Lead Principal Data Center Facilities Engineer

Lead Principal Data Center Facilities Engineer

Oracle

Australia

Electrical/Electronic Engineering (Engineering)

Full time

Change Management

Control Systems

Serves as the engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all data center delivery process related to maintenance and repair of critical infrastructure from liquid to chip. Leads and executes the needed efforts related to change management, administration and performing maintenance and repair in mission critical environments. Focus on representing needs of consultation for deployment for new delivery/capacity. Operates with the highest autonomy to drive reliability, safety, compliance, and efficiency across global sites, setting standards and governance for design, operations, maintenance, commissioning, and change management. Serves as the principal engineering escalation point for novel and complex and ambiguous issues spanning electrical, mechanical, and controls systems; formulates advanced, scalable solutions that reduce risk and elevate service uptime, cost efficiency, and operational maturity. Influences multi-year planning and portfolio decisions across design, construction, commissioning, and operations; harmonizes practices across regions and vendors, and represents the function in executive discussions and post-incident reviews.

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Key Responsibilities

Critical Environment Maintenance Support: Define and govern enterprise standards for preventive and predictive maintenance across electrical, mechanical, liquid to chip, and life-safety systems; ensure consistent execution and documentation across all sites.

- Lead advanced diagnostics for systemic reliability issues; drive remediation programs that eliminate recurring failure modes and materially improve site availability and energy efficiency.




- Set performance targets and reliability KPIs; establish dashboards and audits to validate adherence to SLAs and regulatory requirements.

Incident Management and Operation Improvement: Lead high-severity incident response across regions; coordinate rapid stabilization, stakeholder communications, and executive updates; ensure durable corrective and preventive actions are implemented at scale.

- Institutionalize standardized root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies and CAPA governance; track cross-site action closure and effectiveness.
- Develop and maintain enterprise emergency operations plans; run simulation exercises and implement continuous improvements based on lessons learned.

Site Commissioning and Build: Lead technical oversight for site assessments, design reviews, uptime requirements, commissioning strategy, and integrated systems testing on high-priority builds and retrofits.

- Approve commissioning documentation and acceptance criteria; validate performance against design intent, reliability targets, and maintainability standards before handover.
- Drive cross-functional alignment (design, construction, commissioning, operations) to integrate new systems with existing infrastructure and tooling.

Data Center Operations Management: Serve as principal SME for complex and novel scenarios in operations of mission-critical systems (power, cooling, BAS, fire/life safety); leads CAB process for change management and operational readiness for upgrades and expansion.

Govern operational procedures, MOP/SOP/EOP standards, and access controls; ensure safe work practices and audit readiness across all facilities.

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📌 Lead Principal Data Center Facilities Engineer (Sydney)
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📍 Sydney