Lease Construction Manager Responsibilities:

• Serve as Meta's owner's representative on leased data center construction projects, managing landlord and developer obligations from groundbreaking through certificate of occupancy and facility acceptance
• Review and provide technical feedback on landlord construction documents, including civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing drawings, to ensure alignment with Meta's data center design standards
• Monitor construction progress on colocation and build-to-suit data center sites, conducting regular site visits to assess schedule adherence, quality of work, and conformance to contract requirements
• Coordinate tenant improvement construction activities, managing Meta's general contractors and specialty subcontractors delivering fit-out of white space, power distribution, cooling infrastructure, and network cabling systems
• Track and manage project schedules, budgets, and change order logs across multiple concurrent leased data center projects, providing regular status reporting to internal stakeholders
• Lead construction milestone reviews, factory acceptance tests, and integrated systems testing for critical infrastructure including UPS, generators, switchgear, cooling systems, and fire suppression systems
• Identify and escalate construction risks, schedule delays, and quality deficiencies to landlords and developers, driving resolution through contractual mechanisms and collaborative problem-solving
• Collaborate with data center commissioning teams to coordinate the transition from construction to commissioning and operations, ensuring all systems are tested and documented prior to handover
• Partner with real estate, legal, and lease administration teams to track landlord delivery obligations, punch list completion, and substantial completion milestones defined in lease agreements
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of Meta's leased data center construction standards, playbooks, and vendor qualification processes

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of work experience in construction management
• General knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems
• Knowledge of industry standards, building codes and safety standards, including fire protection regulations
• Knowledge of capital budget management
• Experience negotiating construction contracts, change orders, or vendor agreements to resolve scope, schedule, or budget issues
• Experience using Primavera P6 for construction scheduling
• Proficient working knowledge of Google Workspace
• Proficient working knowledge of Bluebeam

Preferred Qualifications:

• BIM 360 software experience
• MS Visio and Google Cloud experience
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or an equivalent degree, and/or 12+ years of direct experience in project planning and construction management
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Building Environment Accreditations (i.e., LEED, SITES, TRUE, WELL)
• Multi-project experience in large-scale construction management, mission-critical or infrastructure preferred
• Unified software experience
• Procore software experience
• Experience in adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy review)
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Construction Management experience in the lease/colo market and live environment retrofit scopes of work
• Connectivity Cabling and Data Center Construction Experience
• Experience reviewing/editing lease agreements, amendments, and work letters

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