Full-Time

Director – Data Center Construction

Updated on 9/3/2026

Oracle

Oracle

10,001+ employees

Enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, databases provider

Compensation Overview

$146.3k - $306.4k/yr

+ Bonus + Equity + Compensation Deferral

Saline, MI, USA

Hybrid

Remote within the U.S. with up to 50% travel to Saline, MI; onsite/hybrid option in Saline, MI.

Category
Architecture & Civil Engineering (1)

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Requirements
  • The role may be based remote within the United States with up to 50% travel to Saline, Michigan, or onsite/hybrid in Saline, Michigan.
Responsibilities
  • Lead construction execution for a ~1GW-scale AI infrastructure program in Saline, Michigan.
  • Drive safe, predictable field execution across active data center construction areas.
  • Manage general contractor and subcontractor performance, accountability, and execution standards.
  • Drive field productivity, trade flow, workface planning, sequencing alignment, and logistics coordination.
  • Identify construction execution risks early and remove blockers that could impact schedule, quality, safety, or turnover readiness.
  • Lead recovery planning and execution for schedule, manpower, logistics, sequencing, installation quality, or turnover risks.
  • Partner with project controls to ensure schedules, progress updates, recovery plans, and field reporting reflect actual site conditions.
  • Coordinate with QA/QC, commissioning, E2E capacity delivery, operations, supply chain, vendors, and leadership stakeholders to support downstream readiness.
  • Validate site conditions through field walks, contractor reviews, execution reviews, logistics reviews, and recovery alignment sessions.
  • Ensure construction turnover supports commissioning, startup, operational readiness, and capacity delivery milestones.
  • Escalate critical risks with clear impact assessments, mitigation options, ownership, and decision needs.
  • Develop and maintain construction execution plans, site sequencing strategies, logistics plans, and workface planning assessments.
  • Prepare recovery plans, contractor performance reviews, field productivity updates, and construction turnover readiness reports.
  • Support construction manpower strategy, trade stacking reviews, labor planning, and contractor resource alignment.
  • Coordinate material readiness, access planning, laydown strategy, site logistics, and trade movement across active work areas.
  • Support installation quality alignment with construction, QA/QC, commissioning, and operations teams.
  • Lead construction-to-commissioning handoff planning to reduce rework and improve startup flow.
  • Monitor KPIs including installation productivity, schedule adherence, field congestion, trade flow effectiveness, rework reduction, contractor performance, recovery execution, turnover readiness, safety, and quality.
  • Lead execution reviews, contractor accountability meetings, site coordination discussions, and recovery planning forums.
  • Ensure field teams understand priorities, constraints, ownership, sequencing expectations, and delivery commitments.
  • Document lessons learned and implement repeatable construction execution standards across the program.
  • Identify recurring field execution gaps and drive continuous improvement in planning, coordination, handoffs, and accountability.
  • Foster a culture of safety, quality, urgency, transparency, accountability, and field-informed decision-making across construction teams and delivery partners.

Oracle provides enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, databases, and business applications for organizations. It offers cloud computing, storage, networking, and AI-enabled data management, plus Fusion Cloud Applications for ERP, HCM, supply chain, manufacturing, and customer experience, with options for hybrid and on-premises deployment. The company differentiates itself with an integrated stack that spans databases, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise apps, built on a history of acquisitions and a broad customer base. Its goal is to help organizations run operations efficiently, scale data and processes, and pursue digital transformation through an end-to-end platform.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Austin, Texas

Founded

1977

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What believers are saying

  • FY2026 Q1 RPO hit $455 billion, up 359%, signaling massive booked cloud demand.
  • Q1 cloud infrastructure revenue grew 55%, and management raised FY2026 OCI guidance to $18 billion.
  • Kahuna and Asure added Oracle Marketplace integrations on September 2, 2026, widening HCM stickiness.

What critics are saying

  • Oracle cut 21,000 jobs in fiscal 2026, and another restructuring wave targets September 2026.
  • Project Jupiter faces New Mexico court delays on water and air permits, threatening OCI capacity.
  • Oracle's $55.7 billion capex and debt financing demand flawless AI capacity ramp by 2027.

What makes Oracle unique

  • Oracle Database spans multicloud, on-premises, and AI workloads with unified security and transactions.
  • Oracle AI Database launched March 24, 2026, combining agents, vectors, JSON, graph, and relational data.
  • Oracle still owns ERP, HCM, and supply chain workflows through Fusion and NetSuite.

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Benefits

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match

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.

11 paid holidays

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.

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Financial planning and group legal

Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

2%
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