Special Projects Manager- Data Centers (ONSITE: Shackelford County, TX)

Oracle•Abilene, TX

3d•$102,300 - $209,500•Onsite

About The Position

The Special Projects Manager will lead complex remediation, upgrade, retrofit, and special facilities projects across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s mission-critical data center portfolio. The role manages projects from concept through design, permitting, construction, commissioning, closeout, and operational handoff, with accountability for budget, schedule, design coordination, safety, construction oversight, and stakeholder alignment. The manager leads project teams and coordinates internal stakeholders, consultants, design-build partners, contractors, vendors, and site operations teams. Work may take place in live or partially live facilities, requiring careful coordination with ongoing operations, maintenance, safety requirements, and customer-impact considerations. The role also oversees project resources, financial governance, documentation, and continuous improvement, while supporting hiring and development of project delivery staff. This is a full-time, onsite role at Oracle’s new hyperscale facility in Shackelford County, Texas. Relocation assistance is provided. The position involves regular work in both office and active site environments, including frequent walking, standing, sitting, stair climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, and moving through construction and operational areas. Occasional lifting or moving of up to 25 pounds may be required.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in project management, construction management, remediation, retrofit delivery, or technical infrastructure programs.
At least 2 years of experience leading project teams, project engineers, coordinators, or third-party project resources.
Strong experience in complex, technical construction environments; mission-critical, industrial, utility, healthcare, semiconductor, or data center facilities are identified as relevant environments.
Experience delivering projects in live operational environments where safety, continuity, and coordination with ongoing operations are critical.
Strong understanding of both CSA and MEP scopes and ability to coordinate technical and operational stakeholders through construction and turnover.
Strong project and people leadership skills, including guiding teams through complex remediation and retrofit work from concept through closeout.
Strong budget, schedule, staffing, and contractor management capability.
Strong communication and stakeholder coordination across technical, operational, and business functions.
Ability to balance execution speed, safety, operational continuity, and long-term maintainability.
Strong decision-making and problem-solving in dynamic project environments.
Strong quality mindset and disciplined follow-through on documentation, turnover, and project controls.
Ability to lead through influence while reinforcing accountability, clarity, and execution discipline across project teams.
Ability to safely perform the described duties in active facilities environments, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a similar field; equivalent experience is also valued.
Experience in data center, critical facilities, or other uptime-sensitive construction environments.
Experience with remediation, retrofit, tenant improvement, infrastructure upgrade, or brownfield construction programs.
Familiarity with commissioning, turnover, operational handoff, and project closeout requirements in mission-critical environments.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools such as MS Project or Primavera P6.
PMP, CCM, PE, or similar construction or project management credentials.
Experience with contractor qualification, bid management, permitting coordination, project forecasting, and team resource planning.

Responsibilities

Lead assigned remediation, retrofit, and special facilities projects from concept through design, permitting, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
Set up projects by developing budgets and schedules, aligning scope, planning execution, and overseeing delivery through completion.
Lead project delivery phases including pre-construction, design development, permitting and entitlements, competitive bidding, contractor selection, construction oversight, commissioning, and turnover.
Manage project managers, coordinators, external project resources, and assigned delivery personnel supporting remediation and retrofit execution.
Coordinate internal stakeholders across Facilities Operations, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Procurement, Finance, Security, and site leadership.
Translate requirements from subject matter experts and operations teams into executable project scopes that preserve long-term operational sustainability.
Coordinate design across internal teams, design-build partners, consultants, and contractors to incorporate technical and operational requirements.
Oversee onsite construction activities, including quality, safety, contractor performance, sequencing, and adherence to site work rules.
Manage project scope, budget, schedule, risk, staffing, and partner performance in alignment with Oracle standards and campus operating constraints.
Coordinate OFCI equipment planning, logistics, and integration into project delivery.
Lead commissioning and turnover for critical systems integration in existing data center environments and remediation scopes.
Ensure complete and accurate turnover documentation is delivered to Operations, including closeout records, drawings, commissioning results, and other project artifacts.
Coordinate remediation work with site operations, ongoing maintenance, and customer-impact considerations in live facilities.
Drive day-to-day project decisions and escalate risk, business-impact, or resource concerns when appropriate.
Own project resource allocation, workflow prioritization, and team utilization across assigned remediation programs.
Support financial governance through forecasting, variance reporting, contractor billing review, approval packages, and coordination with finance partners.
Lead lessons learned and continuous improvement to strengthen future remediation and retrofit execution across the portfolio.
Support hiring, onboarding, coaching, and development of project delivery staff aligned to the remediation program.