Environmental Engineer, Civil
fluidstackAustin (TX)
Environmental Engineer, Civil
Posted today
fluidstackAustin (TX)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
The Data Center Design Team Examples of key problems the team is working on: Lead the design, development, and execution of 10s to 100s of GWs of data centers this decade. Drive the next generation of liquid cooling and electrical distribution systems. Develop and scale first-of-a-kind modular data centers. Influence behind-the-meter designs and planning for multi-GW campuses. Role Scope: Own environmental and civil engineering for data center site development: stormwater, grading and drainage, erosion control, and environmental constraints, from first site walk through permits in hand. Drive environmental permitting (SWPPP and construction stormwater, wetlands and waters permits, land disturbance approvals) through agencies and consultants on schedules measured in weeks. Screen prospective sites for fatal flaws (wetlands, floodplains, protected species habitat, contamination findings) before the company commits capital, and kill bad sites early. Manage third-party civil and environmental consultants, holding deliverables to schedule and rejecting work that isn't permit-ready. Coordinate civil design (grading, site utilities, roads, drainage) with structural and architectural scopes so site packages issue complete and build without rework.
What We're Looking For:
The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
You've taken industrial or large commercial sites through environmental permitting yourself: you wrote or directed the SWPPP, the delineations, and the applications, and agencies approved them.
You've screened raw land for development risk and made the call that saved a project from a fatal flaw.
You've worked directly with regulators (the Corps, state environmental agencies, county authorities) and secured approvals without slipping the schedule.
You've managed AE and environmental consultants and sent work back when it wasn't ready.
You read grading and drainage plans fluently and redline them with specifics, elevations and pipe sizes rather than general comments.
You've sequenced environmental compliance against construction speed, satisfying the permit while keeping the site moving.
Bonus:
PE license (civil or environmental). Data center, solar, or heavy industrial site development. Multi-state permitting. Civil 3D or hydrology modeling tools. Karst, floodplain, or brownfield site experience. We are committed to pay equity and transparency. Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law. You will receive a confirmation email once your application has successfully been accepted. If there is an error with your submission and you did not receive a confirmation email, please email careers@fluidstack.io with your resume/CV, the role you've applied for, and the date you submitted your application-- someone from our recruiting team will be in touch.
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