Connectivity Engineer - Data Center Design, Engineering, & Construction

Connectivity Engineer Responsibilities

• 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.
• Continually 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.
• Coincide lessons learned with the internal and external cross functional partners.
• 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.
• Establish milestones for equipment purchase and track and report against these milestones.
• Aid in the selection and review of a contractor to support the structured cabling work within a data center.
• Report progress and risks on site projects and other initiatives to key stakeholders.
• Manage project change order requests.
• Coordinate 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.
• 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.'
• Perform physical inspections to ensure 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.
• Lead the technical lead for industry and Meta standards, responsible to lead 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.
• Partner with DEC design and engineering teams to digitally support design reviews, BOM reviews, and as-built drawing validations.
• 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.
• 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.
• Foster an environment of open and transparent communication while acknowledging demonstrated experience in EHS practices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in project management.
• Experience engaging and guiding stakeholders.
• Experience providing solutions to construction related problems.
• Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and MS Project.
• Experience with Quality Assurance and Quality Control, including progressive inspections and acceptance.
• Experience in leading deployments of Network/Structure cabling infrastructure.
• Experience with fiber optic testing at scale inclusive of complex troubleshooting.
• Experience with outside plant cabling (OSP) deployments including OTDR/OLTS testing.
• Experience managing IT or IP Network deployment projects in a mission critical environment requiring coordination across multiple disciplines for the delivery of a common goal.
• Experience with Primavera 6.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements).
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies.