Manager, Data Center Low Voltage

Oracle • Full-time • Saline, Michigan, United States • 2d ago

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Manager, Data Center Low Voltage (M2) to lead a team responsible for onsite installation oversight, validation, and vendor coordination for low-voltage (LV) infrastructure supporting hyperscale cloud and AI data center deployments.

This role manages team priorities, staffing, and technical execution across telecommunications systems, fiber deployment, structured cabling, rack integration, commissioning, and operational readiness. The manager partners with engineering, Program Management, construction, and vendor teams to ensure installations meet established designs, quality standards, and acceptance criteria.

The successful candidate will be responsible for hiring and developing engineers, allocating resources across deployment activities, managing delivery dependencies, and resolving escalated issues affecting critical build milestones. This role requires onsite presence in Saline, MI and is responsible for maintaining the team’s on-call support rotation, ensuring coverage and timely incident escalation and resolution.

Key Responsibilities

Data Center Design & Implementation: Cabling Infrastructure

Leads a team responsible for onsite low-voltage infrastructure installation oversight, validation, and vendor coordination for Oracle hyperscale cloud and AI data center builds and expansions.
Oversees team contributions to structured cabling design reviews, ensuring installation feasibility, operational requirements, and field conditions are addressed.
Provides technical guidance on physical data center cabling deployment and ensures adherence to approved designs, global infrastructure standards, and acceptance criteria.
Ensures the team validates installation quality and test results, documents defects, and verifies vendor remediation before handoff.
Guides troubleshooting of standard and non-standard fiber and copper connectivity issues, coordinating additional engineering support when required.

Data Center Design & Implementation: Execution & Continuous Improvement

Manages the team’s infrastructure implementation activities, aligning staffing and priorities with site readiness, construction sequencing, and critical build milestones.
Establishes repeatable installation oversight, validation, and handoff practices to improve delivery consistency and reduce rework.
Resolves escalated execution issues and coordinates decisions with engineering, construction, operations, and Program Management teams.
Manages the team’s on-call support rotation, ensuring adequate staffing, coverage, and documented escalation procedures.
Participates in the management on-call escalation rotation, coordinating incident response, engaging engineering and vendor resources, and communicating impact and status to stakeholders through resolution.

Project Management: Project Planning

Owns the team’s execution plan across assigned deployments, reviewing project scope, Bills of Materials, schedules, and resource requirements.
Allocates engineering resources and adjusts assignments to address changing priorities, deployment volume, and delivery risks.
Coordinates dependencies with partner teams and escalates resource or schedule constraints that affect project commitments.
Ensures operational readiness and customer impact are considered in planning, implementation, and handoff.

Project Management: Reporting & Documentation

Partners with Program Management teams to align deliverables, track milestones, and communicate delivery risks and mitigation plans.
Reviews team and vendor reporting for accuracy, including installation progress, validation results, outstanding defects, and remediation commitments.
Ensures installation records, test results, punch lists, and handoff documentation are complete and meet project requirements.
Oversees team contributions to cabling standards, build documentation, and field procedures.

Vendor Management

Coordinates vendor delivery across assigned deployments, ensuring alignment with technical requirements, quality expectations, and schedules.
Reviews vendor performance and drives resolution of installation defects, execution roadblocks, and missed commitments.
Participates in vendor bidding and selection through review of technical capabilities, proposed scope, materials, and installation approaches.
Coaches engineers on effective vendor coordination, issue documentation, and escalation practices.
Maintains working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support infrastructure delivery.

Core Responsibilities

Planning & Execution

Owns execution of the team’s work across multiple projects, monitoring timelines, quality, resource capacity, and applicable budgets.
Delegates responsibilities, establishes priorities, and holds team members accountable for deliverables.
Identifies staffing needs and adapts plans to changes in project scope, site conditions, and business priorities.

Collaboration & Partnership

Builds partnerships across engineering, operations, construction, Program Management, and vendor teams to align responsibilities and delivery expectations.
Guides team members in communicating technical requirements, resolving dependencies, and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships.
Encourages active listening and incorporates diverse perspectives into team decisions.

Problem Solving

Leads the team in resolving moderately complex operational and technical issues using established practices and engineering judgment.
Ensures troubleshooting is supported by installation records, test results, field observations, and other relevant evidence.
Escalates issues beyond the team’s authority with a clear assessment of impact, mitigation options, and recommended actions.
Ensures incident and defect findings inform corrective actions and prevent recurrence.

Continuous Learning

Identifies technical and operational skill gaps and provides training, practical guidance, and development opportunities.
Maintains knowledge of structured cabling, testing methods, and hyperscale deployment practices relevant to the team’s work.
Encourages knowledge sharing and incorporates feedback from deployments and incidents into team learning.

Continuous Improvement

Uses delivery performance, defect trends, and stakeholder feedback to identify improvements to team processes and workflows.
Reviews and prioritizes team recommendations, implementing changes that improve installation quality, validation efficiency, and handoff readiness.
Tracks the results of improvements and incorporates effective practices into standard procedures.

Performance & Development

Sets clear goals and performance expectations aligned with team delivery commitments and business needs.
Provides regular feedback, coaching, and performance reviews, addressing development needs and performance concerns.
Leads hiring activities, including candidate interviews and selection recommendations, to meet team staffing requirements. Assesses promotion readiness and supports career development through appropriate assignments, training, and mentorship.

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