  • •5–7 years of experience in mission-critical construction, preferably in data centers.
  • •Deep experience delivering white-space fit-out projects within colocation environments.
  • •Strong understanding of power, cooling, controls, and rack-level infrastructure in high-density environments.
  • •Proven ability to manage multiple complex construction projects or workstreams simultaneously.
  • •Experience working with EPC firms, general contractors, specialty trades, and colocation providers; strong project controls and commercial skills.
Experience:5-7 yearsData centersColocation
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationStakeholder managementOwnershipSound judgment

Company Brief

Cerebras
Designs and builds wafer-scale AI accelerators and systems for large-scale deep learning workloads, delivering specialized hardware and software to accelerate model training and inference for enterprises and research institutions.
Industry: Hardware Devices
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, United States
Founded: 2016
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