Director, Power Operations (on-site Shackelford County, TX)

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About the team

As Director, Power Operations, you will lead all power generation operations and power delivery infrastructure supporting OCI’s energy resilience strategy. The person in this role will own performance, compliance, and lifecycle optimization of power assets across sites including delivering reliable and uninterrupted power to data center infrastructure. We live by the philosophy “always on”.

Description

>> This position will be full-time on-site at Oracle's data center site in Shackelford County, near Abilene, TX .  Relocation assistance may be available in accordance with Oracle’s relocation policies. << 

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) powers Oracle’s global cloud services through highly available, large-scale, enterprise-grade data center environments. The Data Center Infrastructure Operations / Facilities team plays a critical role in sustaining OCI’s performance, security, and operational resilience by ensuring infrastructure systems operate reliably at scale. You will join a technically rigorous organization with a culture grounded in operational excellence, disciplined processes, and continuous improvement, where infrastructure reliability, safety, and execution quality are foundational to delivering cloud services worldwide. 

Role Overview   

The Director of Power Operations is responsible for leading the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of power generation and delivery assets supporting OCI’s energy resilience strategy. This role provides operational leadership across power plants, ensuring high availability, regulatory compliance, and optimized lifecycle performance of generation assets. 

The Director will lead plant operations teams while partnering closely with construction, maintenance, engineering, and site operations organizations to ensure generation capacity meets the reliability requirements of OCI’s data center infrastructure. The role also supports fuel procurement strategy, power purchase agreements (PPAs), and coordination with power providers/stakeholders and regulators to ensure long-term operational stability. 

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities   

Plant Operations Leadership  

• Lead day-to-day operations of power generation facilities to ensure safe, reliable, and continuous power generation. 

• Build, develop, and cultivate relationships that lead to high-performing plant operations teams responsible for power operations, maintenance coordination, and plant reliability. 

• Establish operational standards, procedures, and framework to ensure optimal resiliency and reliability, manage risks, and maintain up-time of data center assets.

• Drive a culture of operational excellence, compliance, safety, and accountability across all generation sites. 

Reliability & Performance  

• Ensure power assets achieve high availability and reliability targets supporting critical infrastructure operations. 

• Monitor plant performance, availability, heat rate, and operational KPIs to drive continuous improvement. 

• Partner with maintenance and engineering teams to optimize preventative maintenance programs and minimize forced outages. 

• Oversee incident investigations and root cause analysis to improve long-term asset performance. 

Cross-Functional Collaboration  

• Collaborate closely with operations, construction, and maintenance teams to support commissioning, startup, and integration of new power assets to ensure on time delivery and optimal operational configurations and design.

• Partner with engineering teams on lifecycle management, upgrades, and plant optimization initiatives. 

• Coordinate with site operations and reliability teams to ensure plant generation aligns with data center load requirements both in construction delivery and day-to-day operations. 

Fuel & Commercial Management  

• Support natural gas procurement strategy and coordinate fuel supply agreements to ensure consistent and cost-effective plant operations. 

• Participate in the review and management of power purchase agreements (PPAs) and energy supply contracts. 

• Work with utilities and/or power suppliers to coordinate generation capacity and grid interconnection requirements. 

Compliance, Safety & Governance  

• Ensure all plant operations comply with applicable federal, state, and local regulatory requirements. 

• Maintain strict adherence to EH&S standards and company safety programs. 

• Ensure compliance with environmental permits, emissions standards, and operational reporting requirements. 

• Maintain strong working relationships with regulatory agencies and utilities. 

Ideal Candidate Profile   

• 15+ years of experience in power generation operations, preferably in gas power/combined cycle plants or Reciprocating Engine experience.

• Proven leadership experience managing plant operations teams in mission-critical or utility scale environments. 

• Deep understanding of power operations, plant controls, fuel systems, and generation reliability. 

• Experience supporting gas procurement, fuel supply management, and power purchase agreements (PPAs). 

• Strong experience working across operations, construction, engineering, and maintenance organizations. Strong project management/delivery experience is a plus. 

Skills and Competencies   

• Demonstrated leadership managing complex generation operations and plant teams. 

• Strong operational decision-making in high-reliability environments. 

• Ability to balance plant reliability, operational efficiency, and cost management. 

• Strong stakeholder management with utilities, regulators, OEMs, and internal leadership teams. 

• Experience implementing safety programs, operational governance, and regulatory compliance frameworks. 

Why Oracle Cloud Infrastructure?   

 
• Global impact at scale: Contribute directly to how mission-critical OCI data centers operate across regions and continents, influencing infrastructure reliability, security, sustainability, and long-term capacity growth.  
• Technically rigorous environment: Work alongside experienced engineers, automation specialists, and compliance teams in a rapidly scaling hyperscale cloud infrastructure, where disciplined execution and technical depth matter.  
• Culture built on operational excellence: Join an organization that values safety, process rigor, clear accountability, and continuous improvement as foundational to protecting uptime and customer trust.  
• Long-term career development: Benefit from internal mobility, role-based technical training, and development opportunities designed for professionals building long-term careers in cloud infrastructure and facilities operations. 

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: $126,200 to $264,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

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.

As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.