Electrical Power Generation Engineer (Substation, MV & LV power) - Data Center Operations (on-site Nashville, TN)

Oracle•Nashville, TN

15d•$126,200 - $264,100•Onsite

About The Position

The Electrical Power Generation Engineer provides technical leadership for the design, delivery, commissioning, and operational readiness of mission-critical data center power infrastructure. The role requires extensive knowledge of grid substations, medium-voltage (MV) and low-voltage (LV) distribution equipment, power quality monitoring, power-generation systems, protective relaying, switchgear, transformers, and related electrical infrastructure. This engineer works cross-functionally with design, engineering, construction, delivery, commissioning, and operations teams from project inception through final handover to ensure the power-generation infrastructure is safe, resilient, maintainable, scalable, and aligned with data center availability objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
10+ years of experience with utility substations, grid interconnection, MV and LV electrical distribution systems, and mission-critical or industrial power infrastructure.
Strong knowledge of MV switchgear, LV switchboards, transformers, protective relays, generators, paralleling switchgear, UPS systems, ATS equipment, and electrical distribution equipment.
Experience performing or reviewing short-circuit, load-flow, arc-flash, grounding, harmonic, and protection-coordination studies.
Demonstrated experience delivering electrical infrastructure from design through construction, commissioning, and operational turnover.
Ability to interpret and develop electrical one-line diagrams, control schematics, protection diagrams, equipment specifications, and commissioning procedures.
Strong cross-functional coordination, troubleshooting, technical writing, vendor-management, and communication skills.
Ability to support 24/7 critical operations, planned maintenance windows, and emergency-response events.

Nice To Haves

Experience with hyperscale or enterprise data centers, microgrids, utility-scale power systems, or high-voltage substations.
Familiarity with IEEE, IEC, NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, NEC, NESC, NETA, OSHA, and applicable utility-interconnection standards.
Experience with SEL, GE, Siemens, ABB/Hitachi Energy, Schneider Electric, Eaton, and Vertiv UPS systems and equipment.
Professional Engineer license, NETA certification, or equivalent power-systems credential.

Responsibilities

Serve as the electrical power-generation subject-matter expert across concept development, detailed design, construction, commissioning, operational handover, and lifecycle support.
Define electrical design criteria, system architecture, capacity, redundancy, reliability, maintainability, grounding, protection, and operational-readiness requirements.
Lead design and technical reviews for grid substations, utility interconnections, high-voltage and medium-voltage substations, transformers, switchgear, breakers, protection relays, cables, grounding, metering, and communications interfaces.
Design and review MV and LV electrical distribution systems, including MV switchgear, transformers, LV switchboards, motor-control centers, panelboards, distribution boards, UPS interfaces, automatic transfer switches, and busway systems.
Review electrical interfaces for generator systems, generator step-up transformers, generator breakers, paralleling switchgear, load banks, and associated balance-of-plant electrical equipment.
Establish and validate power-system operating strategies, including utility transfer, generator paralleling, power quality monitoring, load shedding, restoration, emergency operations, and failover scenarios.
Coordinate utility-interconnection requirements, including protection coordination, relay settings, anti-islanding, transfer-trip, telemetry, metering, energization plans, and operating agreements.
Perform or review short-circuit, load-flow, arc-flash, harmonic, grounding, voltage-drop, and protective-device coordination studies.
Review electrical one-line diagrams, schematics, protection diagrams, equipment specifications, cable schedules, vendor submittals, and construction-installation packages.
Collaborate with mechanical, I&C, network, controls, construction, delivery, commissioning, and operations teams to ensure coordinated, buildable, testable, and maintainable solutions.
Develop and support commissioning plans for substation energization, equipment startup, relay testing, switchgear testing, generator testing, load-bank testing, integrated systems testing, and utility-transfer tests.
Lead root-cause analysis of electrical faults, protective trips, power-quality events, equipment failures, and recurring operational issues.
Develop electrical operating procedures, maintenance strategies, emergency-response plans, spare-parts recommendations, and lifecycle replacement plans.
Ensure complete turnover documentation, including as-built drawings, relay settings, test reports, commissioning records, equipment manuals, training materials, warranties, and asset records.
Support operations through periodic testing, outage planning, capacity upgrades, maintenance optimization, and continuous reliability improvement.
Ensure compliance with applicable electrical safety, utility, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

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.