Construction Manager, Industrial Compute
OpenAI · San Francisco
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About the Team 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. The Construction organization is responsible for translating these designs into operating facilities. We work across engineering, infrastructure delivery, procurement, supply chain, commissioning, operations, and external construction partners to safely deliver highly complex data center infrastructure on aggressive schedules. As OpenAI’s infrastructure footprint expands, we are looking for construction leaders who can operate effectively in high-velocity environments, manage large contractor ecosystems, and develop repeatable approaches to delivering increasingly complex facilities. About the Role We are seeking a Senior Construction Manager to lead field execution for large-scale AI data center projects from mobilization through commissioning and operational handoff. This role will serve as a senior construction leader and primary point of contact for general contractors, trade partners, and other external construction organizations. You will be responsible for coordinating multidisciplinary construction activities, driving schedule performance, resolving field issues, and ensuring that infrastructure is delivered safely, efficiently, and to the required technical standards. The role requires someone who is equally comfortable operating at the project level and in the field: reviewing designs for constructability, developing construction sequencing, coordinating thousands of workers and multiple trades, identifying bottlenecks, and making rapid decisions when conditions change. You will work closely with engineering, commissioning, infrastructure delivery, procurement, logistics, and operations teams to accelerate delivery while mainta
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About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first - ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
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