Director of Operations, Critical Infrastructure (Shackelford County, TX)

Role Overview
As Director of Operations, Critical Infrastructure, you will lead the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of mission-critical electrical, mechanical, and building infrastructure systems supporting OCI data center campuses. This role is accountable for day-to-day operational execution, risk management, maintenance performance, and leadership effectiveness across assigned sites or regions, ensuring compute load is protected and high availability is maintained at all times.
This role directly leads site-level operational leadership for critical infrastructure, including the Site Operations Support Manager – Data Center Facilities, Office & Facilities Coordinator – Facilities Operations, Facilities Operations Manager – Mechanical / Plant Manager, and Facilities Operations Manager – Electrical / Plant Manager, along with their supporting technical teams. The Director is responsible for ensuring these teams operate as one coordinated facilities organization with strong execution discipline, clear escalation paths, and consistent standards across maintenance, incident response, operational readiness, and support functions.
This is a hands-on operational leadership role with direct accountability for operational outcomes. You will partner closely with Engineering, Construction, Training, Vendor Management, Reliability, and Chief Engineering functions to operationalize standards, strengthen maintenance and emergency response programs, and ensure operability and maintainability are built into both current operations and future growth.
Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $146,300 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - M4
Key Responsibilities
Lead and manage site or regional operations teams responsible for critical infrastructure, including electrical distribution, on-site power generation, UPS, switchgear, cooling systems, controls interfaces, and life safety systems.
Provide leadership across the full site facilities operations structure, including plant operations, maintenance execution, administrative site support, and operational coordination functions.
Own operational readiness, maintenance execution, and incident response performance for assigned campuses or regions.
Enforce consistent execution and continuous improvement of MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs governing maintenance, load transfers, switching, ramp events, restoration, and abnormal operating conditions.
Ensure strong coordination between electrical, mechanical, and site-support functions so operational work is executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with uptime expectations.
Serve as the operational escalation point for major incidents, ensuring timely response, clear communication, root cause rigor, and disciplined corrective action follow-through.
Establish and track operational KPIs related to availability, reliability, safety, maintenance effectiveness, backlog health, incident trends, and readiness.
Partner with training and technical leadership teams to implement and sustain repair, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and emergency response capability across site teams.
Lead vendor oversight and support performance management for OEMs, maintenance providers, service contractors, and operating agreements tied to campus infrastructure.
Drive a strong safety and compliance culture aligned with company standards and applicable regulatory requirements.
Support staffing, hiring, retention, and development of high-performing operations leaders and technical staff across the organization.
Ensure site-support and administrative functions enable effective scheduling, documentation, workflow coordination, and audit-ready operations in support of the critical environment.
Partner with Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, and Reliability teams to ensure operability, maintainability, and operational supportability are built into new capacity, retrofits, and expansions.
Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure maintenance, capital work, remediation, and operational activities are properly sequenced and executed with minimal operational risk.
Drive continuous improvement across maintenance practices, incident response, work control, readiness processes, and team operating rhythms.
Ideal Candidate Profile
10+ years of experience in mission-critical operations, power generation, utilities, industrial operations, or related uptime-critical environments, including leadership responsibility.
Strong understanding of critical MEP systems and data center operations, including the interaction between electrical, mechanical, controls, and support functions in live environments.
Demonstrated experience managing operational risk and executing in MOP-driven environments.
Proven ability to lead managers, technical teams, and vendor-supported operations in 24/7 critical environments.
Strong experience with maintenance governance, incident response, and operational readiness at site or regional scale.