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

Oracle • Abilene, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Special Projects Manager leads complex remediation, upgrade, retrofit, and special facilities projects across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s mission-critical data center portfolio. The role manages delivery from concept through design, permitting, construction, commissioning, closeout, and operational handoff, with accountability for budget, schedule, scope, staffing, safety, design coordination, contractor performance, and stakeholder alignment.

The manager coordinates with Facilities Operations, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Procurement, Finance, Security, site leadership, consultants, and vendors. Projects may take place in live or partially live facilities, requiring careful coordination with ongoing operations and customer-impact considerations while protecting safety, continuity, and long-term operational sustainability. The role also leads and develops project delivery personnel and supports consistent execution across remediation programs.

This is a full-time, onsite position at Oracle’s new hyperscale data center facility in Shackelford County, Texas. Relocation assistance is provided.

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.
• 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 the ability to coordinate technical and operational stakeholders through construction and turnover.
• Strong project and people leadership, including guiding complex remediation and retrofit work from concept through closeout.
• Strong budget, schedule, staffing, and contractor management capabilities.
• 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 skills in dynamic project environments.
• Quality-focused approach and disciplined follow-through on documentation, turnover, and project controls.
• Ability to lead through influence while reinforcing accountability, clarity, and execution discipline.
• Ability to frequently walk, stand, sit, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, and move through construction and operational areas.
• Ability to occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.

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.
• Establish project budgets, schedules, scopes, and execution plans, and oversee delivery through completion.
• Lead pre-construction, design development, permitting and entitlements, competitive bidding, contractor selection, construction oversight, commissioning, and turnover.
• Manage project managers, coordinators, external project resources, and other assigned delivery personnel.
• 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 support long-term operational sustainability.
• Coordinate design with internal teams, design-build partners, consultants, and contractors to incorporate technical and operational requirements.
• Oversee onsite construction quality, safety, contractor performance, sequencing, and compliance with site work rules.
• Manage 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 turnover documentation is delivered to Operations, including closeout records, drawings, commissioning results, and other required project artifacts.
• Coordinate remediation work with site operations, ongoing maintenance, and customer-impact considerations in live facilities.
• Make day-to-day project decisions and escalate risks, business impacts, or resource concerns as appropriate.
• Allocate project resources, prioritize workflows, and manage 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 efforts for future remediation and retrofit work.
• Support hiring, onboarding, coaching, and development of project delivery staff.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance and AD&D.
• Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
• Flexible or accrued vacation, depending on employee eligibility and position.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Financial planning and group legal benefits.
• Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
• May be eligible for bonus and equity.
• Internal mobility, role-based technical training, and development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager