Principal Data Center Commissioning Engineer

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Principal Data Center

Commissioning Engineer to support commissioning across multiple data center

projects for hyperscale AI data center commissioning in the Greater Abilene,

Texas Area. 

In this role, you will help ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently,

and in alignment with business goals, industry standards, and operational

reliability requirements. You will work closely with stakeholders, suppliers,

contractors, engineering teams, and cross-functional partners to communicate

expectations, track progress, resolve issues, and support successful project

completion.

You will also monitor key performance indicators during systems testing,

identify trends or anomalies, contribute to technical documentation, and help

ensure quality and safety standards are followed throughout the project

lifecycle.

This position is based in Greater Abilene area (Shackelford County, Texas)

approximately 20 miles from Abilene. We are open to local to the area or open to

relocate to Abilene. Oracle offers competitive relocation packages for eligible

candidates. We will also consider candidates from the Dallas-Ft. Worth area who

are open to travel over 50%.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Support daily construction execution for assigned buildings, systems, areas,

or trade scopes.

* Work closely with general contractors, subcontractors, foremen,

superintendents, and trade partners.

* Monitor field progress, manpower, productivity, sequencing, and workface

readiness.

* Ensure construction activities align with approved schedules, milestones,

logistics plans, and turnover priorities.

* Identify and help resolve field issues, trade conflicts, congestion risks,

and execution constraints.

* Reinforce onsite safety expectations through visible field presence.

* Support installation quality verification and help reduce rework.

* Partner with QA/QC, commissioning, controls, logistics, safety, and

operations teams.

* Track punch-list items, turnover readiness, and startup support requirements.

* Provide accurate daily field reports, progress updates, issue logs, and

milestone updates.

* Support recovery plans when schedule, quality, productivity, or coordination

issues arise.

* Support Construction Managers in promoting consistent field execution

practices.

* Maintain continuous site awareness through regular field walks and direct

contractor engagement.

Qualifications: 

*  6+ years of experience supporting construction execution on large-scale,

complex projects.

* Experience in data centers, mission-critical facilities, industrial

construction, infrastructure, semiconductor, power, or other technical

construction environments.

* Knowledge of construction sequencing, field coordination, manpower tracking,

productivity

* monitoring, and milestone execution.

* Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications,

schedules, look-ahead plans, and turnover documentation.

* Proven ability to identify field risks, resolve construction issues, and

escalate effectively.

* Strong understanding of safety expectations, quality standards, punch-list

management, and turnover readiness.

* Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide clear, concise

updates.

* Ability to work primarily onsite with approximately 85% field/site

engagement.

* Strong ownership mindset, urgency, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced

construction environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience supporting hyperscale data center construction projects.

* Experience in an owner’s representative, construction management, EPC, or

general contractor environment.

* Familiarity with data center systems, including electrical, mechanical,

controls, civil, structural, architectural, network, or commissioning-related

scopes.

* Experience supporting or coaching Construction Managers, field engineers,

coordinators, or discipline-specific construction teams.

* Experience supporting fast-track construction, phased turnover,

commissioning-driven delivery, or recovery execution.

* Familiarity with construction reporting tools, scheduling platforms, document

control systems, and issue tracking processes such as Primavera P6, Oracle

Primavera Cloud, MS Project, Power BI, Tableau, Smartsheet, or similar tools.

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QUALIFICATIONS

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to

comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health

mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the

stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $102,300 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible

for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for

variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as

well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as

well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion

2. Short term disability and long term disability

3. Life insurance and AD&D

4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)

5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts

6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees

assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is

provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees

working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days

annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for

subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees

working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours

per week are not eligible for vacation.

9. 11 paid holidays

10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes

each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap

of 112 hours.

11. Paid parental leave

12. Adoption assistance

13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

14. Financial planning and group legal

15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days

from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC4

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