Development Diligence & Site Planning Lead
Development Diligence & Site Planning Lead
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USD 285000 - 355000
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About the Team
OpenAI in close collaboration with our capital partners is building the worlds most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Stargate team sets the strategy and executes across site selection design and delivery of self-build data centers. We operate at the intersection of commercial technical and government interests working closely with executives inside and outside OpenAI.
About the Role
The Development Diligence & Site Planning Lead will be responsible for driving the front-end evaluation planning and risk mitigation of potential data center sites. This role blends civil engineering expertise with development strategy ensuring each site can be delivered at hyperscale with speed predictability and cost efficiency. You will serve as the technical anchor for due diligence coordinating with environmental utilities zoning and economic development teams to deliver a full risk profile and go/no-go recommendation for investment.
Responsibilities
Lead technical site due diligence including geotechnical hydrology grading drainage and traffic/access studies.
Develop site planning layouts that integrate power fiber water and offsite infrastructure.
Identify and mitigate risks related to topography soils wetlands floodplains and other site constraints.
Work with external consultants to produce site plans massing studies and civil design packages.
Partner with Zoning & Entitlements Lead to align site layouts with jurisdictional requirements.
Provide civil cost inputs to financial models and validate constructability assumptions.
Create scalable diligence and planning playbooks to accelerate the evaluation of new markets.
Partner with design teams to ensure success and scalability with future development related to chips and AI
Qualifications
8 years in civil engineering land development or site planning preferably with large-scale industrial projects.
Strong knowledge of grading drainage hydrology and transportation access.
Experience managing third-party consultants and coordinating across technical disciplines.
Ability to interpret geotechnical and environmental reports into actionable site plans.
Strong communicator comfortable interfacing with external developers agencies and executives.
PE license preferred but not required.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core and to achieve our mission we must encompass and value the many different perspectives voices and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
