Power Generation Manager-Data Center; on-site in TN, IL, MI, WI, NM, or TX

Position: Power Generation Manager-Data Center (on-site in TN, IL, MI, WI, NM, or TX)
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This position will be full-time

Job Description >>

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

Key Responsibilities Power Operations & Reliability

• 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 switch gear interfaces.
• Lead complex root-cause investigations following generator failures, near misses, or adverse reliability trends; implement fleet-wide containment, corrective, and preventive actions.
• Partner with original equipment manufacturers, vendors, and service providers to resolve systemic equipment issues, secure warranty or remediation commitments, and verify completion of corrective actions.
• Collaborate with data center operations, critical facilities engineering, lifecycle management, construction, and procurement teams to improve backup-power design, operability, maintainability, and long-term reliability.
• Deliver technical training for critical-facility engineers on operating, maintaining, testing, troubleshooting, and safely responding to issues involving emergency power systems.
• Drive continuous-improvement initiatives that reduce operating costs, improve maintenance effectiveness, and increase generator availability and design reliability.
• Ensure maintenance and operating programs meet applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, emissions, and business-continuity requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline; or 10+ years of directly relevant, progressively responsible experience in reciprocating-engine power generation, critical facilities, industrial power, or a comparable high-availability environment.
• Extensive experience managing or supporting reciprocating-engine-driven backup power systems in data centers, critical facilities, industrial plants, healthcare, utilities, or similarly high-availability environments.
• Deep technical expertise with emergency generators and reciprocating engines, including diesel, natural-gas, and dual-fuel applications.
• Strong working…