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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Power Generation Manager-Data Center (on-site in TN, IL, MI, WI, NM, or TX) - **Company:** Oracle - **Location:** Abilene, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $102,300.0 - $209,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computerized Maintenance Management Systems, Data Centers, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Oracle (Applications), Reliability Engineering - **Published:** October 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/351AD989163F4A84BDD5FD20DB4A4283/job/ ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline; or 10+ years of directly relevant, progressively responsible experience in reciprocating-engine power generation, critical facilities, industrial power, or a comparable high-availability environment. * Extensive experience managing or supporting reciprocating-engine-driven backup power systems in data centers, critical facilities, industrial plants, healthcare, utilities, or similarly high-availability environments. * Deep technical expertise with emergency generators and reciprocating engines, including diesel, natural-gas, and dual-fuel applications. * Strong working knowledge of engines, alternators, controls, fuel delivery, cooling, lubrication, intake and exhaust systems, turbochargers, batteries, starting systems, and generator paralleling or transfer interfaces. * Demonstrated experience leading failure investigations, reliability engineering efforts, corrective-action programs, and vendor escalations. * Proven people-leadership capability, including mentoring and developing technical experts across geographically distributed teams. * Strong analytical skills, with experience using maintenance and failure data to identify trends, develop metrics, and drive reliability improvements. * Experience creating technical standards, maintenance procedures, scopes of work, and training programs. * Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to influence manufacturers, service providers, engineers, and senior operational leaders., * Experience supporting global data center operations and critical-facility infrastructure. * Familiarity with CMMS platforms, reliability-centered maintenance, FMEA/failure-mode analysis, and root-cause methodologies. * Professional certifications in reliability, power generation, critical facilities, or project management. ## Description Oracle is seeking an experienced Power Generation Manager - The Power Generation Manager leads the strategy, reliability, maintenance, and operational readiness of backup power generation systems supporting mission-critical data center infrastructure. This role is the organization's reciprocating-engine and generator subject matter expert, responsible for ensuring resilient, safe, and compliant operation of emergency power systems across the fleet., Power Operations & Reliability * Lead and develop a team of power-generation subject matter experts, providing technical mentorship, performance coaching, and support across regions. * Own the global maintenance and reliability program for backup generators and all associated reciprocating-engine systems, including diesel, natural gas, dual-fuel, and other engine-driven emergency power equipment. * Establish and track fleet health metrics, reliability trends, failure modes, maintenance performance, and lifecycle risks; translate findings into prioritized improvement actions. * Develop and maintain maintenance scopes of work, operating procedures, technical standards, inspection plans, and service-provider requirements for generators and supporting equipment. * Provide deep technical oversight for reciprocating engines and generator systems, including prime movers, alternators, controls, starting systems, fuel systems, lubrication, cooling, air intake, turbocharging, exhaust, emissions equipment, and switchgear interfaces. * Lead complex root-cause investigations following generator failures, near misses, or adverse reliability trends; implement fleet-wide containment, corrective, and preventive actions. * Partner with original equipment manufacturers, vendors, and service providers to resolve systemic equipment issues, secure warranty or remediation commitments, and verify completion of corrective actions. * Collaborate with data center operations, critical facilities engineering, lifecycle management, construction, and procurement teams to improve backup-power design, operability, maintainability, and long-term reliability. * Deliver technical training for critical-facility engineers on operating, maintaining, testing, troubleshooting, and safely responding to issues involving emergency power systems. * Drive continuous-improvement initiatives that reduce operating costs, improve maintenance effectiveness, and increase generator availability and design reliability. * Ensure maintenance and operating programs meet applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, emissions, and business-continuity requirements.