Power Generation Manager-Data Center (on-site in TN, IL, MI, WI, NM, or TX)
About the role
This position will be full-time on-site at OCI Headquarters in Nashville, TN, in Chicago, IL, or at one of the Oracle data center sites in Saline, MI; Doña Ana County, NM; or Port Washington, WI. Relocation assistance may be available in accordance with Oracle’s relocation policies. Candidates should expect a minimum of 50% travel, with additional travel as business needs require. Oracle is seeking an experienced Power Generation Manager – The Power Generation Manager leads the strategy, reliability, maintenance, and operational readiness of backup power generation systems supporting mission-critical data center infrastructure. This role is the organization’s reciprocating-engine and generator subject matter expert, responsible for ensuring resilient, safe, and compliant operation of emergency power systems across the fleet.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of power-generation subject matter experts, providing technical mentorship, performance coaching, and support across regions.
- Own the global maintenance and reliability program for backup generators and all associated reciprocating-engine systems, including diesel, natural gas, dual-fuel, and other engine-driven emergency power equipment.
- Establish and track fleet health metrics, reliability trends, failure modes, maintenance performance, and lifecycle risks; translate findings into prioritized improvement actions.
- Develop and maintain maintenance scopes of work, operating procedures, technical standards, inspection plans, and service-provider requirements for generators and supporting equipment.
- Provide deep technical oversight for reciprocating engines and generator systems, including prime movers, alternators, controls, starting systems, fuel systems, lubrication, cooling, air intake, turbocharging, exhaust, emissions equipment, and switchgear interfaces.
- Lead complex root-cause investigations following generator failures, near misses,