Principal Data Center Facilities Development Manager - MEP

Principal Data Center Facilities Development Manager - MEP at Oracle

Lead the build of world-class data centers in Saline, MI. As a Principal Data Center Facilities Development Manager - MEP, you’ll own large-scale, fast-paced projects from concept to commissioning—driving schedule, budget, quality, and safety with precision. You’ll lead cross-functional teams of project managers, commissioning specialists, and contractors; de-risk complexity; and keep execution tight through rigorous planning and on-site leadership. Your expertise in technical design, vendor management, and construction delivery will raise the bar on efficiency and sustainability. Always looking ahead, you’ll bring innovative methods and technologies to the field, ensuring our Saline builds power OCI’s growth and set new standards across our global portfolio.

This role is onsite in Saline, Michigan and not open to remote work.

Key Impact Areas

• End-to-end delivery of complex data center projects at scale
• Leadership of cross-functional and contractor teams with a safety-first culture
• Schedule and cost control, risk management, and contract oversight
• Collaboration with design, commissioning, and operations to ensure seamless handover
• Adoption of cutting-edge construction practices and sustainable solutions to drive performance

Responsibilities

• Focus Area: Own the base building and MEP infrastructure scope, driving technical excellence and delivery.
• Project Oversight: Lead end-to-end construction by colocation providers, hitting schedule, budget, and quality targets.
• Schedule Management: Build and maintain detailed, milestone-driven schedules; keep providers on track to deliver.
• Risk Evaluation: Independently assess risk to on-time delivery, close gaps in mitigation, and brief the business on impacts.
• Tenant Fit-Out Integration: Orchestrate seamless integration of tenant fit-out with base building through design, construction, and commissioning.
• Quality Assurance: Enforce rigorous QA/QC processes to meet design intent and industry standards every step of the way.
• Design Coordination: Partner with design teams to ensure field execution aligns with approved drawings and specifications.
• Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary liaison with colocation providers, driving clear, timely, and action-oriented communication.
• Risk Management: Proactively identify threats to scope, cost, schedule, and safety; implement mitigation plans to protect outcomes.
• Compliance: Ensure all activities meet applicable codes, regulations, and Oracle standards.
• Provider Performance: Deliver ongoing, data-backed feedback on colocation providers to fuel continuous improvement.
• Site Presence: Conduct regular site visits to verify schedule adherence, coordination, safety, and quality throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications & Benefits

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.

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $120,100 - $251,600 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

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 or Accrued Vacation (based on role)
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshes annually, caps at 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
• MEP Infrastructure
• Project Management
• Schedule Management
• Risk Management
• Quality Assurance (QA/QC)
• Vendor Management
• Technical Design
• Construction Delivery
• Sustainability Practices