Quality Integration Lead - Data Center Design, Engineering, & Construction

Meta is a technology company focused on building connections and immersive experiences. The Quality Integration Lead will oversee the integration of quality programs across data center projects, ensuring effective execution and risk mitigation while collaborating with various teams to enhance project outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Mobilize third-party teams to ensure project readiness, lead comprehensive quality kick-off meetings, and establish clear expectations and deliverables for all stakeholders. Proactively set up each project for successful execution by implementing robust quality frameworks, facilitating early risk identification, and ensuring seamless hand-off to Regional Quality Management for ongoing oversight
• Coordinate cross-functional alignment at project inception, ensuring all teams are equipped with the necessary resources, documentation, and training
• Develop and deploy standardized quality kick-off protocols to drive consistency and clarity across global projects
• Establish project-specific quality objectives and success metrics in collaboration with Regional Quality teams
• Lead early engagement sessions to identify potential risks and mitigation strategies, setting the foundation for project success
• Provide enhanced support during the initial phase of project turnovers, guiding and mentoring project teams through critical transition points to ensure quality standards are maintained and lessons learned are captured. Act as a central resource to facilitate smooth hand-offs, resolve emerging issues, and reinforce best practices during the first phase of operational integration
• Lead post-construction quality reviews and facilitate knowledge transfer between construction and operations teams
• Support project teams in navigating the complexities of first phase turnovers, ensuring compliance with Meta’s quality standards
• Implement feedback loops to capture and embed lessons learned, driving continuous improvement in turnover processes
• Serve as a point of escalation for unresolved quality issues during turnover, coordinating with Manufacturing Quality Engineering and other cross-functional partners as needed
• Help drive the closure of systemic and critical gating issues through programmatic support of projects during construction and turnover and escalate to the Manufacturing Quality Engineering team or other XFNs as applicable
• Provide guidance and direction to project teams and interface at the highest level between design, construction, and facility operations leadership and the general contractor
• In conjunction with Regional Quality Management teams, establish effective processes and standards to enable efficient execution and effective cross-functional communications
• Through the establishment of outstanding partnership, coordinate quality issues & schedule dynamics between the Meta design, sourcing, construction, and facility operations teams
• Provide feedback to Regional Quality management teams to drive consistency in execution of quality program and focus on mitigation risk to capacity Delivery
• Evaluate effectiveness against Quality Program Standards and modify, if required, Level 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 related quality & commissioning products and processes such as specifications, checklists, test procedures, guidance documents and playbooks
• Responsible for the “operationalizing” of fleet wide best practices across site Quality teams, and driving embedment of Lessons learned to enforce consistency across execution of program
• Engage proactively with the Planning & Strategy team within Quality Operations to ensure alignment of delivery execution with broader organizational goals. Collaborate on the development and refinement of strategic initiatives, process improvements, and resource planning to drive innovation, scalability, and operational effectiveness across the global quality program
• Participate in regular strategy sessions to inform and influence the direction of quality operations programs
• Provide delivery-focused insights and feedback to support the development of long-term quality roadmaps and resource allocation plans
• Partner with Planning & Strategy to identify emerging trends, risks, and opportunities, ensuring the delivery team is positioned to respond effectively
• Champion the integration of strategic priorities into day-to-day operations, fostering an environment of continuous improvement and innovation
• Contribute to building collaborative teams by mentoring and developing the construction Quality & Commissioning teams while providing performance signal to DEC leadership

Requirements:

• 10+ years experience in quality control & quality assurance (QA/QC) programs for data centers or mission critical construction projects
• Experience with managing teams and leading high-performing groups to achieve exceptional results
• Demonstrated experience field issue management and construction risk mitigation
• Extensive experience in contractor, consultant and vendor management
• Experience with Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build construction programs
• Experience with civil/structural, building envelope, mechanical, electrical, and I&C disciplines
• Experience in mission critical power and cooling infrastructure or other critical systems, and the ability to apply that experience to current data center challenges
• Ability to adapt to a fast paced, hands-on, start-up work environment
• BS in Construction Management or Engineering
• Experience utilizing Autodesk BIM360 Field software
• Experience with Tableau, PowerBI, and other Business Intelligence platforms, and driving rollout of useful tools to increase team efficiencies