FluidStack
Environmental Engineer, Civil
About this role
Fluidstack seeks an Environmental Engineer to lead civil and environmental engineering for large-scale data center site development, from initial assessment through permitting. You'll own stormwater design, environmental compliance, site screening, and coordination with consultants and regulators to deliver multi-GW campus infrastructure on aggressive timelines.
What you'll do
- Own environmental and civil engineering for data center site development including stormwater, grading, drainage, erosion control, and environmental constraint analysis
- Drive environmental permitting processes (SWPPP, construction stormwater, wetlands permits, land disturbance approvals) with regulatory agencies on accelerated schedules
- Screen prospective sites for fatal flaws such as wetlands, floodplains, protected species habitat, and contamination before capital commitment
- Manage and QA third-party civil and environmental consultants, ensuring deliverables meet permit readiness standards
- Coordinate civil design (grading, utilities, roads, drainage) with structural and architectural teams to prevent rework during construction
- Sequence environmental compliance activities to balance regulatory requirements with construction speed
What they're looking for
- Environmental permitting (SWPPP, wetlands, waters permits, land disturbance)
- Stormwater design and hydrology modeling
- Site grading and drainage design
- Regulatory coordination and agency relations
- Civil 3D or similar design software
- Third-party consultant management and QA
- Land development risk assessment
- PE license (civil or environmental preferred)
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FluidStack
FluidStack builds AI infrastructure at scale, developing data centers and warehouse operations designed to handle gigawatt-capacity compute deployment. The company is hiring for warehouse engineers, data center operations specialists, product engineers, and people leaders to support rapid infrastructure expansion across multiple sites.
- Website
- fluidstack.io
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a time you identified a fatal flaw during site screening that saved a project from major delays or costs—what was the issue and how did you surface it?
- Describe your experience writing or directing a SWPPP and taking it through agency approval—what were the key challenges and how did you maintain schedule?