Project Manager, Power Generation Operations

>>This position will be full-time on-site at Oracle's offices located in Nashville, TN.  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.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Project Manager, Power Generation to lead critical initiatives that support our mission of delivering power supply to data center operations with 99.999% reliability.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role responsible for managing projects from concept through execution and operational handoff, ensuring the resiliency, reliability, and continuous improvement of the electrical infrastructure that powers mission-critical data center environments.

The successful candidate will drive complex projects that address operational risks, improve asset performance, strengthen system resiliency, and ensure seamless transitions from construction to operations. This role requires a strategic thinker who can effectively partner across multiple organizations, influence without authority, and remove obstacles to achieve business objectives in high-stakes environments.

Scope & Impact

The Project Manager, Power Generation serves as a critical leader responsible for delivering strategic infrastructure initiatives that directly support the organization's mission of maintaining 99.999% reliable power delivery to data center operations. This role owns projects from concept through operational turnover, ensuring that power generation and distribution assets are deployed, upgraded, and maintained to meet the reliability requirements of mission-critical environments.

This position has broad influence across multiple organizations, including Site Leadership, Reliability Engineering, Technical Support, Data Center Operations, Construction, Commissioning, and external Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) partners. The successful candidate will lead initiatives that mitigate operational risk, improve asset performance, increase system resiliency, and support long-term capacity and reliability objectives.

The role is expected to independently manage complex, high-visibility projects involving significant capital investment, aggressive schedules, and substantial operational impact. Success requires balancing technical, operational, financial, and schedule considerations while influencing stakeholders across organizational boundaries to drive alignment and execution.

This individual will play a key role in ensuring that new power infrastructure assets are delivered operationally ready on Day One, while continuously identifying opportunities to strengthen the reliability, maintainability, and resiliency of existing infrastructure. The impact of this position directly contributes to business continuity, customer availability, and the long-term success of the organization's global data center operations.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of utility industry experience with a strong emphasis on:

• Electrical substations and/or power generation operations.

• High-voltage and medium-voltage power systems.

• Power generation, distribution, protection systems, and switchgear.

• Proven experience leading complex, high-risk projects with significant operational impact and rigid delivery timelines.

• Demonstrated experience managing Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractors on large-scale infrastructure projects.

• Strong understanding of electrical infrastructure reliability, risk management, and operational resiliency.

• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate effectively across multiple organizations and leadership levels.

• Excellent project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or a related technical field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience supporting mission-critical facilities, data centers, utility-scale generation, transmission, or distribution operations.
• Familiarity with commissioning, startup, and operational readiness processes for critical infrastructure.
• Experience implementing continuous improvement methodologies and reliability-centered maintenance practices.

What Makes You Successful

• You think beyond conventional solutions and proactively identify opportunities to improve reliability and resiliency.
• You thrive in complex, fast-paced environments where operational excellence is non-negotiable.
• You build strong partnerships and align diverse stakeholders around common objectives.
• You are highly accountable, action-oriented, and capable of driving results with minimal oversight.
• You excel at balancing strategic thinking with practical execution and are motivated by solving difficult challenges that directly impact critical operations.
• You consistently remove obstacles, drive alignment, and help teams achieve mission-critical outcomes.

Why Join Us

This role offers a unique opportunity to directly influence the reliability and resiliency of critical infrastructure supporting world-class data center operations. You will partner with industry-leading engineering, operations, construction, and reliability teams to deliver projects that ensure continuous power availability for some of the most critical digital infrastructure in the world.

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