Principal, Logistics & Expediting Manager

The role

The Logistics & Expediting Manager owns inbound logistics, freight, and delivery scheduling for major equipment on data center builds. This role expedites critical-path items like transformers, switchgear, generators, and chillers to ensure they arrive on site as needed.

What you will do

• Own the inbound logistics plan for major equipment including transformers, switchgear, generators, chillers, CDUs, and UPS systems
• Plan heavy-haul routing, permits, escort and police coordination, bridge/road studies, rigging and offload interfaces, and site delivery windows
• Run structured expediting on critical-path POs through factory production milestone tracking, factory visits, and FAT scheduling coordination
• Select and manage freight forwarders, carriers, and heavy-haul specialists
• Manage freight terms, insurance requirements, and OS&D claims
• Handle customs brokerage and import compliance for international equipment where applicable
• Maintain the rolling delivery lookahead with the Materials Manager, superintendents, and planner/scheduler
• Sequence deliveries against installation need dates and site constraints
• Resolve shipping damage, shortage, mis-delivery, and storage-in-transit issues
• Report logistics status, risks, and expediting actions into the weekly project rhythm

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in project logistics, traffic, or expediting for major capital projects - data center, power generation, oil & gas, or heavy industrial
• Hands-on heavy-haul experience: permits, routing studies, escorts, and rigging interfaces for loads in the 100k-500k+ lb class
• Vendor expediting depth: factory milestone tracking, FAT logistics, and holding OEMs accountable to ship dates
• Freight commercial fluency: Incoterms, carrier contracts, cargo insurance, and claims
• Strong scheduling instincts and comfort working directly against a P6-driven need-date list
• Calm, solution-first operator when a load is stuck, damaged, or late
• Proficiency with logistics tracking tools and Excel

Nice to have

• Customs/import experience for international equipment
• ERP exposure

About the company

Hut 8 builds infrastructure for AI and aims to be the defining physical infrastructure company of its generation.