Operations - Mechanical Engineer (Nashville, TN)
About The Position
Description 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. Role Overview As an Operations Electrical Engineer, you will provide engineering ownership for the reliability, safety, and lifecycle performance of mission-critical electrical systems supporting hyperscale data centers. You will set technical direction, drive corrective actions for high-impact events, and guide upgrades and standards that protect uptime.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in high-reliability electrical design/operations for data centers, utilities, or mission-critical facilities.
- Degree in Electrical Engineering; PE preferred where relevant.
- Familiarity with power analysis tools (e.g., SKM/ETAP/EasyPower) and safety expectations (arc flash, protective coordination).
- Strong technical judgment and ability to communicate risk and options clearly to mixed audiences.
- Evidence-based problem solving and disciplined follow-through on corrective actions.
- Ability to influence across teams through standards, analysis, and operational alignment.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain electrical engineering standards for high-availability infrastructure (switchgear, UPS, batteries, generators, grounding, distribution).
- Lead or support complex troubleshooting, power quality analysis, incident investigations, and RCA for high-impact or recurring events.
- Provide engineering guidance for upgrades, retrofits, and expansions, including design review, commissioning support, and operational acceptance criteria.
- Partner with site operations to improve maintainability, safe execution, and documentation quality (procedures, one-lines, settings, test plans).
- Coordinate with utilities and regulatory stakeholders as required; ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards (NFPA/IEEE/ANSI and local requirements).
- Review technical documentation and ensure consistent engineering quality across sites.
Benefits
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
