Principal Data Center Commissioning Engineer

Oracle is a leading company in AI and cloud solutions, seeking a Principal Data Center Commissioning Engineer to join their growing Datacenter Design team. The role involves overseeing commissioning activities for datacenter projects, ensuring reliable operations for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure through effective project management and technical expertise.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitates the commissioning of multiple projects and other design and engineering initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry standards
• Leverages expertise to influence contract administration including generation and review of contracts, change orders, cost forecasts, and other pertinent documents
• Aligns cross-functional teams on the budget and resources required for timely project completion
• Fosters relationships with stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional teams to communicate expectations and ensure reports are provided reports on project updates
• Guides the development of commissioning scripts and related technical documentation
• Influences collaborations with the general contractor to develop Systems Manuals documentation to serve as a reference for Data Center Operations personnel
• Provides expertise in collaborations with engineering teams to create data center designs and specifications that align to operations and reliability requirements (e.g., power capacity, cooling systems), ensuring electrical and mechanical critical systems (e.g., electrical and mechanical plant, life safety, fire suppression systems, and control systems) are incorporated
• Reviews analyses of key performance indicators (KPIs) throughout systems testing and recommends solutions to address observed trends or anomalies
• Resolves highly complex, non-routine issues with implementing mechanical and electrical systems
• Drives development of resolutions to common and repeating cases of issues
• Aligns team to best practices to troubleshoot and mitigate issues and reduce recurrence by aligning with major stakeholders
• Prioritizes and updates quality and safety standards ensuring safety throughout project lifecycle
• Facilitates training programs for teams to ensure alignment on safety standards
• Stays up to date on industry standards and best practices
• Ensures external stakeholders and vendors maintain a common understanding of quality and safety guidelines to facilitate compliance
• Reports and addresses safety and security issues as they arise
• Manages and provides direction on timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable for critical high-impact projects or initiatives that impact the line of business, ensuring timely completion and adherence to requirements
• Anticipates and plans for shifts in resources or timelines based on changing business priorities, ensuring optimal outcomes
• Influences cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders to gain alignment on strategic objectives
• Fosters partnerships with key business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers, identifying opportunities for expanding partnerships and promoting long-term organizational success
• Champions transparency and inclusivity by actively seeking, listening to, and incorporating diverse perspectives
• Leads specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts, serving as an escalation point for complex issues
• Guides others to leverage innovative data-driven techniques to address ambiguous or novel issues, identify root causes, and drives the implementation of solutions that prevent future issues
• Leverages deep industry knowledge and expertise to serve as a thought leader within the organization
• Contributes to the advancement of the field or industry through thought leadership (e.g., conference presentations, white papers, research contributions)
• Maintains and evolves expertise in relevant areas by proactively monitoring emerging trends, technologies, and industry standards, ensuring the organization remains current with best practices
• Champions continuous learning and knowledge sharing, promoting professional development across teams
• Applies new knowledge to drive advancement and mentors others to do the same
• Develops innovative solutions and drives the implementation of ideas that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across the organization
• Evaluates effectiveness of updated approaches and methods for continued improvement to enhance efficiencies and ensure changes align with organizational goals
• Designs and develops metrics to measure success of improvement initiatives
• Serves as a subject matter expert regarding talent needs and organizational talent strategy
• Imparts leadership and expert knowledge throughout the talent development pipeline including candidate interviews, candidate assessment, and hiring decisions, ensuring alignment with organizational talent strategy

Requirements:

• Extensive experience in the datacenter space
• Professional qualifications in mechanical or electrical engineering with a commissioning focus
• Experience designing and delivering mission critical facilities
• Ability to facilitate the commissioning of multiple projects and other design and engineering initiatives
• Expertise to influence contract administration including generation and review of contracts, change orders, cost forecasts, and other pertinent documents
• Ability to align cross-functional teams on the budget and resources required for timely project completion
• Ability to foster relationships with stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional teams
• Experience guiding the development of commissioning scripts and related technical documentation
• Expertise in collaborations with engineering teams to create data center designs and specifications
• Ability to review analyses of key performance indicators (KPIs) throughout systems testing
• Ability to resolve highly complex, non-routine issues with implementing mechanical and electrical systems
• Ability to prioritize and update quality and safety standards
• Experience managing and providing direction on timelines, deliverables, and budgets for critical high-impact projects
• Ability to influence cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders to gain alignment on strategic objectives
• Experience leading specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts
• Ability to leverage deep industry knowledge and expertise to serve as a thought leader within the organization
• Experience developing innovative solutions and driving the implementation of ideas that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes
• Ability to serve as a subject matter expert regarding talent needs and organizational talent strategy
• Willingness to move to the Phoenix area
• Ability to travel up to one week a month