Director of Preconstruction, Data Center Infrastructure

Job Description

The Data Center Infrastructure Construction team at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a dynamic group of professionals dedicated to delivering state-of-the-art data center facilities at scale and at pace. This team comprises experienced project managers, commissioning experts, and construction specialists who work collaboratively to ensure the successful execution of complex data center construction projects. They bring a wealth of expertise in project management, technical design, and on-site construction, ensuring that our data centers meet the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and sustainability. By staying ahead of industry trends and incorporating innovative technologies, this team plays a crucial role in supporting Oracle Cloud Infrastructures data needs and driving our growth and success.

Job Summary

As the Director of Preconstruction, you will play a pivotal role in the early stages of our data center projects, ensuring that they are set up for success from the outset. Your leadership will be crucial in developing and implementing preconstruction strategies that align with our long-term organizational goals. You will lead the preconstruction phases in conjunction with the project management team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. Your role will be critical to the planning, design, and budgeting phases of complex construction projects, ensuring that they are feasible, schedule driven, cost-effective, and aligned with our quality standards.

Strategically, you will be responsible for developing comprehensive preconstruction plans that optimize schedule efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and operational excellence. You will engage with key stakeholders, manage high-stakes vendor relationships, and navigate the complexities of regulatory compliance. Your ability to anticipate and mitigate risks will be crucial in maintaining project timelines and budgets. By staying ahead of industry trends and incorporating cutting-edge technologies, you will ensure our data centers are not only state-of-the-art but also future proof. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on our organizations growth and success, and we are looking for a visionary leader who is ready to take on this challenge.

Career Level – M4

Responsibilities

1. Strategic Planning: Develop and implement long-term preconstruction strategies for data center projects to align with organizational goals.

2. Stakeholder Communication: Maintain clear and effective communication with internal and external stakeholders, providing regular updates on project status and addressing any concerns. Educate stakeholders on the data center construction industry and standard process.

3. Project Constructability: Oversee the planning and design phases of data center projects, ensuring they are feasible and aligned with quality, budget, and schedule.

4. Budget Oversight: Develop and manage preconstruction budgets, ensuring cost-effective use of resources and adherence to financial constraints. Ensure alignment with finance and procurement teams throughout the budget process.

5. Innovation and Improvement: Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, incorporating innovative solutions to enhance data center performance and sustainability.

6. Continuous Improvement: Track lessons learned in budgets and preconstruction processes to drive continuous improvement and ensure best practices are implemented across all projects.

7. Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize impact on project timelines and costs.

8. Team Leadership: Lead and mentor the project team in fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.

9. Vendor Management: work with the project team to select, negotiate, and manage contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers to ensure project success. Confirm that contractors provide complete and accurate pricing and that designs are optimized for cost-efficiency.

10. Compliance and Standards: Ensure all preconstruction activities comply with relevant regulations, industry standards, and organizational policies.

11. Quality Assurance: Implement and oversee quality control processes during the preconstruction phase to ensure the highest standards of planning and design.

Skills Required

1. Industry Knowledge: possess a thorough understanding of data center budgeting, cost effectiveness, standard pricing, and how the budget and schedule are connected

2. Data Center Industry Relationships: bring existing positive industry relationships, maintain, and build new ones to support the preconstruction efforts for our projects

3. Budget Process: organize, evaluate, explain, and track baseline budgets from project conception to closeout

4. Strategic Planning: Ability to develop and implement long-term strategies that align with organizational goals.

5. Understanding of Project Management: Expertise in overseeing the planning, design, and budgeting phases of complex construction projects.

6. Leadership: Strong leadership skills to mentor and guide a team of preconstruction professionals, starting with vendors and leading in to establishing a team

7. Vendor Management: Proficiency in selecting, negotiating, and managing contracts with external vendors, contractors, and suppliers.

8. Budget Management: Experience in developing and managing budgets, ensuring cost-effective use of resources.

9. Risk Management: Ability to identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies in both schedule and budget

10. Regulatory Compliance: Knowledge of relevant regulations, industry standards, and organizational policies.

11. Communication: Excellent communication skills to maintain clear and effective interactions with stakeholders.

12. Quality Assurance: Expertise in implementing and overseeing quality control processes.

13. Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Ability to stay abreast of industry trends and incorporate innovative solutions, as well as track lessons learned to drive continuous improvement.

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range: from $139,300 to $291,900 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.

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