Hyperscale Data Center Project Controls Lead

Oracle

Town of Texas (WI)

Hybrid

USD 126,000 - 264,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Lead Principal Data Center Project Controls to drive integrated planning, controls, and analytics for Oracle Cloud's Abilene AI Data Center and Shackelford County projects in Texas. This role oversees documentation, quality control, and contracts with vendors while guiding commissioning and startup activities.

The role requires travel to project sites and strong cross-functional leadership to ensure on-time delivery and adherence to design specifications.

Qualifications

10+ years’ experience in project controls, project management, program management, construction delivery, supply chain, operational governance, or large-scale infrastructure delivery.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Supply Chain, Operations, or related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, data center, mission-critical, industrial, or manufacturing programs.
Strong understanding of integrated schedules, cost tracking, risk management, forecasting, milestone reporting, and executive reporting.
Demonstrated ability to connect project data with actual field conditions and translate findings into action plans.
Experience coordinating supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, and material readiness with project execution needs.
Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive accountability without directly owning field execution.
Experience preparing dashboards, action trackers, risk reports, recovery plans, and executive updates.
Willingness to travel regularly to project sites, suppliers, and manufacturing partners.

Responsibilities

Drive integrated project schedules, milestone trackers, forecasts, dashboards, and executive reporting for assigned data center delivery scopes.
Track project performance across cost, schedule, risk, safety, supply chain readiness, manufacturing alignment, logistics, and field execution.
Identify critical-path risks, cross-functional dependencies, delivery constraints, procurement gaps, manufacturing bottlenecks, logistics concerns, and recovery needs.
Develop and maintain mitigation plans, recovery forecasts, risk registers, milestone trackers, issue and action logs, and decision records.
Coordinate long-lead procurement status, supplier readiness, manufacturing alignment, logistics plans, and material flow with project execution needs.
Support prefab, modular delivery, OSA adoption, and industrialized delivery scaling by aligning manufacturing and field requirements.
Partner with project teams, suppliers, logistics providers, manufacturing partners, and leadership to improve execution alignment and schedule predictability.
Validate project reporting through field engagement, site reviews, supplier check-ins, and manufacturing status reviews.
Escalate project risks early with clear ownership, recommended actions, due dates, and recovery paths.
Facilitate TPM governance, operating rhythms, cross-functional coordination meetings, accountability tracking, and follow-up discipline.
Monitor KPIs including forecast accuracy, cost variance, schedule adherence, mitigation closure, material delivery, supplier performance, manufacturing throughput, logistics readiness, safety trends, and project health.
Convert project data into executive-ready insights, decision briefs, and recommendations.