Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Oracle is a technology company delivering cloud infrastructure, applications, and AI solutions, including its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure hyperscale data center organization. The Principal Data Center Commissioning Engineer will support commissioning, startup, testing, turnover, and operational readiness for OCI data center systems in Abilene, Texas, coordinating with construction teams, vendors, commissioning agents, and operations stakeholders. The role focuses on validating electrical, mechanical, controls, fire/life safety, and integrated systems while tracking risks, deficiencies, documentation, and readiness through resolution.
Responsibilities
- 5 years' experience support commissioning, startup, testing, and turnover activities for assigned data center systems for hyperscale, cloud, colocation, or mission critical data center projects
- Assist with functional testing, integrated systems testing, energization readiness, and operational readiness activities
- Review commissioning plans, test scripts, schedules, turnover packages, and system readiness documentation
- Coordinate with construction teams, vendors, controls teams, commissioning agents, and operations personnel
- Monitor field progress and help verify systems are ready for commissioning and turnover
- Identify commissioning risks, system readiness gaps, deficiencies, and documentation issues
- Track commissioning issues through resolution and support timely closure
- Participate in commissioning coordination meetings, readiness reviews, and startup planning discussions
- Support validation of electrical, mechanical, controls, fire/life safety, and integrated data center systems
- Assist with reviewing MOPs, test procedures, equipment startup documentation, and vendor reports
- Ensure commissioning activities are performed safely and in accordance with approved procedures
- Support turnover documentation, test records, deficiency logs, and operational handoff packages
- Communicate status, risks, blockers, and field issues clearly to commissioning leadership
- Capture lessons learned and help improve commissioning execution across future projects
- Experience in data center commissioning, mission critical facilities, construction, engineering, startup, testing, or facility operations
- Working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, controls, fire/life safety, or integrated building systems
- Experience supporting field testing, inspections, startup activities, or turnover documentation
- Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, commissioning documents, test procedures, and equipment documentation
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify readiness gaps, field issues, and documentation errors
- Ability to coordinate across contractors, vendors, commissioning teams, engineering teams, and operations stakeholders
- Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced construction and startup environment
- Commitment to safety, quality, reliability, and operational readiness
- Ability to travel between project sites as needed, including up to **up to 50% travel** for eligible remote candidates based in the DFW area
- Experience supporting hyperscale, cloud, colocation, or mission critical data center projects
- Experience with large-scale data center campuses or multi-building delivery programs
- Familiarity with commissioning levels, startup sequencing, integrated systems testing, and operational turnover
- Experience with major electrical systems such as switchgear, UPS, generators, PDUs, transformers, and EPMS
- Experience with mechanical systems such as chillers, CRAHs/CRACs, pumps, cooling towers, air handling systems, and BMS
- Familiarity with controls systems, sequence of operations, alarm validation, trend reviews, and systems integration
- Experience supporting energization planning, LOTO coordination, MOP review, or commissioning safety procedures
- Experience using commissioning management platforms, issue tracking tools, document control systems, or project management tools
- Prior experience working with general contractors, trade partners, OEM vendors, commissioning agents, and operations teams
Skills
- 5 years' experience support commissioning, startup, testing, and turnover activities for assigned data center systems for hyperscale, cloud, colocation, or mission critical data center projects
- Assist with functional testing, integrated systems testing, energization readiness, and operational readiness activities
- Review commissioning plans, test scripts, schedules, turnover packages, and system readiness documentation
- Coordinate with construction teams, vendors, controls teams, commissioning agents, and operations personnel
- Monitor field progress and help verify systems are ready for commissioning and turnover
- Identify commissioning risks, system readiness gaps, deficiencies, and documentation issues
- Track commissioning issues through resolution and support timely closure
- Participate in commissioning coordination meetings, readiness reviews, and startup planning discussions
- Support validation of electrical, mechanical, controls, fire/life safety, and integrated data center systems
- Assist with reviewing MOPs, test procedures, equipment startup documentation, and vendor reports
- Ensure commissioning activities are performed safely and in accordance with approved procedures
- Support turnover documentation, test records, deficiency logs, and operational handoff packages
- Communicate status, risks, blockers, and field issues clearly to commissioning leadership
- Capture lessons learned and help improve commissioning execution across future projects
- Experience in data center commissioning, mission critical facilities, construction, engineering, startup, testing, or facility operations
- Working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, controls, fire/life safety, or integrated building systems
- Experience supporting field testing, inspections, startup activities, or turnover documentation
- Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, commissioning documents, test procedures, and equipment documentation
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify readiness gaps, field issues, and documentation errors
- Ability to coordinate across contractors, vendors, commissioning teams, engineering teams, and operations stakeholders
- Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced construction and startup environment
- Commitment to safety, quality, reliability, and operational readiness
- Ability to travel between project sites as needed, including up to up to 50% travel for eligible remote candidates based in the DFW area
- Experience supporting hyperscale, cloud, colocation, or mission critical data center projects
- Experience with large-scale data center campuses or multi-building delivery programs
- Familiarity with commissioning levels, startup sequencing, integrated systems testing, and operational turnover
- Experience with major electrical systems such as switchgear, UPS, generators, PDUs, transformers, and EPMS
- Experience with mechanical systems such as chillers, CRAHs/CRACs, pumps, cooling towers, air handling systems, and BMS
- Familiarity with controls systems, sequence of operations, alarm validation, trend reviews, and systems integration
- Experience supporting energization planning, LOTO coordination, MOP review, or commissioning safety procedures
- Experience using commissioning management platforms, issue tracking tools, document control systems, or project management tools
- Prior experience working with general contractors, trade partners, OEM vendors, commissioning agents, and operations teams
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, construction management, facilities management, or a related technical field is preferred but not required with equivalent experience
Benefits
- Oracle offers relocation packages for eligible candidates.
- Flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options.
- Employee volunteer programs.
- 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 and equity.
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