Soluna is on a mission to solve one of renewable energy's biggest challenges: wasted power. Our data centers convert excess solar, hydro, and wind energy into productive computational work, such as Bitcoin mining, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. By co-locating with renewable power sources, we bring demand directly to the source, helping power plants increase revenue while contributing more megawatts to the grid.

We are looking for a Construction Manager to join our world-class team.

The Construction Manager will serve as Soluna's on-the-ground owner of data center construction execution—responsible for driving each project from permit through energization, on time and on budget. This is a field-first role. The person in this seat lives at the intersection of schedule, quality, and cost, serving as the day-to-day accountability layer between Soluna's development leadership and its general contractors, specialty subcontractors, and commissioning teams.

Soluna is building a multi-site portfolio of renewable-powered AI and HPC data centers across the United States, with initial deployment concentrated at Project Kati in Willacy County, Southeast Texas—a 166 MW+ campus co-located with utility-scale wind generation and developed in partnership with EDF Renewables, Masdar, and Spring Lane Capital. The Construction Manager will be a critical delivery resource supporting the GM, Data Center Development and the broader infrastructure team—ensuring that the physical build program keeps pace with Soluna's contracted commitments and growth ambitions. This role requires deep familiarity with the ERCOT grid, Southeast Texas AHJ landscape, and the operational realities of behind-the-meter renewable co-location at industrial scale.

You Will

• Serve as Soluna's owner's representative on active data center construction sites—managing day-to-day field operations, contractor coordination, and delivery accountability from mobilization through energization and commissioning handoff.
• Own construction schedules across all active sites, maintaining detailed look-ahead plans, identifying critical path risks, and driving corrective action when milestones are at risk.
• Manage general contractors, specialty subcontractors (civil, structural, MEP, low-voltage, security), and commissioning agents—enforcing contract requirements, scope boundaries, and quality standards.
• Conduct regular site walks and field reviews to verify work-in-place quality, identify nonconformances, and ensure adherence to approved drawings, specifications, and AHJ requirements—navigating Texas's fragmented permitting landscape, including jurisdictions operating without adopted building codes.
• Coordinate permitting, inspections, and AHJ approvals across all project phases—managing the approvals pipeline to avoid construction holds.
• Partner with the GM, Data Center Development and design teams to translate design intent into field execution, surfacing constructability issues early and driving resolution without impacting schedule.
• Manage RFI and submittal workflows—ensuring contractor requests and submittals are resolved on timelines that protect the construction schedule.
• Track construction costs against approved budgets, reviewing GC pay applications, change order requests, and procurement forecasts with rigor and discipline.
• Manage Owner-Furnished Equipment (OFE) procurement coordination—tracking long-lead items including transformers, switchgear, generators, and cooling plant (typically 40–60+ week lead times), coordinating storage, staging, and field delivery to protect construction milestones.
• Coordinate behind-the-meter power infrastructure delivery, including medium-voltage switchgear, substation and switchyard interface, and utility/IPP coordination—working across Soluna's renewable energy partners to align power availability with construction sequencing and commissioning timelines.
• Navigate ERCOT interconnection and load-serving entity coordination, including IDR filings, transmission constraint management, and ERCOT study timelines as they affect energization and commissioning schedules.
• Account for Southeast Texas site conditions in construction planning and execution—including extreme heat and humidity impacts on concrete cure schedules, cooling system commissioning sequencing, and MEP installation timelines; hurricane and flood zone exposure driving site drainage, pad elevation, generator fuel logistics, and storm-hardening specifications.
• Maintain thorough project documentation including daily field reports, meeting minutes, photo logs, punch lists, and as-built records.
• Manage site safety programs in alignment with OSHA standards and Soluna's contractor safety requirements—enforcing a zero-tolerance culture on job sites.
• Support procurement of long-lead equipment and materials, working with the development and supply chain teams to de-risk delivery timelines.
• Provide regular status reporting to the GM, Data Center Development and senior leadership on schedule, budget, quality, and risk across all active construction programs.

Commissioning Ownership

For AI/ML facilities, commissioning is not a handoff task—it is a parallel workstream that must be planned and resourced from early construction. The Construction Manager owns commissioning coordination and is accountable for ensuring all systems are tested, accepted, and ready for IT deployment on schedule.

• Manage commissioning planning and execution across all facility systems from early construction through Integrated Systems Testing (IST) completion and operational handoff.
• Coordinate Level 3 and Level 5 commissioning activities, managing commissioning agents, vendor startup teams, and the owner's technical staff through the full Cx program.
• Align commissioning sequencing with power availability milestones, PPA delivery schedules, and ERCOT energization timelines to optimize time-to-rack.
• Interface with hyperscaler or colocation tenant commissioning requirements, ensuring third-party acceptance testing protocols are integrated into the master commissioning plan.
• Coordinate rack-level power density validation and IT deployment readiness with the technology and operations teams—ensuring infrastructure is delivered to specification for high-density AI/ML workloads.

What You Need to Get the Job Done

• 8+ years of construction management experience on mission-critical or large-scale infrastructure projects, with at least 3 years on data center, industrial, or high-voltage electrical facility construction.
• Direct experience managing general contractors and specialty subcontractors on projects in excess of $50M in total construction value; experience on $100M+ projects is strongly preferred.
• Deep working knowledge of data center MEP systems—including medium- and high-voltage electrical distribution, UPS, generators, cooling infrastructure (CRAC/CRAH, chillers, cooling towers), and low-voltage/structured cabling.
• Experience with high-density AI/ML power infrastructure—including 30–60+ kW/rack design execution, liquid cooling systems (CDUs, rear-door heat exchangers, direct liquid cooling), and high-density structured cabling for GPU cluster interconnects (InfiniBand, high-density fiber).
• Hands-on experience coordinating utility interconnection and commissioning activities on large-scale electrical facilities, including AHJ inspections and acceptance testing; direct ERCOT interconnection experience—including IDR filings, load-serving entity coordination, and ERCOT study process management—is a strong differentiator.
• Experience with behind-the-meter renewable co-location construction—including switchyard/substation interface coordination, IPP/developer-side power infrastructure, and delivery sequencing tied to PPA terms and renewable generation availability.
• Demonstrated OFE management experience—tracking and coordinating long-lead owner-furnished equipment (transformers, switchgear, generators, cooling plant) from procurement through field installation.
• Demonstrated fluency with construction scheduling tools (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project) and project management platforms (e.g., Procore, Autodesk Build, or equivalent).
• Ability to read and interpret civil, structural, architectural, and MEP construction documents—including single-line diagrams and basis of design specifications.
• Proven track record managing construction budgets, reviewing pay applications, and administering change order processes with discipline and transparency.
• Strong understanding of OSHA safety standards and proven ability to enforce a safe and accountable field culture.
• Familiarity with Level 3/Level 5 commissioning frameworks and Integrated Systems Testing (IST) management; experience coordinating with hyperscaler or colocation tenant commissioning requirements is a plus.
• Willingness to travel up to 75% and to be based on or near active construction sites as programs demand; Southeast Texas field presence will be required during active Project Kati construction phases.
• Engineering or construction management background preferred (e.g., BS/MS in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field).
• Experience on hyperscale, colocation, or AI/HPC data center construction programs is a significant differentiator.

Why join Soluna?

We are a diverse, driven team of entrepreneurs, energy experts, private equity leaders, storytellers and engineers. We are passionate about making the world greener and we have conviction about how we will bring change on a global scale.

We are equally as zealous about championing our teams, relentless about developing our people, and believe strongly that Soluna’s goals and commitment to our mission are strengthened by our employee’s voices.