Principal Data Center Construction Manager
Oracle · United States
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- $251,000 / year
- United States
Job highlights
- Lead data center construction projects for colocation providers.
- Ensure projects meet schedule, quality, and design requirements.
- Manage base building and MEP infrastructure scopes.
- Collaborate on design, construction, and tenant fit-out.
- Requires over 50% travel.
About the role
Principal Data Center Construction Manager
The Data Center Infrastructure Construction team at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a dynamic group of professionals dedicated to delivering state-of-the-art data center facilities at scale and at pace. This team comprises experienced project managers, commissioning experts, and construction specialists who work collaboratively to ensure the successful execution of complex data center construction projects. They bring a wealth of expertise in project management, technical design, and on-site construction, ensuring that our data centers meet the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and sustainability. By staying ahead of industry trends and incorporating innovative technologies, this team plays a crucial role in supporting Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s data needs and driving our growth and success. We are seeking an experienced Data Center Construction Manager to provide expert oversight and technical leadership for the construction of data centers performed by colocation providers. This high-level individual contributor role is critical in ensuring that projects meet schedule, quality, and design requirements through hands-on expertise, strategic coordination, and independent execution.
Key Responsibilities:
This role will focus on the base building and MEP infrastructure portions of the project.
- Project Oversight: Lead and manage the construction of data centers by colocation providers, ensuring all projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
- Schedule Management: Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, coordinating with colocation providers to ensure timely delivery of milestones.
- Risk Evaluation: Analyze projects independently to evaluate the risk profiles associated with timely delivery, address gaps in risk identification and mitigation, and inform the business of associated potential impacts.
- Tenant Fit Out Integration: Work closely throughout design, construction, and commissioning to fully coordinate and integrate the separate scope of tenant fit out projects with the base building projects.
- Quality Assurance: Implement and oversee quality control processes to ensure all construction activities meet design specifications and industry standards.
- Design Coordination: Collaborate with design teams to ensure that construction activities align with the approved design plans and specifications.
- Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact between the company and colocation providers, facilitating clear and effective communication.
- Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
- Compliance: Ensure all construction activities comply with relevant regulations, codes, and standards.
- Provide ongoing colocation Provider evaluation input for continuous improvement. Regular project visits to ensure schedule, coordination, and quality will be required throughout the life of the project on a regular basis.
50% + travel required.
Qualifications:
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: $120,100 - $251,600 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
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 - IC5
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Key skills/competency
- Data Center Construction Management
- MEP Infrastructure
- Project Oversight
- Schedule Management
- Risk Evaluation and Mitigation
- Tenant Fit Out Integration
- Quality Assurance
- Design Coordination
- Stakeholder Communication
- Compliance and Regulations
Skills & topics
- Data Center Construction
- Construction Manager
- Project Management
- MEP Infrastructure
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Colocation
- Risk Management
- Quality Assurance
- Design Coordination
- Site Visits
- IC5
- Construction Specialist
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your experience in data center construction, MEP systems, and project management, aligning keywords with the Principal Data Center Construction Manager role at Oracle.
- Showcase leadership: Emphasize your experience in leading complex projects, managing colocation provider relationships, and ensuring quality and compliance.
- Quantify achievements: Use data to demonstrate your success in meeting project deadlines, staying within budget, and mitigating risks.
- Prepare for technical questions: Be ready to discuss your expertise in base building, MEP infrastructure, design coordination, and risk evaluation during the interview process.
- Demonstrate collaboration: Highlight your ability to effectively communicate and coordinate with various stakeholders, including colocation providers and design teams.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is the typical career path for a Principal Data Center Construction Manager at Oracle?
- As a Principal Data Center Construction Manager at Oracle, you are typically in an IC5 career level role, indicating a senior individual contributor position. Career progression could involve taking on larger, more complex projects, leading cross-functional teams, or moving into management roles within the Data Center Infrastructure Construction team or related departments.
- How does Oracle approach construction project management for its data centers?
- Oracle's Data Center Infrastructure Construction team focuses on delivering state-of-the-art facilities at scale and pace. The Principal Data Center Construction Manager role emphasizes expert oversight and technical leadership for construction performed by colocation providers, with a focus on base building and MEP infrastructure, ensuring adherence to schedule, quality, and design requirements.
- What is the expected travel for a Principal Data Center Construction Manager at Oracle?
- The role of Principal Data Center Construction Manager at Oracle requires significant travel, with over 50% of the time expected to be spent on-site for regular project visits to ensure schedule, coordination, and quality throughout the life of the project.
- What are the key technical areas for a Data Center Construction Manager at Oracle?
- The key technical areas for this role include the base building and MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) infrastructure of data centers. Responsibilities involve project oversight, schedule management, risk evaluation, tenant fit-out integration, quality assurance, and design coordination with colocation providers.
- Does Oracle offer remote work options for Principal Data Center Construction Manager positions?
- Based on the job description requiring over 50% travel and regular project visits, this Principal Data Center Construction Manager role appears to be primarily on-site or hybrid with significant fieldwork, rather than a fully remote position.
- How does Oracle handle risk management in its data center construction projects?
- Risk management is a critical component of the Principal Data Center Construction Manager role at Oracle. This involves independently analyzing projects to evaluate risk profiles related to timely delivery, identifying and mitigating gaps, and informing the business of potential impacts.
- What benefits does Oracle offer to its employees?
- Oracle offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, disability and life insurance, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) with company match, paid time off (vacation and holidays), paid sick leave, parental leave, adoption assistance, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.