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Connectivity Engineer - Data Center Design, Engineering, & Construction

Meta· Connectivity
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Temple, TX$123k - $176kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Meta is seeking a Connectivity Engineer to join the Design Engineering and Construction (DEC) team. The role provides site-level support for DEC telecommunications projects, managing full project life-cycle from kickoff to production turnover, and collaborating with cross-functional partners across data centers globally.

Responsibilities

  • Project Planning & Control - Create, maintain, and report on-site project and program scope, schedules, and milestones. Work closely with site project management team throughout the project lifecycle from the creation of project and program plans through project close out
  • Learnings - Continuously review ongoing projects for efficiencies in schedule, budget, and opportunities to enable cross-functional partners to be successful. Document data points to assist with field coordination of projects. Support development of project management best practices and initiatives, coordinating SOPs/SIPs with vendors, and participating in global and regional standards. Coordinate lessons learned with the internal and external cross functional partners
  • Forecasting - Support project controls team with forecasting and budget efforts as required. Share current project status with upstream and downstream partners, ensuring crisp and complete handoffs between teams
  • Technical Reviews - Establish milestones for equipment purchase and track and report against these milestones. Assist with the selection and review of a contractor to support the structured cabling work within a data center
  • Metrics - Report progress and risks on-site projects and other initiatives to key stakeholders
  • Workflow - Work with installation partners to establish and track milestones. Conduct pre-project planning, project handoffs, and ensure design delivery and verification. Identify and respond to project risks and high-priority issues rapidly and effectively through effective action and appropriate escalation. Track and manage project change order requests
  • Vendor Field Management - Responsible for all connectivity activities within construction, projects on site including tracking and reporting actual progress related to schedule expectations. Set and communicate clear expectations together with the immediate site team, build key relationships with our installation partners, foster a safe, collaborative working environment and execute a goal of ‘right first time.’
  • Quality Assurance - Perform physical inspections to ensure that vendor work meets DEC quality standards throughout the lifecycle of the data center. Validate physical installs, test reports, build accuracy, material and local code compliance including constructability reviews on multiple design phases
  • Technical Field Lead - Technical lead for industry and Meta standards, responsible for leading product evaluation, design, and installation methods in the field, including scope clarification, design, and installation details as the owner of the Request for Information process
  • Technical Coordination - Develop solutions to in-field scope gap or clash issues. Partner with DEC design and engineering teams to digitally support design reviews, BOM reviews, and as-built drawing validations
  • Communications and Cross-functional team engagement - Liaise with construction partners to ensure deliverables are met during new builds and retrofits. Coordinate with logistics partners, vendors, and suppliers to ensure a smooth end-to-end flow of materials as needed. Work closely with the relevant teams to proactively communicate progress and project risks and initiatives to key stakeholders
  • Safety - Ensure that vendors adhere to safety obligations in accordance with local regulations and DEC Safety best practices. Lead a 'safety first' experience while working with others, in support of shared goals.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in project management within data center, telecommunications, or construction environments
  • Experience engaging and guiding stakeholders
  • Experience providing solutions to construction related problems
  • Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and MS Project

Skills

Required:Project planning and controlStakeholder managementVendor and contractor managementRisk management and issue escalation

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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