Program Manager, Manufacturing
Job Summary
Job Description
Meta seeks a Program Manager for Manufacturing to lead all manufactured components in its massive RPL data center project. This role requires managing supply chain optimization, coordinating with internal/external stakeholders, and ensuring timely delivery of components. Responsibilities include program management, interfacing with various teams (CAPs, logistics, integration PMs, GCs), risk management, cost/change coordination, schedule development, and cross-functional collaboration. The successful candidate will drive first-of-kind prototyping, logistics, and integration for one of the world's largest data centers, requiring extensive experience in construction, manufacturing, and large-scale project management.
Must have:
- 10+ years exp in construction, manufacturing, project planning
- Large-scale construction mgmt & scalable manufacturing exp
- Lean manufacturing, supply chain mgmt knowledge
- Excellent communication & consensus-building skills
- Proficient in Google Workspace & Bluebeam
Good to have:
- Off-site fabrication experience
- Data center construction experience
- Experience with eBuilder, Procore, Solidworks, etc.
- LEAN tools experience (Last Planner, Gemba, etc.)
- PMP Certification
Perks:
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
6 skills required
Job Details
Manufacturing is a pillar within Meta’s Delivery Team supporting data center construction. We exist to support the predictable delivery of capacity at scale through manufactured solutions.
The Manufacturing Team’s primary focus is supply chain engagement and optimization. We accept Manufacturing Informed Designed (MID) components and orchestrate their detailing and prototyping to optimum manufacturability then work with our partners in Delivery to plan logistics and integration to avoid challenges in construction.
This team is comprised of strategic designers, strategic builders, tactical specialists, plus internal and external subject matter experts (SME) including preconstruction managers, contractors, schedulers, equipment reliability engineers, and sourcing specialists.
This position will lead program management of all manufactured components in support of Meta's RPL project. This mega-project is of such scale that it requires a high-performing PM to drive strategic and tactical aspects of first-of-kind prototyping, logistics, and integration. Never before have we relied so heavily on offsite construction; a necessity here to deliver a project of this magnitude on an aggressive timeline. The successful candidate will be instrumental in ensuring the timely delivery of this capacity on what will be the largest project in Meta's history and one of a few of the largest data centers in the world.
Program Manager, Manufacturing Responsibilities
- Program Management – Lead coordination, document, and anticipate program needs to ensure cost, schedule, and quality in concert with the mega-project construction
- Primary Interface with the Manufacturing CAPs (Component Accountable PMs) - to coordinate on Supplier production (manufacturing execution) including configuring supply chain, production, scheduling, strategic inventory, logistics, and integration in collaboration with our delivery and quality teams
- Interface with mega-project MOFE (Manufactured Owner Furnished Equipment) Onsite Logistics PM for logistical planning
- Interface with mega-project MOFE Onsite Integration / Testing PM for planning and coordination
- Manage GC (General Contractor) MOFE Coordinators for logistics, planning, coordination, reporting, lessons learned, etc.
- Risk Matrix development, maintenance, and related reporting
- Cost & Change Coordination with mega-project Meta designees including CM/PCA, ISCE, & MOFE CAPs
- Schedule Development with Engineering/Scheduling, GCs, CAPs, & Suppliers
- Regular Debriefs / Lessons Learned development, summary and communication to Engineering, Leadership, & XFNs (cross-functional partners)
- Partner with cross functional teams on related efforts to ensure alignment and transparency across Design, Engineering, & Construction (DEC)
- Partner closely with Sourcing Team for strategy and deployment of owner furnished equipment.
- Partner with Global QA/QC Team to identify and strategically shift to the vendors and manufacturers, appropriate elements of the multi-trade integration and commissioning efforts to reduce onsite efforts. Your objective is to embed as much trade work and commissioning as is appropriate at the optimum points of fabrication from start through to the final point of integration.
- Support team learning by bring lessons learned, vendors, new technology, and other topics to the group for exploration.
- Travel approximately 40% Domestic Travel to construction and fabrication sites required (including minimal international travel as required)
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in program management
- 10+ years’ experience in construction, manufacturing, and/or project planning
- Experience in large scale construction management and/or scalable manufacturing
- Manufacturing-for-construction background with understanding of lean manufacturing and supply-chain management plus knowledge of production machinery, processes, and standards in the field or industry experience with developing workflows and their associated flowcharts, schedules, and action plans
- Experience building consensus and communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences (stakeholders to executive leadership).
- Proven track record of adaptability and problem-solving in a dynamic work environment
- Proficient working knowledge of Google Workspace and Bluebeam
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with off-site fabrication, pre-assembly and/or modularization of complex elements for construction [or off-shore] projects
- Mission Critical, infrastructure, and/or data center construction experience
- Experience working with blended architecture, engineering, manufacturing/assembly and construction teams
- Software experience with eBuilder, Procore, Solidworks, Autodesk modeling software, Primavera P6, and/or BIM 360
- Experience with LEAN tools (such as Choosing by Advantage, Last Planner/Pull Planning, Gemba, Kanban)
- Experience working with Statistical Process Control (SPC), Just In Time (JIT) strategizing, and manufacturing data analytics.
- PMP Certification
For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click for additional information.
Locations
Data Center
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Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
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