Director, Commissioning QA/QC

Oracle; Abilene (TX); Hybrid; USD 139,400 - 291,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan

Paid time off including flexible vacation

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Director, Commissioning QA/QC to ensure operational readiness at its Abilene AI Data Center. This leadership role entails managing startup and commissioning processes across data center projects, coordinating teams to validate system executions, and ensuring adherence to quality standards.

With 12+ years of experience in large-scale infrastructure projects, the ideal candidate will possess strong leadership abilities and a bachelor’s degree in engineering.

This position offers flexibility and relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• 12+ years’ experience leading commissioning and QA/QC on large-scale projects.
• 5+ years managing teams and contractors across multiple sites.
• Strong knowledge of data center infrastructure and critical systems.
• Ability to assess field readiness and enforce quality standards.
• Willingness to maintain heavy field presence.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning and operational readiness for data center projects.
• Coordinate between construction, vendors, and commissioning teams.
• Drive deficiency tracking and corrective actions across projects.
• Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Electrical Systems

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Director, Commissioning QA/QC to lead startup, commissioning, quality validation, and operational readiness for Oracle's Abilene AI Data Center. This role ensures critical systems are installed correctly, tested thoroughly, energized safely, and turned over ready for operations.

The Director will coordinate across construction, controls, vendors, QA/QC, commissioning teams, and operations to drive predictable startup execution, reduce rework, and ensure systems meet design intent and operational requirements. This is a field‑focused leadership role with an expected site engagement of 60‑80% during turnover, inspection, commissioning, and startup phases.

The position is based in Abilene, Texas. Oracle will offer managed relocation assistance for eligible candidates. Remote work flexibility is available for Texas residents who are open to traveling 50%.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead commissioning, QA/QC, startup readiness, and turnover validation across active data center projects
• Own startup sequencing, integrated testing, energization readiness, and operational handoff coordination.
• Validate installation quality, system readiness, and turnover completeness in the field.
• Lead readiness reviews, QA/QC reviews, startup meetings, and issue‑resolution sessions.
• Coordinate between construction, controls, vendors, commissioning agents, QA/QC teams, and operations.
• Identify and escalate startup risks, quality issues, deficiencies, and operational readiness gaps.
• Drive deficiency tracking, closure, corrective actions, and verification before acceptance.
• Support safe and efficient energization planning and execution.
• Monitor startup flow, quality trends, inspection results, retesting, and recurring failures.
• Develop and maintain startup sequencing plans, integrated testing plans, QA/QC audit plans, readiness dashboards, risk reports, and turnover verification reports.
• Improve key performance metrics including startup cycle time, first‑pass yield, retest reduction, inspection pass rate, deficiency closure time, rework reduction, and operational acceptance quality.
• Ensure operational handoff packages are complete, accurate, and ready for operations ownership.
• Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement across commissioning and QA/QC execution.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 12+ years’ experience leading commissioning, QA/QC, startup, turnover, or operational readiness on large‑scale mission‑critical or infrastructure projects.
• 5+ years managing people, including commissioning managers, engineers, vendors, and contractors; ability to set priorities, assign work, coach teams, and hold teams accountable across multiple projects, regions and sites.
• Strong knowledge of data center infrastructure including electrical systems, mechanical, controls, life safety, and building automation systems.
• Experience with startup sequencing, integrated testing, functional performance verification, energization planning, and turnover acceptance.
• Ability to assess field readiness, audit installation quality, observe testing, and verify deficiency closure.
• Strong understanding of QA/QC programs, inspection planning, audits, quality reporting, and corrective action management.
• Proven ability to coordinate across construction, vendors, commissioning teams, QA/QC, controls, and operations.
• Strong communication, escalation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, high‑accountability hyperscale delivery environment.
• Willingness to maintain heavy field presence during startup, inspection, commissioning, and turnover phases.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, quality management, facilities management, or equivalent experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience delivering hyperscale, cloud, AI, colocation, or enterprise data center projects.
• Experience leading commissioning or QA/QC for major data center campuses or multi‑building programs.
• Knowledge of Level 1–5 commissioning, integrated systems testing, readiness gates, and operational acceptance.
• Familiarity with medium‑voltage and low‑voltage electrical systems, generators, UPS, switchgear, EPMS, BMS, cooling systems, controls, and fire/life safety systems.
• Experience building QA/QC governance, audit programs, turnover quality standards, dashboards, and corrective action processes.
• Experience improving startup cycle time, first‑pass yield, inspection pass rates, defect recurrence, and operational handoff quality.
• Certifications such as PMP, CxA, CCP, CQE, CMQ/OE, OSHA 10 or OSHA 30, LEED, or related credentials.

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

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $139,400 - $291,800 per year. 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.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• 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.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

Career Level - M4

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