Director, Power Operations (on-site Shackelford County, TX)

Oracle•Abilene, TX

14d•$126,200 - $264,100•Onsite

About The Position

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) powers Oracle’s global cloud services through highly available, large-scale, enterprise-grade data center environments. The Data Center Infrastructure Operations / Facilities team plays a critical role in sustaining OCI’s performance, security, and operational resilience by ensuring infrastructure systems operate reliably at scale. You will join a technically rigorous organization with a culture grounded in operational excellence, disciplined processes, and continuous improvement, where infrastructure reliability, safety, and execution quality are foundational to delivering cloud services worldwide. The Director of Power Operations is responsible for leading the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of power generation and delivery assets supporting OCI’s energy resilience strategy. This role provides operational leadership across power plants, ensuring high availability, regulatory compliance, and optimized lifecycle performance of generation assets. The Director will lead plant operations teams while partnering closely with construction, maintenance, engineering, and site operations organizations to ensure generation capacity meets the reliability requirements of OCI’s data center infrastructure. The role also supports fuel procurement strategy, power purchase agreements (PPAs), and coordination with power providers/stakeholders and regulators to ensure long-term operational stability.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in power generation operations, preferably in gas power/combined cycle plants or Reciprocating Engine experience.
Proven leadership experience managing plant operations teams in mission-critical or utility scale environments.
Deep understanding of power operations, plant controls, fuel systems, and generation reliability.
Experience supporting gas procurement, fuel supply management, and power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Strong experience working across operations, construction, engineering, and maintenance organizations.
Demonstrated leadership managing complex generation operations and plant teams.
Strong operational decision-making in high-reliability environments.
Ability to balance plant reliability, operational efficiency, and cost management.
Strong stakeholder management with utilities, regulators, OEMs, and internal leadership teams.
Experience implementing safety programs, operational governance, and regulatory compliance frameworks.

Nice To Haves

Strong project management/delivery experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead day-to-day operations of power generation facilities to ensure safe, reliable, and continuous power generation.
Build, develop, and cultivate relationships that lead to high-performing plant operations teams responsible for power operations, maintenance coordination, and plant reliability.
Establish operational standards, procedures, and framework to ensure optimal resiliency and reliability, manage risks, and maintain up-time of data center assets.
Drive a culture of operational excellence, compliance, safety, and accountability across all generation sites.
Ensure power assets achieve high availability and reliability targets supporting critical infrastructure operations.
Monitor plant performance, availability, heat rate, and operational KPIs to drive continuous improvement.
Partner with maintenance and engineering teams to optimize preventative maintenance programs and minimize forced outages.
Oversee incident investigations and root cause analysis to improve long-term asset performance.
Collaborate closely with operations, construction, and maintenance teams to support commissioning, startup, and integration of new power assets to ensure on time delivery and optimal operational configurations and design.
Partner with engineering teams on lifecycle management, upgrades, and plant optimization initiatives.
Coordinate with site operations and reliability teams to ensure plant generation aligns with data center load requirements both in construction delivery and day-to-day operations.
Support natural gas procurement strategy and coordinate fuel supply agreements to ensure consistent and cost-effective plant operations.
Participate in the review and management of power purchase agreements (PPAs) and energy supply contracts.
Work with utilities and/or power suppliers to coordinate generation capacity and grid interconnection requirements.
Ensure all plant operations comply with applicable federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.
Maintain strict adherence to EH&S standards and company safety programs.
Ensure compliance with environmental permits, emissions standards, and operational reporting requirements.
Maintain strong working relationships with regulatory agencies and utilities.

Benefits

Relocation assistance may be available in accordance with Oracle’s relocation policies.
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
May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.