Director of Operations, Critical Infrastructure (Shackelford County, TX)

Oracle

21d•Onsite

About The Position

As Director of Operations, Critical Infrastructure, you will lead the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of mission-critical electrical, mechanical, and building infrastructure systems supporting OCI data center campuses. This role is accountable for day-to-day operational execution, risk management, maintenance performance, and leadership effectiveness across assigned sites or regions, ensuring compute load is protected and high availability is maintained at all times. This role directly leads site-level operational leadership for critical infrastructure, including the Site Operations Support Manager – Data Center Facilities, Office & Facilities Coordinator – Facilities Operations, Facilities Operations Manager – Mechanical / Plant Manager, and Facilities Operations Manager – Electrical / Plant Manager, along with their supporting technical teams. The Director is responsible for ensuring these teams operate as one coordinated facilities organization with strong execution discipline, clear escalation paths, and consistent standards across maintenance, incident response, operational readiness, and support functions. This is a hands-on operational leadership role with direct accountability for operational outcomes. You will partner closely with Engineering, Construction, Training, Vendor Management, Reliability, and Chief Engineering functions to operationalize standards, strengthen maintenance and emergency response programs, and ensure operability and maintainability are built into both current operations and future growth.

Requirements

Leadership of critical infrastructure operations
Risk management
Maintenance performance
Leadership effectiveness
Coordination of facilities teams
Execution discipline
Clear escalation paths
Consistent standards in maintenance, incident response, operational readiness, and support functions
Partnership with Engineering, Construction, Training, Vendor Management, Reliability, and Chief Engineering functions

Responsibilities

Lead the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of mission-critical electrical, mechanical, and building infrastructure systems supporting OCI data center campuses.
Accountable for day-to-day operational execution, risk management, maintenance performance, and leadership effectiveness across assigned sites or regions.
Ensure compute load is protected and high availability is maintained at all times.
Directly lead site-level operational leadership for critical infrastructure.
Ensure teams operate as one coordinated facilities organization with strong execution discipline, clear escalation paths, and consistent standards across maintenance, incident response, operational readiness, and support functions.
Partner closely with Engineering, Construction, Training, Vendor Management, Reliability, and Chief Engineering functions to operationalize standards, strengthen maintenance and emergency response programs, and ensure operability and maintainability are built into both current operations and future growth.