Construction VP
Nscale is a London-based, full-stack AI cloud and infrastructure company that provides GPU compute, managed AI services, orchestration software, data centers, and power infrastructure for AI training, fine-tuning, and inference.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
Funding history
About Nscale
Nscale builds and operates vertically integrated AI infrastructure spanning software, GPU compute, networking, storage, purpose-built data centers, and power. Its active cloud platform offers self-service inference endpoints, fine-tuning, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, virtual machines, and GPU clusters.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead construction execution for power-generation and data-centre infrastructure projects. You will own strategy, schedule, budget, safety, quality, contractor management, regulatory compliance, commissioning readiness, and risk mitigation while reporting progress and risk exposure to executive stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or Construction Management, or 15+ years of progressive construction-management experience
- 5+ years in a senior executive construction leadership role on projects exceeding $1 billion in total installed cost
- Experience with power plant construction or large-scale data-centre construction
- Experience managing EPC contracts, multiple contractors, and commercial negotiations
- Understanding of utility interconnection, grid codes, and substation or transmission construction
- OSHA 30-Hour certification
- Ability to operate under compressed hyperscale or data-centre project schedules
- Extensive on-site presence and regular travel
Responsibilities
- Own the overall construction execution strategy
- Represent construction in executive steering committees, board updates, and investor or lender reviews
- Build, lead, and scale the construction organization
- Own the master construction schedule across work packages
- Mitigate critical-path risks and develop schedule-contingency plans
- Report progress, forecasts, and risk exposure
- Own construction budgets, forecasting, variance analysis, and contingency management
- Oversee change-order review, negotiation, and approvals
- Lead selection, negotiation, and management of EPC contractors and subcontractors
- Coordinate with utilities, data-centre technical teams, regulators, and inspectors
- Hold accountability for site safety performance
- Enforce QA/QC programs and regulatory compliance
- Oversee commissioning and startup readiness
- Manage the construction risk register and corrective actions
- Maintain contingency and recovery plans for disruptions
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Paid time off
- US federal holidays
- Flexible workplace