Director, On-Site Power Delivery for Data Centers

Ll Oefentherapie; Abilene (TX); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Abilene AI Data Center seeks a Director, On-Site Power Delivery to lead utility coordination, HV/MV infrastructure readiness, substation delivery, and permanent power energization across active OCI campuses.

The role requires strong governance, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to deliver power milestones on time with 40–60% field presence during critical utility activities.

Qualifications

• 13+ years of experience in utility power delivery, HV/MV electrical infrastructure, substations, mission-critical construction, data centers, industrial campuses, or large capital programs.
• 5+ years of leadership and people management experience managing teams, contractors, utility partners, or cross-functional delivery groups.
• Strong knowledge of utility feeds, substations, switchgear, transformers, protection systems, metering, grounding, and power distribution interfaces.
• Proven experience with utility coordination, interconnection strategy, substation delivery, energization planning, and permanent power readiness.
• Experience managing utility-driven schedule risks, outage constraints, tie-ins, long-lead infrastructure, and recovery plans.
• Background supporting commissioning, startup, turnover, and temporary-to-permanent power transitions.
• Strong field leadership presence with the ability to assess readiness, challenge assumptions, and drive accountability.
• Clear executive communication skills and ability to simplify complex power risks into decisions and actions.
• Strong safety leadership related to energized work, LOTO, outage planning, and live power activities.
• Ability to travel regularly to active campuses and maintain 40–60% site engagement as needed

Responsibilities

• Lead regional utility power delivery governance across OCI campuses
• Oversee HV utility interconnection strategy, substation delivery, and permanent power readiness
• Coordinate utility milestones, outages, tie-ins, energization sequencing, and recovery plans
• Maintain visibility into power delivery risks, dependencies, and schedule impacts across projects
• Partner with utilities, contractors, commissioning, startup, controls, operations, and portfolio teams
• Conduct power readiness reviews and energization readiness assessments
• Validate substation progress, field readiness, turnover quality, and startup alignment onsite
• Escalate utility, infrastructure, and energization risks early and clearly
• Support safe and reliable temporary-to-permanent power transitions
• Reinforce standards for live power work, outage planning, energization discipline, and turnover readiness
• Provide executive-level updates on utility constraints, power risks, and recovery priorities
• Drive consistency, accountability, and leadership capability across power delivery teams

Skills

Construction Management

Construction Project Management

Credential Management

Data Center Infrastructure

Electrical Distribution Infrastructure

Electrical Systems

Manufacturing Data Center

OSHA Regulations

OSHA Safety Assessments

People Operations Function Management

Problem Solving

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Utility Mapping

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

OSHA 30, NFPA 70E credentials

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Abilene AI Data Center seeks a Director, On-Site Power Delivery to lead utility coordination, HV/MV infrastructure readiness, substation delivery, and permanent power energization across active OCI campuses.

The role requires strong governance, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to deliver power milestones on time with 40–60% field presence during critical utility activities.