Senior Data Center Commissioning Lead – Hyperscale AI Campus

Ll Oefentherapie; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 126,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Short/long term disability insurance

Life insurance

Supplemental life insurance (Employee/

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Lead Principal Data Center Commissioning Engineer to guide site‑level commissioning, testing, and turnover for OCI AI data center campuses in Abilene, TX. The role requires hands‑on leadership, strong field presence, and cross‑functional coordination with construction, vendors, controls, safety, and operations.

Responsibilities include leading readiness reviews, managing test documentation, and ensuring operational handoff.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data center commissioning, mission critical startup, construction turnover, or complex infrastructure delivery.
• Experience leading commissioning, testing, startup, or operational readiness activities.
• Strong understanding of data center electrical, mechanical, controls, life safety, and integrated systems.
• Ability to identify commissioning risks, system readiness gaps, and turnover issues in the field.
• Experience with functional testing, integrated systems testing, energization readiness, and operational handoff.
• Strong coordination skills across construction, vendors, commissioning, controls, safety, and operations.
• Ability to manage issue logs, readiness trackers, test documentation, and turnover deliverables.
• Strong field leadership presence and ability to influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning, startup, testing, and turnover activities for assigned scopes.
• Coordinate startup sequencing with construction, vendors, controls, safety, commissioning, and operations teams.
• Support energization readiness, functional testing, and integrated systems testing.
• Validate system readiness before testing, turnover, and operational acceptance.
• Lead readiness reviews, commissioning coordination meetings, and startup planning sessions.
• Track commissioning issues, risks, deficiencies, and recovery actions through closure.
• Escalate startup, readiness, and turnover risks quickly and clearly.
• Ensure turnover documentation, test records, and readiness evidence are complete and accurate.

Skills

Data Center Infrastructure

OSHA Safety Assessments

OSHA Safety Standards

Project Management

Safety Procedures

Stakeholder Management

Technical Documentation

Quality Engineering

Job description

Oracle is seeking a Lead Principal Data Center Commissioning Engineer to guide site‑level commissioning, testing, and turnover for OCI AI data center campuses in Abilene, TX. The role requires hands‑on leadership, strong field presence, and cross‑functional coordination with construction, vendors, controls, safety, and operations.

Responsibilities include leading readiness reviews, managing test documentation, and ensuring operational handoff.