Director, Commissioning QA/QC (Budgeting Process and Management, Building Commissioning)

Archer; Abilene (TX); Híbrido; USD 139.000 - 292.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits package

Performance bonus potential

Descripción de la vacante

Archer is partnering with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to deliver a Director, Commissioning QA/QC for Oracle's Abilene AI Data Center. This role leads startup, commissioning, quality validation, and operational readiness, ensuring systems are installed correctly and ready for operations.

Expect 60–80% on-site engagement and relocation support for eligible candidates, with optional remote work flexibility for Texas residents.

Formación

• 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 across multiple projects and sites.
• Strong knowledge of data center infrastructure including electrical, 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.

Responsabilidades

• 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 teams, QA/QC, and operations.

Conocimientos

Commissioning leadership

QA/QC management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Field presence

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Herramientas

Data center controls systems

Descripción del empleo

Archer is collaborating with Oracle to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

About The Team

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Director, Data Center Commissioning to lead commissioning will oversees the commissioning of multiple projects and other design and engineering initiatives globally, ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry standards.

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 expected site engagement of 60-80% during turnover, inspection, commissioning, and startup phases. This position is based in Abilene, Texas. Oracle will offer managed relocation assistance for eligible candidates. We will also consider Remote work flexibility 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 escalation 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.

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: $139,400 to $291,800 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:

• 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. 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.
• 11 paid holidays
• 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.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

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