Meta is seeking a leader experienced to become part of our Central Operations - Design, Engineering, and Construction (DEC) team. The DEC team endeavors to advance the state of physical security infrastructure and building systems through strategic and innovative solutions. In this Regional Manager position, you will support all new build and retrofit projects for the workplace in the EMEA and APAC regions. You will endeavor to develop, facilitate, and streamline processes to improve efficiency and consistency in how physical security infrastructure and other building systems are designed and delivered to empower Global Workplace Services (GWS) overall mission to deliver first class workspaces for the business. You should understand critical aspects of project design such that you can guide scalable design solutions for both technology and non-technology solutions within the built environment. This includes working with various cross-functional teams within GWS and Global Security to ensure physical security standards are properly integrated into GWS’s processes to provide predictability in security design and execution.

Responsibilities

Pre-Design: Assess security risk and business risk during early project phases to influence design strategy
Design Development: Responsible for a well-defined and coordinated set of documents that capture project design intent and all relevant standards and guidelines. This will require attending meetings and working across all levels of the organization to provide background and educate both technical and non-technical stakeholders on the design requirements
Design Coordination: Support integration of physical security and other building system design elements into civil, landscape, structural, architectural, and electrical design elements
Design Verification: Review design documents to ensure alignment with relevant standards and guidelines
Project Execution: Actively manage the end-to-end process of delivering physical security infrastructure and technology projects ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards
Resource Planning: Develop annual forecasting and resource allocation strategy for design, construction, and support services based on ongoing and projected pipeline projects. This will require a complete understanding and awareness of global strategy for regions and their associated projects
Continuous Improvement: Review and arbitrate proposed product updates and standards modifications. Update design & delivery documents in line with evolving design standards for consistency and stakeholder alignment
Vendor Management: Provide administration and oversight of all vendor master service agreements, scope of works, and contracts for design & construction. Actively engage key stakeholders to drive alignment. Facilitate quarterly business reviews with vendors
Project Management: Lead & facilitate the various processes and stakeholders to ensure effective communication, collaboration, and timely completion of project construction that is on budget
Construction Support: Analyzes and resolves construction process problems and issues and effectively communicates and interfaces with all levels of organization. Respond to all escalated RFIs and change orders
Construction Verification: Validate construction with design documents, technical standards, and regulatory requirements prior to project completion. Document deviations and variances
Retrofits: Assess and implement modifications to existing projects while maintaining alignment with cross functional partners and organizational strategy
Process Integration: Work with various cross-functional teams within Global Workplace Services (GWS) to ensure all processes are properly integrated into the overall workplace program to provide predictability in design and

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (MEP, Architectural, Structural, or Civil), Construction Management, or a related field. A combination of education and work experience or simply work experience will also be considered in lieu of a degree
10+ years of work experience in large scale corporate/technology/industrial design, construction, operations, and maintenance or similar experience in commercial office space construction
In-depth knowledge of the building construction discipline, including project design (codes, standards, etc) and delivery methodologies (contracts, documents schedules, etc)
Experience preparing annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and monthly reports for multiple projects and/or programs
Experience with physical security principles, including commonly used concepts, strategies, practices, and procedures
Experience prioritizing requests, managing projects, and working with large project teams to meet target delivery dates
Experience with communicating technical details to all organizational levels, including non-technical personnel

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree in Engineering (MEP, Architectural, Structural, or Civil), Construction Management, or a related field
Work experience in all disciplines of construction (civil, structural, architectural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and security/low voltage) preferred
Experience with low voltage security systems or other building systems
Experience with site selection, due diligence, and master planning of large-scale mission critical projects or other campus-style projects
Physical Security Certification [PSP, CPP, CPTED, etc]
Experience working within an AI-native environment and/or leveraging AI-supported workflows

Physical Security, DEC Regional Manager, EMEA & APAC

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