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 Building, Site & Sustainability Engineering Architect will collaborate with multiple stakeholders including cross-discipline partners across the Design Engineering organization; internal partners including Operations Teams, Strategic Systems & Technology, Site Development, Planning & Development, and Construction Management, in addition to external partners including Architects and Engineers of Record (AEoR), general contractors, and regulatory agencies to support the delivery and refresh 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:

Architect for Data Center projects, including Retrofit and Lease facilities

Closely collaborate with Product and Operational teams to ensure refresh programs and site-specific projects are provided with specialist architecture expertise in relation to building envelope, coordination of space and services, relevant permitting and code compliance, site and space planning, and overall coordination with all other disciplines across the life-cycle of an operational data center is achieved

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

Lead the architecture discipline information-sharing, lessons learned coordination and implementation, and support new hire/new EOR onboarding and cross-discipline collaboration

Provide technical inputs and direction to ensure embedment of prior “lessons learned” into projects and program

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

Architect for Meta-furnished equipment, owner-furnished equipment, and prefabrication programs ensuring retrofit and lease projects adopt Meta non-negotiables and requirements across projects

Change Management administration: including providing technical inputs, adjudication and/or escalation of key issues or changes, and progressing changes through internal processes

Standards Program:
Architecture standards inputs and review

Evaluate R&D Materials + Novel Technologies, aligning with Sustainability and Net Zero team to drive optimization of Meta’s DC program, delivering technical roadmap initiatives 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 (but not limited to) space planning, material efficiencies, sustainability goals, Cap Ex reduction, OpEx reduction, speed to market in construction, (eg minimization of on-site installation labor)
Support roll-out of AI tooling and programs to optimize Meta’s Data Center existing portfolio of buildings/…