Vice President – Construction

🕒 August 20

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Vice President

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IREN

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201 - 500 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🤝 B2B

⚡ Energy

Artificial Intelligence • B2B • Energy

IREN is a provider of purpose-built, high-performance AI data centers and GPU cloud services across North America. IREN develops, owns and operates large, power-dense facilities designed for demanding AI training and inference workloads, offering turnkey data centers, colocations for customer hardware, and managed GPU cloud access. The company emphasizes vertical integration, 24/7 onsite support, and powering its facilities with 100% renewable energy (including RECs). IREN currently lists six North American locations (including Sweetwater, Childress, Oklahoma, Prince George, Mackenzie, and Canal Flats), with secured power capacity of about 5 GW, several hundred to thousands of MW per site in operational, under-construction, and in-development stages, and roughly 4,900 acres of secured land for AI infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Own and oversee all construction functions across the US portfolio, from pre-construction and site enablement through vertical construction, commissioning, energization and closeout • Set and enforce a health, safety and environmental culture across all sites and contractors, driving toward zero harm • Lead, mentor and scale a team of construction directors, senior project managers and site leaders • Hold teams accountable for campus capital expenditure budgets and partner with Cost Management and Finance on forecasting, contingency and capital efficiency • Direct selection, contracting, mobilization and performance management of general contractors, EPCs and major trade partners • Build long-term contractor relationships to secure capacity in a constrained market • Partner with Data Center Scheduling to drive the integrated master schedule, protect critical path and energization dates, and lead recovery when milestones are at risk • Own construction quality standards and inspection regimes; drive constructability and value engineering input into design • Ensure seamless integration between construction, commissioning and Operations for reliable facility handover • Coordinate utility works, substation delivery and energization with Energy and Interconnection teams • Institutionalize construction standards, playbooks and lessons learned across campuses • Report construction status, risk and capital performance to the SVP – Data Center Delivery, executive leadership and the Board • Represent IREN with local authorities, permitting bodies and host communities; support local workforce development

🎯 Requirements

• Post secondary education in a relevant field such as Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline • Master’s degree, MBA or PMP certification preferred • 15+ years of progressive construction leadership experience, including significant time delivering mission-critical facilities, hyperscale data centers, or large-scale industrial, energy or advanced manufacturing programs • Demonstrated accountability for a construction portfolio of $500M+ in annual capital spend, or for multiple concurrent campuses at gigawatt scale • Proven success leading a team of directors and senior managers across multiple geographies, including hiring and scaling a construction organization quickly • Deep owner-side or general contractor experience across the full delivery lifecycle: pre-construction, procurement, civil and vertical build, MEP installation, commissioning (L1–L5), integrated systems testing and handover • Outstanding health and safety leadership record, with the ability to set culture across a large contractor workforce • Strong commercial and contractual acumen, including experience with GMP, lump sum and cost-plus delivery models, and confidence to arbitrate high-value change orders • Working knowledge of data center electrical and mechanical systems, and of how utility interconnection and energization drive capacity availability dates • Experience partnering with project controls, scheduling and cost management functions and holding them to a high standard • Highly proficient in MS Office, specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, and Outlook • Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to interact effectively with executive leadership, service providers and potentially members of the community • Thorough research and problem-solving skills, with sound judgment under significant time and capital pressure • Superior time management and multitasking skills with a strong sense of urgency • Organization, prioritization and critical thinking skills • Willingness to be based within commutable distance of West Texas operations and to travel regularly between Texas and Oklahoma sites

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual performance incentives • Equity programs • Relocation (as applicable and based on successful candidate circumstances) • Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage – 100% company paid for employees, 75% company paid coverage for dependents • Company-paid life and disability insurance • Voluntary life, critical illness, and accident coverage available • Health Savings Accounts (HSA) when combined with the High-Deductible Health Plan • Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources • 401(k) retirement plan with company match • Financial wellness tools and resources • Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays • Opportunities for advancement and internal mobility • Training and personal development opportunities • Company events and team-building activities