Job DescriptionABOUT THE ROLE:Sr Data Center Construction Management
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) - Data Center Infrastructure
Organization: OCI Hyperscale Data Center Delivery
Location: Shackelford, Texas | Abilene, Texas
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a
Sr. Data Center Construction Manager to support field execution for hyperscale AI data center construction in
Shackelford, Texas. This role is responsible for supporting safe, predictable, and high-quality construction delivery across assigned buildings, systems, areas, or discipline scopes.
The
Senior Data Center Construction Manager is a member of the OCI Data Center construction team who supports daily construction activities by coordinating contractors, tracking field progress, helping resolve execution issues, reinforcing safety and quality expectations, and supporting turnover readiness for commissioning and startup.
This is a highly field-based role requiring strong site presence, direct contractor engagement, and hands-on execution support. The role helps ensure daily construction activities align with project sequencing, milestone commitments, and OCI delivery standards.
This position is based in Shackelford, Texas, approximately 20 miles from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Abilene AI Data Center. It does not offer remote flexibility. We are seeking candidates who are local to the area or open to relocating to Abilene. Oracle offers relocation packages for eligible candidates.
Responsibilities- Support daily construction execution for assigned buildings, systems, areas, or trade scopes.
- Work closely with general contractors, subcontractors, foremen, superintendents, and trade partners.
- Monitor field progress, manpower, productivity, sequencing, and workface readiness.
- Ensure construction activities align with approved schedules, milestones, logistics plans, and turnover priorities.
- Identify and help resolve field issues, trade conflicts, congestion risks, and execution constraints.
- Reinforce onsite safety expectations through visible field presence.
- Support installation quality verification and help reduce rework.
- Partner with QA/QC, commissioning, controls, logistics, safety, and operations teams.
- Track punch-list items, turnover readiness, and startup support requirements.
- Provide accurate daily field reports, progress updates, issue logs, and milestone updates.
- Support recovery plans when schedule, quality, productivity, or coordination issues arise.
- Support Construction Managers in promoting consistent field execution practices.
- Maintain continuous site awareness through regular field walks and direct contractor engagement.
Qualifications: - 5+ years of experience supporting construction execution on large-scale, complex projects.
- Experience in data centers, mission-critical facilities, industrial construction, infrastructure, semiconductor, power, or other technical construction environments.
- Knowledge of construction sequencing, field coordination, manpower tracking, productivity
- monitoring, and milestone execution.
- Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, schedules, look-ahead plans, and turnover documentation.
- Proven ability to identify field risks, resolve construction issues, and escalate effectively.
- Strong understanding of safety expectations, quality standards, punch-list management, and turnover readiness.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide clear, concise updates.
- Ability to work primarily onsite with approximately 85-95% field/site engagement.
- Strong ownership mindset, urgency, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced construction environment.
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience supporting hyperscale data center construction projects.
- Experience in an owner's representative, construction management, EPC, or general contractor environment.
- Familiarity with data center systems, including electrical, mechanical, controls, civil, structural, architectural, network, or commissioning-related scopes.
- Experience supporting or coaching Construction Managers, field engineers, coordinators, or discipline-specific construction teams.
- Experience supporting fast-track construction, phased turnover, commissioning-driven delivery, or recovery execution.
- Familiarity with construction reporting tools, scheduling platforms, document control systems, and issue tracking processes such as Primavera P6, Oracle Primavera Cloud, MS Project, Power BI, Tableau, Smartsheet, or similar tools.
#LI-LD1QualificationsDisclaimer:
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 onlyUS: 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:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. 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
