Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
Job Description
Join Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s Data Center Infrastructure Construction team and help deliver one of the most ambitious mission-critical infrastructure programs in the country. This role will support a large-scale Michigan data center project representing approximately 1GW of capacity, helping build the next generation of cloud and AI infrastructure at speed, scale, and quality.
As a Senior Data Center Construction Manager , you will be a key onsite construction leader responsible for driving field execution across base building, MEP infrastructure, commissioning readiness, and high-density fit-out activities. You will partner closely with colocation providers, general contractors, trade partners, design teams, commissioning teams, and Oracle stakeholders to keep complex workstreams aligned and moving forward.
This is a high-impact role for a construction leader who thrives in the field, understands the urgency of large-scale delivery, and can identify risks before they become roadblocks. You will help ensure the project is executed safely, efficiently, and to Oracle’s quality standards while supporting the delivery of critical capacity for OCI’s continued growth.
This role is required to be onsite in Saline, MI.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Construction Project Management – Planning and Execution
- Lead and support onsite construction activities managed by colocation providers, helping ensure work is completed safely, on schedule, within budget, and to Oracle quality standards.
- Develop, review, and maintain project schedules, milestone trackers, look-ahead plans, action logs, risk registers, and project documentation.
- Coordinate with colocation providers, contractors, vendors, and internal teams to support timely milestone delivery across construction, commissioning, and turnover phases.
- Support budget tracking, resource planning, change management, and field issue resolution to help maintain cost-effective project execution.
- Create, review, and maintain technical and project documentation, including design review comments, commissioning documentation, issue papers, meeting notes, action trackers, and problem-solving summaries.
Construction Project Management – Integration and Quality Assurance
- Implement and support quality control processes to ensure construction activities meet approved design documents, specifications, Oracle requirements, and applicable industry standards.
- Coordinate tenant fit-out activities and ensure alignment across design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness workstreams.
- Conduct detailed site walks to monitor progress, schedule alignment, coordination, safety, workmanship, and quality throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support startup, commissioning, integrated systems testing, turnover, and closeout activities for major data center infrastructure systems.
- Oversee and coordinate field execution related to power, cooling, controls, networking, structured cabling, and other critical infrastructure systems.
Risk and Problem Management
- Evaluate construction delivery risks related to schedule, quality, coordination, procurement, design readiness, commissioning readiness, and turnover.
- Identify gaps in risk identification, mitigation planning, and field execution, then develop practical solutions to address those gaps.
- Escalate unresolved or critical issues with clear analysis, options, recommendations, and potential project impacts.
- Drive closure of open issues by clarifying ownership, required decisions, due dates, and dependencies.
Stakeholder and Vendor Management
- Serve as a primary onsite point of contact between Oracle and colocation providers for assigned construction workstreams.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, colocation providers, general contractors, trade partners, design consultants, commissioning agents, and vendors.
- Support vendor, contractor, and supplier coordination to ensure contract compliance, performance, quality, schedule alignment, and issue resolution.
- Provide input on colocation provider and contractor performance to support continuous improvement across delivery execution.
Design Coordination and Improvement
- Collaborate with design teams to ensure construction activities align with approved design plans, specifications, and project requirements.
- Identify routine design, constructability, coordination, and field implementation issues, then drive resolution with the appropriate stakeholders.
- Support process improvements that increase construction delivery efficiency, quality, documentation consistency, and stakeholder alignment.
- Capture lessons learned and help translate them into repeatable practices for future project execution.
Minimum Qualifications
- 11 years of experience in construction project management, construction management, project engineering, field engineering, owner’s representation, infrastructure delivery, or equivalent experience; OR Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field and 7 years of experience in construction project management, construction management, project engineering, field engineering, owner’s representation, infrastructure delivery, or equivalent experience; OR Master’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field and 5 years of relevant experience; OR Doctorate in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field and 3 years of relevant experience.
- Experience supporting complex construction projects with multiple stakeholders, contractors, disciplines, schedules, and delivery risks.
- Experience with construction execution, schedule coordination, quality assurance, design coordination, change management, commissioning, turnover, or closeout processes.
- Ability to work onsite full time in Saline, MI.
- Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced field environment and drive accountability without direct authority.
- Transitioning service members and military veterans are encouraged to apply. Equivalent experience in military construction, engineering, facilities, logistics, power generation, infrastructure, civil engineering, base operations, Seabees, RED HORSE, Army Corps of Engineers, or mission-critical operations will be considered.
Preferred Technical Experience
- Experience in data center, mission-critical, semiconductor, industrial, power, utility, heavy commercial, or large-scale infrastructure construction.
- Experience coordinating and managing large-scale data center infrastructure buildouts.
- Experience with base building construction, civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, controls, plumbing, fire protection, networking, and structured cabling systems.
- Experience with data center physical equipment installation, maintenance, upgrades, startup, commissioning, integrated systems testing, and operational turnover.
- Experience with high-density data center environments, liquid cooling, advanced electrical infrastructure, mechanical cooling systems, controls, or MEP-heavy construction.
- Experience managing RFIs, submittals, change orders, construction schedules, look-ahead plans, action trackers, risk registers, punch lists, commissioning trackers, and project controls.
- Experience supporting contract execution, vendor coordination, contractor performance management, and compliance with project requirements.
- Experience with budget tracking, project financials, cost reporting, or resource planning.
- Experience producing clear technical documentation, leadership updates, issue papers, commissioning summaries, and project reports.
- Ability to interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, technical documents, field reports, and commissioning documentation.
Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $102,300 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
- Short term disability 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 is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - IC4
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