Turbine Operator (Abilene, TX)
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. Role Overview As a Turbine Operator, you will operate and maintain on-site turbine generation assets that support mission-critical power continuity for hyperscale data center operations. You will ensure safe operation, reliable performance, and regulatory compliance while partnering with engineering and vendors during maintenance and major service events.
Requirements
- Experience in industrial turbine operations (utility, IPP, microgrid, industrial plant, or mission-critical environments).
- Degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Power Engineering or equivalent technical training/certifications with demonstrated field competence.
- Strong working knowledge of turbine controls, plant automation, and condition-based maintenance practices.
- Demonstrated ownership of EHS standards and compliance execution.
- Strong situational awareness and structured troubleshooting in high-risk operating environments.
- Clear communication for shift turnover, incident reporting, and vendor coordination.
- Discipline in procedure adherence and documentation accuracy.
Responsibilities
- Operate, monitor, and adjust turbine systems to meet site power requirements, coordinating with switchgear, SCADA, UPS interfaces, and backup generation as applicable.
- Execute normal and abnormal operating procedures, including startup/shutdown, load adjustments, and system stabilization.
- Analyze condition monitoring and performance data (e.g., vibration, thermal, alarms) to identify abnormal trends, efficiency losses, and reliability risks.
- Coordinate and support preventive/corrective maintenance, outages, and overhauls with internal engineering teams and OEM vendors.
- Maintain accurate logs, shift reports, and compliance documentation aligned to EPA, OSHA, NERC, and internal EHS requirements.
- Participate in incident response and contribute technical input to corrective actions and continuous improvement.
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
