Special Projects Manager- Data Centers (Shackelford County, TX)

Oracle; United States; On-site; USD 97,500 - 199,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid time off and holiday leave

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Special Project Manager for its data center facilities. The role involves leading complex remediation and retrofit projects, managing project teams, budgets, and schedules across critical infrastructure. Ideal candidates should have over five years of project management experience in data centers or similar environments. Benefits include comprehensive insurance, 401(k) matching, and relocation assistance. The position is full-time, onsite in Shackelford County, Texas.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management, remediation, or technical infrastructure programs.
• Strong experience in mission-critical environments including data centers.
• Ability to manage project scope, budget, schedule, and risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead remediation and special facilities projects from concept through completion.
• Manage budget development, schedule creation, and project setup.
• Oversee construction activities ensuring safety and quality.

Skills

Project management

Construction management

Stakeholder coordination

Decision-making

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or Architecture

Tools

Microsoft Office

MS Project or Primavera P6

Job description

Special Project Manager, Data Center Facilities Remediation Projects

As a Special Project Manager, you will lead the execution of complex remediation, upgrade, and retrofit projects across OCI’s mission‑critical data center portfolio. This role is responsible for managing project teams and driving projects from concept through commissioning and operational handoff with accountability for budget, schedule, design coordination, permitting, construction oversight, safety, and stakeholder alignment.

This role is suited for a manager who can lead high‑impact construction and remediation work in live or partially live critical environments while developing project talent and ensuring consistent execution across multiple workstreams. You will partner closely with Design, Construction, Facilities Operations, Engineering, Commissioning, Procurement, Finance, and vendors to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in a way that protects long‑term operational sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned remediation, retrofit, and special facilities projects from concept through design, permitting, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Manage project setup, including budget development, schedule creation, scope alignment, execution planning, and oversight through completion.
• Lead all phases of project delivery including pre‑construction, design development, permitting and entitlements, competitive bid processes, contractor selection, construction oversight, commissioning, and turnover.
• Manage project managers, coordinators, external project resources, or assigned delivery personnel supporting remediation and retrofit execution.
• Act as the primary leader coordinating internal stakeholders across Facilities Operations, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Procurement, Finance, Security, and site leadership.
• Translate requirements from internal subject matter experts and operations teams into executable project scopes that preserve long‑term operational sustainability.
• Lead design coordination across internal teams, design‑build partners, consultants, and contractors to ensure technical and operational requirements are incorporated into the project.
• Oversee physical construction activities on site, including quality, safety, contractor performance, sequencing, and adherence to site work rules.
• Manage project scope, budget, schedule, risk, staffing, and partner performance while ensuring work is delivered in alignment with Oracle standards and campus operating constraints.
• Coordinate OCI equipment planning, logistics, and integration into project delivery.
• Lead commissioning and turnover activities for critical systems integration across existing data center environments and remediation scopes.
• Ensure complete and accurate turnover documentation is delivered to Operations, including closeout records, drawings, commissioning results, and other required project artifacts.
• Partner closely with site operations teams to coordinate remediation work with ongoing maintenance, operations, and customer‑impact considerations in live facilities.
• Drive day‑to‑day project decisions to conclusion, escalating risk, business‑impact, or resource concerns when appropriate.
• Own project resource allocation, workflow prioritization, and team utilization across assigned remediation programs.
• Support financial governance through forecasting, variance reporting, contractor billing review, approval packages, and coordination with finance partners.
• Lead lessons learned and continuous improvement efforts to strengthen future remediation and retrofit execution across the portfolio.
• Support hiring, onboarding, coaching, and development of project delivery staff aligned to the remediation program.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 5+ years of experience in project management, construction management, remediation, retrofit delivery, or technical infrastructure programs.
• 2+ years of experience leading project teams, project engineers, coordinators, or third‑party project resources.
• Strong experience in complex and technical construction environments, ideally including mission‑critical, industrial, utility, healthcare, semiconductor, or data center facilities.
• Experience delivering projects in live operational environments where safety, continuity, and coordination with ongoing operations are critical.
• Strong understanding of both CSA and MEP scopes, with the ability to coordinate technical and operational stakeholders through construction and turnover.
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or similar field preferred; equivalent experience also valued.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong project and people leadership with the ability to guide teams through complex remediation and retrofit work from concept through closeout.
• Strong budget, schedule, staffing, and contractor management capability.
• Strong communication and stakeholder coordination across technical, operational, and business functions.
• Ability to balance execution speed, safety, operational continuity, and long‑term maintainability.
• Strong decision‑making and problem‑solving in dynamic project environments.
• Strong quality mindset with disciplined follow‑through on documentation, turnover, and project controls.
• Ability to lead through influence while also reinforcing accountability, clarity, and execution discipline across project teams.

Preferred Skills / Certifications

• Experience in data center, critical facilities, or other uptime‑sensitive construction environments.
• Experience with remediation, retrofit, tenant improvement, infrastructure upgrade, or brownfield construction programs.
• Familiarity with commissioning, turnover, operational handoff, and project closeout requirements in mission‑critical environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools such as MS Project or Primavera P6.
• PMP, CCM, PE, or similar construction/project management credentials are a plus.
• Experience with contractor qualification, bid management, permitting coordination, project forecasting, and team resource planning is strongly preferred.

Physical Demands / Work Environment

This role supports mission‑critical data center facilities and requires regular engagement in both office and active site environments. To perform these duties, you must be able to frequently walk, stand, sit, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, and move through construction and operational areas. You may occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds. These duties must be performed safely, with or without reasonable accommodation, to support project execution in active facilities environments.

Location and Relocation Assistance

Full‑time role located onsite at our new hyperscale facility in Shackelford County, Texas. Relocation assistance will be provided.

Compensation

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $97,500 – $199,500 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short term and long term disability
• Life insurance, AD&D, supplemental life insurance
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) savings and investment plan with company match
• Paid time off, vacation accrual, paid holidays, sick leave, parental leave, adoption assistance
• Employee stock purchase plan, financial planning and group legal, voluntary benefits

EEO Statement

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.