Strategic Construction Planning Lead – Data Center

Meta; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 202,000 - 273,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a construction professional to join our design, engineering, and construction organization in Hawaii. You will manage early phase due diligence through handoff to preconstruction, and oversee constructability, budgets, and schedules for future data center sites.

You will collaborate with leadership, site development, preconstruction and delivery teams, guiding decisions, risk analysis, and value engineering to optimize the road map and deliver projects on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 15+ years in Commercial Management, Preconstruction, Construction Management, Engineering, Scheduling or equivalent.
• Proven ability to lead a team toward a single project outcome.
• Experience with large capital programs, ground-up construction and retrofit projects.
• Proficiency in Preconstruction: site development, diligence, budgeting, scheduling, change management, risk management, negotiation.
• Understanding of scheduling, costs, supply chain, risk analysis, labor markets, cash flows and contract terms.
• Knowledge of scheduling tools (P6 or equivalent).
• Mission Critical/Data Center experience with hyperscale builds.

Responsibilities

• Develop high level path-to-break-ground schedules considering location, site conditions, time of year, labor availability and design type.
• Inform critical path milestones and decision gates for leadership decisions and commitments.
• Contribute to master plan analyses for future sites, including accessibility and logistic planning.
• Coordinate seamless transition from planning to execution teams (Preconstruction, Delivery, Data Center Operations).
• Set project targets (cost and schedule) and coordinate internal and external teams; define deliverables and ensure accountability.
• Provide constructability reviews to influence design for safer, more predictable and cost-effective builds.
• Offer real-time feedback on cost, schedule, constructability to inform pricing and ROI analyses.
• Identify and implement new processes/tools to improve efficiency.
• Develop programmatic frameworks and scenario planning for site kick-off.

Skills

Project coordination

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Construction scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

15+ years in Commercial/Construction Management or Scheduling

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Meta is seeking a construction professional to join our design, engineering, and construction organization in Hawaii. You will manage early phase due diligence through handoff to preconstruction, and oversee constructability, budgets, and schedules for future data center sites.

You will collaborate with leadership, site development, preconstruction and delivery teams, guiding decisions, risk analysis, and value engineering to optimize the road map and deliver projects on time and within budget.