Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Principal, On-Site Power Delivery
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) - Data Center Infrastructure
Organization: OCI Abilene AI Data Center
Location: Abilene, Texas
Work Arrangement: On-site preferred or Texas Remote with 50-60% travel
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeking a Principal, On-Site Power Delivery Lead to support utility power coordination, high-voltage infrastructure readiness, substation delivery alignment, and permanent power energization across active OCI campuses. This role focuses on keeping utility milestones, substations, outages, tie-ins, and permanent power transitions visible, coordinated, and executed safely. The principal partners closely with utilities, construction, commissioning, startup, controls, operations, and portfolio leadership to help ensure power delivery stays aligned with project schedules and operational readiness.
This is a highly field-engaged role, with expected 40–60% site presence during critical utility, energization, startup, and recovery activities.
Responsibilities
- Support regional utility power delivery governance across OCI campuses
- Oversee HV utility interconnection strategy, substation delivery, and permanent power readiness
- Coordinate utility milestones, outages, tie-ins, energization sequencing, and recovery plans
- Maintain visibility into power delivery risks, dependencies, and schedule impacts across projects
- Partner with utilities, contractors, commissioning, startup, controls, operations, and portfolio teams
- Conduct power readiness reviews and energization readiness assessments
- Validate substation progress, field readiness, turnover quality, and startup alignment onsite
- Escalate utility, infrastructure, and energization risks early and clearly
- Support safe and reliable temporary-to-permanent power transitions
- Reinforce standards for live power work, outage planning, energization discipline, and turnover readiness
- Provide executive-level updates on utility constraints, power risks, and recovery priorities
- Mentor and support team members by sharing technical expertise, field insights, and practical execution guidance
- Help drive consistency, accountability, and strong decision-making across power delivery workstreams
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in utility power delivery, HV/MV electrical infrastructure, substations, mission-critical construction, data centers, industrial campuses, or large capital programs
- Deep knowledge of utility feeds, substations, switchgear, transformers, protection systems, metering, grounding, and power distribution interfaces
- Proven experience with utility coordination, interconnection strategy, substation delivery, energization planning, and permanent power readiness
- Experience managing utility-driven schedule risks, outage constraints, tie-ins, long-lead infrastructure, and recovery plans
- Background supporting commissioning, startup, turnover, and temporary-to-permanent power transitions
- Strong field presence with the ability to assess readiness, challenge assumptions, and drive accountability
- Clear communication skills with the ability to simplify complex power risks into decisions and actions
- Strong safety leadership related to energized work, LOTO, outage planning, and live power activities
- Ability to travel regularly to active campuses and maintain 40–60% site engagement as needed
- Ability to mentor peers and contribute as a trusted technical resource without direct supervisory responsibility
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering Management, or related field; equivalent experience considered
- PE, PMP, OSHA 30, NFPA 70E, or similar credentials preferred
- Experience with data centers, cloud campuses, semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, energy, or other mission-critical environments
- Experience supporting regional or multi-campus power delivery programs
- Familiarity with utility interconnection, service agreements, outage requests, energization approvals, and metering requirements
- Experience in owner’s representative, developer, EPC, construction management, commissioning, startup, or operations roles
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders across utilities, contractors, project teams, and operations without direct authority
We Offer
- Hiring Range: $126,200 to $264,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
- Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Short term and long term disability
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- 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: Flexible Vacation and Accrued Vacation
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance
About the Company
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