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Director, Data Center Planning & Scheduling

Oracle
New Mexico, USA
Full-time
Director · 3+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 2 days ago
Oracle

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Qualifications

  • Disclaimer: Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements. Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only US: Hiring Range in USD from: $146,300 to $306,400 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: Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion Short term disability and long term disability Life insurance and AD&D Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts Pre-tax commuter and parking 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 The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted. As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.
  • Familiarity with utility energization, long-lead electrical and mechanical equipment, integrated systems testing, and phased operational handover.

Responsibilities

  • Director, Data Center Planning & Scheduling - Santa Teresa, NM
  • Lead, develop, and coordinate a team of planners and schedulers across multiple buildings, infrastructure packages, and delivery phases.
  • Allocate resources to match project priorities and maintain consistent planning standards, methods, and reporting.
  • Review the quality of team deliverables and provide technical guidance on scheduling, analysis, and forecasting.
  • Establish clear ownership of schedule interfaces and coordination with contractors and client stakeholders.
  • Develop and maintain the client’s integrated campus master schedule, incorporating design, permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
  • Coordinate dependencies between individual data centers and shared infrastructure, including power, utilities, communications, access, and logistics.
  • Integrate long-lead equipment manufacturing, delivery, installation, and testing milestones into the overall delivery plan.
  • Establish schedule baselines, milestone definitions, progress measurement requirements, and schedule update procedures.
  • Evaluate contractor baseline schedules, updates, recovery plans, and proposed changes for completeness, credibility, and alignment with client requirements.
  • Coordinate phased turnover and commissioning sequences with client operations and relevant technical teams.
  • Apply strong Critical Path Method (CPM) expertise to assess schedule logic, activity durations, calendars, constraints, float, and critical and near-critical paths.
  • Assess whether schedules accurately represent construction methods, sequencing, interfaces, and completion requirements.
  • Identify open-ended activities, excessive constraints, inappropriate lags, and other weaknesses affecting forecast reliability.
  • Challenge unsupported assumptions and assess the practicality of proposed mitigation, acceleration, and recovery measures.
  • Maintain visibility of the drivers of campus and building completion dates.
  • Establish schedule performance indicators and dashboards that support timely client decisions.
  • Analyze milestone movement, float erosion, critical path changes, progress variance, productivity, and procurement performance.
  • Identify adverse trends across reporting periods and assess their implications for future delivery.
  • Use schedule data, quantities, production rates, and field evidence to develop realistic completion forecasts.
  • Prepare scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate sequencing options, resource constraints, and mitigation strategies.
  • Present clear findings, recommendations, and required decisions to client leadership.
  • Work with project teams to identify schedule risks and opportunities and track agreed responses.
  • Assess the schedule implications of design changes, procurement delays, access restrictions, and construction or commissioning issues.
  • Coordinate schedule input into change control and maintain traceable records of assumptions, impacts, and decisions.
  • Support review of contractor delay submissions and extension-of-time requests with commercial and contracts teams.
  • Maintain reliable schedule records and supporting evidence for subsequent delay analysis.
  • Lead campus planning reviews and contractor schedule coordination meetings.
  • Work closely with design, construction, procurement, commercial, commissioning, and operations teams.
  • Provide concise reporting on progress, forecast dates, key dependencies, emerging risks, and corrective actions. This will include KPIs based on Earned Value Management and trending.
  • Reporting will leverage input received from Lessor, from site walks and performance evaluated by Reality Capture applications eventually deployed on site.
  • Escalate material schedule concerns promptly, supported by evidence and practical options.
  • Ensure schedule commitments and changes follow the client’s governance and approval processes.
  • Degree in engineering, construction management, project management, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
  • Substantial planning and scheduling experience on major construction programs, including leadership of planning teams.
  • Experience delivering data centers, mission-critical facilities, or similarly complex projects with significant building services and commissioning requirements.
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple concurrent projects and shared infrastructure within an integrated program.
  • Advanced CPM knowledge and proficiency in Primavera P6 or an equivalent enterprise scheduling platform.
  • Strong capabilities in schedule trending, analytics, forecasting, and interpretation of complex project data.
  • Experience reviewing and challenging contractor schedules, progress submissions, and recovery plans.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and team development skills, with the confidence to provide objective client advice.
  • Monte Carlo schedule risk analysis, including assessment of uncertainty, risk dependencies, confidence levels, and contingency requirements.
  • Forensic planning and delay analysis, including time impact analysis, windows analysis, critical path assessment, and evaluation of contemporaneous records.
  • Client-side planning leadership on multi-building data center campuses.
  • Familiarity with utility energization, long-lead electrical and mechanical equipment, integrated systems testing, and phased operational handover.
  • Experience using Power BI or similar tools to automate schedule reporting and develop analytical dashboards.
  • Relevant professional certification, such as PMI-SP, AACE PSP, or an equivalent qualification.
  • A credible, integrated campus schedule that supports client delivery priorities.
  • Timely identification of schedule risks, adverse trends, and interface conflicts.
  • Clear, evidence-based forecasts and actionable recommendations.
  • Consistent, high-quality planning outputs across the team.
  • Effective coordination of construction, infrastructure readiness, commissioning, and handover.
  • Traceable assessment of schedule changes and timely escalation of material impacts.

Key responsibilities

  • Team leadership
  • Integrated planning and scheduling
  • CPM and schedule assurance
  • Trending, analytics, and forecasting
  • Risk, change, and delay assessment
  • Stakeholder coordination and reporting
  • Required qualifications and experience
  • Preferred experience
  • Measures of success

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