Data Center Facilities Project Lead

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Facility Project Manager to join the Data Center Facility Operations team. You will own the portfolio of retrofit and upgrade projects across a multi-building campus, coordinating electrical, mechanical, controls, and life-safety systems to deliver on time and budget.

You will act as the primary site contact, lead cross-functional teams and external vendors, develop project charters and schedules, and monitor risks to ensure reliable, resilient infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 7+ years project management experience in construction, operations, maintenance, and project planning in complex environments.
• Bachelor’s degree related field and 3+ years relevant industry experience will be considered in lieu of 7+ years industry experience.
• Familiar with Electrical, Mechanical, Controls, and Fire & Life Safety Systems, and applicable building codes
• Experience in comprehending plans, specifications, and equipment shop drawings
• Experience forecasting project budgets, schedules, and resources
• Experience communicating across a broad range of roles/teams
• Proficiency with one or more Project Management IT toolsets (ie: Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, ProCore, e-builder, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of projects at a multiple building data center site.
• This includes intake, prioritization, and coordination of Retrofit Project Schedules with other campus-related activities.
• Manage project and portfolio strategic cross-functional communication, delegating tactical communication to the retrofit team as applicable.
• Manage individual projects as required to support prioritizing workloads, as the portfolio necessitates.
• Leverage all related tools and internal milestone schedules to properly sequence activities for all site retrofits, regardless of size.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the retrofit team's staffing model supports the retrofit portfolio's needs.
• Represent sites for programs, standards, and processes through a holistic retrofit lifecycle.
• Primary site level point of contact during the retrofit concept and design development phase.
• Oversee the development of project charters, schedules, resource requirements, and work breakdown structures as required based on data center site portfolio needs.
• Monitor risks and negative trends relative to optimized delivery of goals and collaborate with Construction Project Managers to mitigate risks (financial, schedule, safety, and quality).
• Coordinate the efforts of a project team, including Project Controls, Safety, Quality Assurance/Control, Scheduling, Engineering, and other cross-functional partners, to ensure the successful delivery of projects.
• Ensure the execution of the commissioning process, leveraging on-site QA/QC resources and commissioning agents as applicable.
• Ensure the execution of all document turnover, including accurate record drawings, owner's manuals, asset information, etc.
• Work directly with sourcing managers to help develop vendor contracts.
• Occasional travel as required <10%.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

Vendor coordination

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

ProCore

e-builder

Hexagon

SAP

Job description

Meta is seeking a Facility Project Manager to join the Data Center Facility Operations team. You will own the portfolio of retrofit and upgrade projects across a multi-building campus, coordinating electrical, mechanical, controls, and life-safety systems to deliver on time and budget.

You will act as the primary site contact, lead cross-functional teams and external vendors, develop project charters and schedules, and monitor risks to ensure reliable, resilient infrastructure.