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

Oracle; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Oracle in Shackelford County near Abilene, TX is seeking a Director of Power Operations to lead the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of power generation and delivery assets supporting OCI’s energy resilience strategy and data-center reliability.

The Director will guide plant operations teams, partner with construction, maintenance, engineering, and site operations to ensure generation capacity meets OCI’s reliability requirements, and help coordinate fuel procurement and PPAs with

Responsibilities

• Lead safe, reliable operation of power generation and delivery assets to support OCI data centers.
• Coordinate with construction, maintenance, engineering, and site operations to ensure generation capacity meets reliability requirements.

Job 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.