Architect: Building, Site & Sustainability Engineering Team

Meta is seeking an Architect experienced in the design and construction of Critical Facilities to become part of our Data Center Design-Engineering Organization:
Building, Site and Sustainability Engineering team.

Our data centers are the foundation upon which our software operates. Building and operating reliable and efficient data centers is essential to support the growth of Meta. The Data Center Design-Engineering organization collaborates with all key stakeholders to ensure design and engineering of our data centers incorporate considerations from micro-levels (servers and IT equipment design requirements) to macro-levels (mechanical cooling and power distribution options) to ensure maximum efficiency and reliability of our compute infrastructure.

As an integral part of the Building, Site & Sustainability Engineering Team, the BSSE Architect will collaborate with multiple stakeholders including cross-discipline partners across the Design Engineering organization; internal partners including Strategic Systems & Technology, Site Development, Planning & Development, Construction Management, and Operations Teams, in addition to external partners including Architects and Engineers of Record (AEoR), general contractors, and regulatory agencies to support the delivery of data center capacity safely, on time, within budget, and of high quality, aligned with the pace of fast-tracked design and construction.

Architect:
Building, Site & Sustainability Engineering Team Responsibilities:

Provide Architecture Discipline Technical leadership for DC Product Concept Development through Project Deployment, supporting the full life-cycle

Architect for new DC Product Concepts Administer Change Management including providing technical inputs, adjudication and/or escalation of key issues or changes, and progressing changes through internal processes

Provide Architecture standards inputs and review for the Standards Program Serve as Architect Lead for MOFE/OFE/Prefab Program Lead Architecture discipline information-sharing, lessons learned coordination and implementation, New Hire onboarding and cross-discipline collaboration

Provide technical inputs and direction to ensure embedment of prior lessons learned into new DC Products and initiatives

Facilitate regular project meetings, retrospectives, and reviews to drive transparency and continuous improvement

Scope, manage and administer project/program level Contracts, review/approve change cost proposals, value engineering proposals, invoices, vendor reports/audits/studies and other design-related deliverables

Lead R&D Materials and Novel Technologies, aligning with Sustainability and Net Zero team to drive Program improvements

Deliver technical roadmap initiatives (R&D) including novel building systems, and new core & shell system topologies and configurations

Set strategies, scope, project-manage and deliver to the Meta DC program priorities, including space planning, material efficiencies, sustainability goals, Cap Ex reduction, OpEx reduction, and speed to market in construction

Serve as BSSE holistic tooling lead, consolidating all BSSE AI Tooling/Global Site Dev/SLiM and Campus Planning Strategies Work across multiple disciplines within BSSE (Civil, Structural, Architecture, Fire Strategy, DAS and Sustainability) to build comprehensive tooling infrastructure strategy that delivers on internal and external project life-cycle/E2E goals and reporting

Consolidate existing internal tools and external industry-standard tools to improve Design Engineering, Building Site & Sustainability Engineering, and Data Center Engineering teams' efficiency in site pipelining from site development, site intake, planning and development, preconstruction, to project approval stage, and onwards through Project Design and Execution phases

Minimum Qualifications:

Registered Architect
12+ years of professional experience in mission-critical campus and building design, construction and/or operations

Experience on large scale design and construction projects

Experience with industry standards, building codes and safety standards

Experience in full datacenter project life-cycle activities (including producing site test fits, product and concept design development, and supporting partner Design and Construction teams, to enable successful construction then turnover to Operations)
Experience in establishing and maintaining design standards and governance of same

Experience with Google Suite, Revit/BIM, Bluebeam, Autodesk, ACC, or similar design software applications

Experience in AI tooling, including modelling/drafting, tool interface management and setting organizational tooling objectives and roadmap

Project Management experience

Knowledge of building systems design and architectural details for steel, concrete, and mass timber structures

Knowledge in geotechnical/soils design, concrete and steel structural design, landscape architecture, sustainable design, interior/exterior finish systems, and design of culinary and…