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<p><strong>About Nscale</strong></p>
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<p>At Nscale, we are building the infrastructure for Europe’s AI revolution. Nscale are developing cutting-edge sovereign generative AI solutions, powered by a new generation of high-performance, sustainable data centres and GPUs built specifically for AI workloads.</p>
<p>The growth of artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented global demand for compute and GPU infrastructure. Nscale is positioned at the heart of this transformation — building the platforms that will enable the next decade of innovation.</p>
<p>Nscale are working closely with the world’s most advanced AI technology providers, integrating next-gen compute hardware and GPU clusters in both partner and Nscale built facilities. This is an opportunity to join Nscale’s journey, play a key role in delivering transformative AI infrastructure, and help shape a company designed to scale rapidly across Europe and beyond.</p>
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<p>We are seeking a <strong>Construction Manager</strong> to support on-site delivery of Nscale’s Glomfjord data centre project and associated enabling works. This is a site-based owner-side role responsible for overseeing construction execution from site preparation through commissioning and turnover.</p>
<p>The role will act as Nscale’s client-side construction lead, overseeing and challenging the main contractor on field execution, sequencing, safety, quality and progress.</p>
<p>You will oversee day-to-day field execution, coordinate contractors and trades, maintain safety and quality standards, and keep the project on schedule and aligned to budget. This role is well suited to a construction leader with deep experience delivering complex infrastructure, industrial, or mission-critical projects in the field. A college degree is not required; we value practical construction leadership, sound judgement, and a proven ability to deliver.</p>
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<li>Coordinate and oversee on-site construction activities across site preparation, structural, electrical, mechanical, commissioning, and turnover phases.</li>
<li>Oversee and coordinate with the general contractors, subcontractors, and trade partners, ensuring work is properly sequenced and delivered to specification.</li>
<li>Support construction schedule management by validating field progress, identifying critical-path risks and driving corrective action with the contractors.</li>
<li>Support cost control and change management by providing field-based progress validation, construction input and early identification of scope, productivity or sequencing impacts.</li>
<li>Promote and enforce a strong safety culture in line with Norwegian HSE regulations, project SHA/HSE plans, permit-to-work requirements and Nscale standards</li>
<li>Drive quality control across disciplines, including inspections, punch lists, testing, and commissioning of critical power and cooling systems.</li>
<li>Serve as a primary on-site contact for project stakeholders, engineers, vendors, inspectors, and local authorities.</li>
<li>Review drawings, RFIs, and submittals; resolve field conflicts and coordinate engineering clarifications.</li>
<li>Coordinate procurement and logistics for materials and long-lead equipment to support uninterrupted progress.</li>
<li>Support permitting, inspections, regulatory compliance, and local jurisdiction coordination.</li>
<li>Report progress, risks, blockers and milestones to the Delivery Director and wider project leadership.</li>
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<li>Extensive progressive construction management experience, including significant time leading large-scale, complex, industrial, infrastructure, or mission-critical projects in the field.</li>
<li>Experience in building data centres, power plants, industrial facilities, or other large mission-critical infrastructure.</li>
<li>Strong working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and structural systems, with the ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications.</li>
<li>Demonstrated success managing schedules, budgets, contractors, and multiple trades on active job sites.</li>
<li>Deep understanding of construction safety standards and OSHA HSE requirements, with a record of leading safe job sites.</li>
<li>Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound decisions quickly in the field.</li>
<li>Ability to work full-time on site in Glomfjord, Norway.</li>
<li>Fluent in English; Norwegian advantageous.</li>
<li>Experience working in Norway with contractors, local authorities, inspections, permit-to-work processes and construction-phase HSE/SHA requirements is strongly advantageous.</li>
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