Lead Data Center Commissioning Engineer (Hyperscale)

Oracle Corporation; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Oracle Corporation's OCI division seeks a Principal Data Center Commissioning Engineer to drive commissioning across hyperscale AI data center projects in the Greater Abilene, TX area. You will coordinate with contractors, vendors, and cross-functional teams to ensure safe, on-time delivery and alignment with business goals.

The role emphasizes field leadership, rigorous safety standards, and proactive issue resolution, with relocation support and potential travel up to 50% for qualified

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience supporting construction execution on large-scale, complex projects.
• Experience in data centers, mission-critical facilities, industrial construction, infrastructure, semiconductor, power, or other technical construction environments.
• Knowledge of construction sequencing, field coordination, manpower tracking, productivity monitoring, and milestone execution.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, look-ahead plans, and turnover documentation.
• Proven ability to identify field risks, resolve construction issues, and escalate effectively.
• Strong understanding of safety expectations, quality standards, punch-list management, and turnover readiness.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide clear, concise updates.
• Ability to work primarily onsite with approximately 85% field/site engagement.
• Strong ownership mindset, urgency, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced construction environment.

Responsibilities

• Support daily construction execution for assigned buildings, systems, areas, or trade scopes.
• Work closely with general contractors, subcontractors, foremen, superintendents, and trade partners.
• Monitor field progress, manpower, productivity, sequencing, and workface readiness.
• Ensure construction activities align with approved schedules, milestones, logistics plans, and turnover priorities.
• Identify and help resolve field issues, trade conflicts, congestion risks, and execution constraints.
• Reinforce onsite safety expectations through visible field presence.
• Support installation quality verification and help reduce rework.
• Partner with QA/QC, commissioning, controls, logistics, safety, and operations teams.
• Track punch-list items, turnover readiness, and startup support requirements.
• Provide accurate daily field reports, progress updates, issue logs, and milestone updates.
• Support recovery plans when schedule, quality, productivity, or coordination issues arise.
• Support Construction Managers in promoting consistent field execution practices.
• Maintain continuous site awareness through regular field walks and direct contractor engagement.

Skills

On-site coordination

Safety compliance

Stakeholder communication

Field issue resolution

Tools

Primavera P6

Oracle Primavera Cloud

MS Project

Power BI

Tableau

Smartsheet

Job description

Oracle Corporation's OCI division seeks a Principal Data Center Commissioning Engineer to drive commissioning across hyperscale AI data center projects in the Greater Abilene, TX area. You will coordinate with contractors, vendors, and cross-functional teams to ensure safe, on-time delivery and alignment with business goals.

The role emphasizes field leadership, rigorous safety standards, and proactive issue resolution, with relocation support and potential travel up to 50% for qualified