Director, Power Operations (on-site Shackelford County, TX)

Role Overview

This position will be full-time on-site at Oracle's data center site in Shackelford County, near Abilene, TX .  Relocation assistance may be available in accordance with Oracle’s relocation policies.< <

This position will be full-time on-site at Oracle's data center site in Shackelford County, near Abilene, TX .  Relocation assistance may be available in accordance with Oracle’s relocation policies.< <

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) powers Oracle’s global cloud services through highly available, large-scale, enterprise-grade data center environments. The Data Center Infrastructure Operations / Facilities team plays a critical role in sustaining OCI’s performance, security, and operational resilience by ensuring infrastructure systems operate reliably at scale. You will join a technically rigorous organization with a culture grounded in operational excellence, disciplined processes, and continuous improvement, where infrastructure reliability, safety, and execution quality are foundational to delivering cloud services worldwide.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) powers Oracle’s global cloud services through highly available, large-scale, enterprise-grade data center environments. The Data Center Infrastructure Operations / Facilities team plays a critical role in sustaining OCI’s performance, security, and operational resilience by ensuring infrastructure systems operate reliably at scale. You will join a technically rigorous organization with a culture grounded in operational excellence, disciplined processes, and continuous improvement, where infrastructure reliability, safety, and execution quality are foundational to delivering cloud services worldwide.

Role Overview

Role Overview

The Director of Power Operations is responsible for leading the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of power generation and delivery assets supporting OCI’s energy resilience strategy. This role provides operational leadership across power plants, ensuring high availability, regulatory compliance, and optimized lifecycle performance of generation assets.

The Director of Power Operations is responsible for leading the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of power generation and delivery assets supporting OCI’s energy resilience strategy. This role provides operational leadership across power plants, ensuring high availability, regulatory compliance, and optimized lifecycle performance of generation assets.

The Director will lead plant operations teams while partnering closely with construction, maintenance, engineering, and site operations organizations to ensure generation capacity meets the reliability requirements of OCI’s data center infrastructure. The role also supports fuel procurement strategy, power purchase agreements (PPAs), and coordination with power providers/stakeholders and regulators to ensure long-term operational stability.

The Director will lead plant operations teams while partnering closely with construction, maintenance, engineering, and site operations organizations to ensure generation capacity meets the reliability requirements of OCI’s data center infrastructure. The role also supports fuel procurement strategy, power purchase agreements (PPAs), and coordination with power providers/stakeholders and regulators to ensure long-term operational stability.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities Plant Operations Leadership Lead day-to-day operations of power generation facilities to ensure safe, reliable, and continuous power generation. Build, develop, and cultivate relationships that lead to high-performing plant operations teams responsible for power operations, maintenance coordination, and plant reliability.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Plant Operations Leadership

Plant Operations Leadership

Lead day-to-day operations of power generation facilities to ensure safe, reliable, and continuous power generation.

• Lead day-to-day operations of power generation facilities to ensure safe, reliable, and continuous power generation.

Lead day-to-day operations of power generation facilities to ensure safe, reliable, and continuous power generation.

Build, develop, and cultivate relationships that lead to high-performing plant operations teams responsible for power operations, maintenance coordination, and plant reliability.

• Build, develop, and cultivate relationships that lead to high-performing plant operations teams responsible for power operations, maintenance coordination, and plant reliability.

Build, develop, and cultivate relationships that lead to high-performing plant operations teams responsible for power operations, maintenance coordination, and plant reliability.

Establish operational standards, procedures, and framework to ensure optimal resiliency and reliability, manage risks, and maintain up- time of data center assets. Drive a culture of operational excellence, compliance, safety, and accountability across all generation sites. Reliability & Performance Ensure power assets achieve high availability and reliability targets supporting critical infrastructure operations. Monitor plant performance, availability, heat rate, and operational KPIs to drive continuous improvement. Partner with maintenance and engineering teams to optimize preventative maintenance programs and minimize forced outages. Oversee incident investigations and root cause analysis to improve long-term asset performance. Cross-Functional Collaboration Collaborate closely with operations, construction, and maintenance teams to support commissioning, startup, and integration of new power assets to ensure on time delivery and optimal operational configurations and design. Partner with engineering teams on lifecycle management, upgrades, and plant optimization initiatives. Coordinate with site operations and reliability teams to ensure plant generation aligns with data center load requirements both in construction delivery and day-to-day operations. Fuel & Commercial Management Support natural gas procurement strategy and coordinate fuel supply agreements to ensure consistent and cost-effective plant operations. Participate in the review and management of power purchase agreements (PPAs) and energy supply contracts. Work with utilities and/or power suppliers to coordinate generation capacity and grid interconnection requirements. Compliance, Safety & Governance

Establish operational standards, procedures, and framework to ensure optimal resiliency and reliability, manage risks, and maintain up- time of data center assets.

• Establish operational standards, procedures, and framework to ensure optimal resiliency and reliability, manage risks, and maintain up- time of data center assets.

Establish operational standards, procedures, and framework to ensure optimal resiliency and reliability, manage risks, and maintain up- time of data center assets.

Drive a culture of operational excellence, compliance, safety, and accountability across all generation sites.

• Drive a culture of operational excellence, compliance, safety, and accountability across all generation sites.

Drive a culture of operational excellence, compliance, safety, and accountability across all generation sites.

Reliability & Performance

Reliability & Performance

Ensure power assets achieve high availability and reliability targets supporting critical infrastructure operations.

• Ensure power assets achieve high availability and reliability targets supporting critical infrastructure operations.

Ensure power assets achieve high availability and reliability targets supporting critical infrastructure operations.

Monitor plant performance, availability, heat rate, and operational KPIs to drive continuous improvement.

• Monitor plant performance, availability, heat rate, and operational KPIs to drive continuous improvement.

Monitor plant performance, availability, heat rate, and operational KPIs to drive continuous improvement.

Partner with maintenance and engineering teams to optimize preventative maintenance programs and minimize forced outages.

• Partner with maintenance and engineering teams to optimize preventative maintenance programs and minimize forced outages.

Partner with maintenance and engineering teams to optimize preventative maintenance programs and minimize forced outages.

Oversee incident investigations and root cause analysis to improve long-term asset performance.

• Oversee incident investigations and root cause analysis to improve long-term asset performance.

Oversee incident investigations and root cause analysis to improve long-term asset performance.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaborate closely with operations, construction, and maintenance teams to support commissioning, startup, and integration of new power assets to ensure on time delivery and optimal operational configurations and design.

• Collaborate closely with operations, construction, and maintenance teams to support commissioning, startup, and integration of new power assets to ensure on time delivery and optimal operational configurations and design.

Collaborate closely with operations, construction, and maintenance teams to support commissioning, startup, and integration of new power assets to ensure on time delivery and optimal operational configurations and design.

Partner with engineering teams on lifecycle management, upgrades, and plant optimization initiatives.

• Partner with engineering teams on lifecycle management, upgrades, and plant optimization initiatives.

Partner with engineering teams on lifecycle management, upgrades, and plant optimization initiatives.

Coordinate with site operations and reliability teams to ensure plant generation aligns with data center load requirements both in construction delivery and day-to-day operations.

• Coordinate with site operations and reliability teams to ensure plant generation aligns with data center load requirements both in construction delivery and day-to-day operations.

Coordinate with site operations and reliability teams to ensure plant generation aligns with data center load requirements both in construction delivery and day-to-day operations.

Fuel & Commercial Management

Fuel & Commercial Management

Support natural gas procurement strategy and coordinate fuel supply agreements to ensure consistent and cost-effective plant operations.

• Support natural gas procurement strategy and coordinate fuel supply agreements to ensure consistent and cost-effective plant operations.

Support natural gas procurement strategy and coordinate fuel supply agreements to ensure consistent and cost-effective plant operations.

Participate in the review and management of power purchase agreements (PPAs) and energy supply contracts.

• Participate in the review and management of power purchase agreements (PPAs) and energy supply contracts.

Participate in the review and management of power purchase agreements (PPAs) and energy supply contracts.

Work with utilities and/or power suppliers to coordinate generation capacity and grid interconnection requirements.

• Work with utilities and/or power suppliers to coordinate generation capacity and grid interconnection requirements.

Work with utilities and/or power suppliers to coordinate generation capacity and grid interconnection requirements.

Compliance, Safety & Governance

Compliance, Safety & Governance

Ensure all plant operations comply with applicable federal, state, and local regulatory requirements. Maintain strict adherence to EH&S standards and company safety programs. Ensure compliance with environmental permits, emissions standards, and operational reporting requirements. Maintain strong working relationships with regulatory agencies and utilities. Ideal Candidate Profile 15+ years of experience in power generation operations, preferably in gas power/combined cycle plants or Reciprocating Engine experience. Proven leadership experience managing plant operations teams in mission-critical or utility scale environments. Deep understanding of power operations, plant controls, fuel systems, and generation reliability. Experience supporting gas procurement, fuel supply management, and power purchase agreements (PPAs). Strong experience working across operations, construction, engineering, and maintenance organizations. Strong project management/delivery experience is a plus. Skills and Competencies Demonstrated leadership managing complex generation operations and plant teams. Strong operational decision-making in high-reliability environments. Ability to balance plant reliability, operational efficiency, and cost management. Strong stakeholder management with utilities, regulators, OEMs, and internal leadership teams. Experience implementing safety programs, operational governance, and regulatory compliance frameworks.

Ensure all plant operations comply with applicable federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.

• Ensure all plant operations comply with applicable federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.

Ensure all plant operations comply with applicable federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.

Maintain strict adherence to EH&S standards and company safety programs.

• Maintain strict adherence to EH&S standards and company safety programs.

Maintain strict adherence to EH&S standards and company safety programs.

Ensure compliance with environmental permits, emissions standards, and operational reporting requirements.

• Ensure compliance with environmental permits, emissions standards, and operational reporting requirements.

Ensure compliance with environmental permits, emissions standards, and operational reporting requirements.

Maintain strong working relationships with regulatory agencies and utilities.

• Maintain strong working relationships with regulatory agencies and utilities.

Maintain strong working relationships with regulatory agencies and utilities.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Ideal Candidate Profile

15+ years of experience in power generation operations, preferably in gas power/combined cycle plants or Reciprocating Engine experience.

• 15+ years of experience in power generation operations, preferably in gas power/combined cycle plants or Reciprocating Engine experience.

15+ years of experience in power generation operations, preferably in gas power/combined cycle plants or Reciprocating Engine experience.

Proven leadership experience managing plant operations teams in mission-critical or utility scale environments.

• Proven leadership experience managing plant operations teams in mission-critical or utility scale environments.

Proven leadership experience managing plant operations teams in mission-critical or utility scale environments.

Deep understanding of power operations, plant controls, fuel systems, and generation reliability.

• Deep understanding of power operations, plant controls, fuel systems, and generation reliability.

Deep understanding of power operations, plant controls, fuel systems, and generation reliability.

Experience supporting gas procurement, fuel supply management, and power purchase agreements (PPAs).

• Experience supporting gas procurement, fuel supply management, and power purchase agreements (PPAs).

Experience supporting gas procurement, fuel supply management, and power purchase agreements (PPAs).

Strong experience working across operations, construction, engineering, and maintenance organizations. Strong project management/delivery experience is a plus.

• Strong experience working across operations, construction, engineering, and maintenance organizations. Strong project management/delivery experience is a plus.

Strong experience working across operations, construction, engineering, and maintenance organizations. Strong project management/delivery experience is a plus.

Skills and Competencies

Skills and Competencies

Demonstrated leadership managing complex generation operations and plant teams.

• Demonstrated leadership managing complex generation operations and plant teams.

Demonstrated leadership managing complex generation operations and plant teams.

Strong operational decision-making in high-reliability environments.

• Strong operational decision-making in high-reliability environments.

Strong operational decision-making in high-reliability environments.

Ability to balance plant reliability, operational efficiency, and cost management.

• Ability to balance plant reliability, operational efficiency, and cost management.

Ability to balance plant reliability, operational efficiency, and cost management.

Strong stakeholder management with utilities, regulators, OEMs, and internal leadership teams.

• Strong stakeholder management with utilities, regulators, OEMs, and internal leadership teams.

Strong stakeholder management with utilities, regulators, OEMs, and internal leadership teams.

Experience implementing safety programs, operational governance, and regulatory compliance frameworks.

• Experience implementing safety programs, operational governance, and regulatory compliance frameworks.

Experience implementing safety programs, operational governance, and regulatory compliance frameworks.

Why Oracle Cloud Infrastructure? • Global impact at scale: Contribute directly to how mission-critical OCI data centers operate across regions and continents, influencing infrastructure reliability, security, sustainability, and long-term capacity growth. • Technically rigorous environment: Work alongside experienced engineers, automation specialists, and compliance teams in a rapidly scaling hyperscale cloud infrastructure, where disciplined execution and technical depth matter. • Culture built on operational excellence: Join an organization that values safety, process rigor, clear accountability, and continuous improvement as foundational to protecting uptime and customer trust. • Long-term career development: Benefit from internal mobility, role-based technical training, and development opportunities designed for professionals building long-term careers in cloud infrastructure and facilities operations.

Why Oracle Cloud Infrastructure? • Global impact at scale: Contribute directly to how mission-critical OCI data centers operate across regions and continents, influencing infrastructure reliability, security, sustainability, and long-term capacity growth. • Technically rigorous environment: Work alongside experienced engineers, automation specialists, and compliance teams in a rapidly scaling hyperscale cloud infrastructure, where disciplined execution and technical depth matter. • Culture built on operational excellence: Join an organization that values safety, process rigor, clear accountability, and continuous improvement as foundational to protecting uptime and customer trust. • Long-term career development: Benefit from internal mobility, role-based technical training, and development opportunities designed for professionals building long-term careers in cloud infrastructure and facilities operations.

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