Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The client is an emerging powered land and digital infrastructure development firm supporting AI, cloud, colocation, edge, and hyperscale infrastructure across North America. They are seeking a VP, Civil Engineering to lead civil site development, utility coordination, permitting, feasibility, and infrastructure execution for large-scale data center, energy infrastructure, and large-load industrial projects.
Responsibilities
- Lead civil engineering and site development efforts for hyperscale and large-load digital infrastructure projects across North America
- Drive site planning activities, including test fits, conceptual campus layouts, phased development strategies, roadway planning, utility corridors, grading, and infrastructure optimization for hyperscale data center environments
- Evaluate and support site feasibility efforts with a strong focus on power availability, utility integration, infrastructure scalability, constructability, permitting, and speed-to-market considerations
- Coordinate and oversee civil engineering design activities including grading and drainage, stormwater management, underground utilities, roadway access, earthwork, utility routing, and site infrastructure planning
- Support infrastructure planning associated with behind-the-meter and alternative energy strategies, including coordination with advanced energy and power stakeholders
- Review and provide technical oversight of civil engineering deliverables, construction drawings, specifications, RFIs, submittals, and development packages
- Coordinate due diligence activities including zoning evaluations, environmental assessments, utility studies, geotechnical investigations, and infrastructure constraint analysis
- Coordinate with utilities, municipalities, regulatory agencies, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) to support entitlement, permitting, and infrastructure execution activities
- Contribute to the development of scalable infrastructure standards, site planning strategies, and development best practices across the company's growing portfolio
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders in a highly team-oriented and entrepreneurial environment
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related engineering discipline
- • 10+ years of progressive experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, mission-critical, or hyperscale data center developments
- • Direct hyperscale data center experience is required, including experience with campus planning, test fits, site layouts, and large-scale infrastructure coordination
- • Strong experience with land and site development including grading, drainage, stormwater, roadway design, utilities, earthwork, and permitting processes
- • Experience managing external engineering consultants and coordinating multidisciplinary infrastructure projects involving utilities, developers, EPC firms, and engineering consultants
- • Familiarity with large-load infrastructure planning, utility coordination, power-constrained development environments, and accelerated development timelines
- • Strong understanding of entitlement processes, permitting coordination, infrastructure feasibility analysis, and site due diligence activities
- • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- • Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, highly collaborative, and entrepreneurial development environments
- Travel as needed to project sites and stakeholder meetings, but candidates should expect up to 20% travel
- • Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng.) designation preferred
- • Experience working on international or cross-border development initiatives preferred, particularly within Canadian markets such as Toronto and Vancouver
- • Canadian citizenship or permanent residency strongly preferred
- • Experience supporting AI or high-density compute infrastructure deployments preferred
- • Background supporting owner/developer organizations, hyperscale operators, or integrated infrastructure platforms preferred
- Remote, with preference for candidates located in Toronto or Vancouver, Canada. Open to candidates with exceptional hyperscale data center experience located within the United States
Benefits
- Remote work, with preference for candidates located in Toronto or Vancouver, Canada.
- A highly collaborative, supportive, and entrepreneurial environment.
- Meaningful impact alongside experienced infrastructure and energy professionals.
- Team-oriented culture grounded in humility, strong communication, and partnership.
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