About the job

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

As a Data Center Services Manager, you will be involved in all aspects of the development and operation of our data centers. You will partner with our local/regional facility managers, plant engineers, and design and construction teams to develop solutions. You will provide leadership and management for the team delivering data centers, computer farms, networking, AC and DC power distribution/conversion, and cooling methods at multiple scales. You will manage schedules, budgets, and inter-dependencies.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain delivery models and global relationships with multiple vendors, measuring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics.

• Create growth plans and participate in hiring and recruiting talent. Create training programs to help ensure the success of team members.

• Research and implement construction means and methods of data center equipment and facilities, carry design concepts into production, and integrate them into facilities.

• Manage a large, site-wide data center construction and delivery organization. Act as a single point of accountability and oversight related to major new construction projects or capital improvement projects in existing facilities, utilizing internal and external resources.

• Support the development of detailed, localized designs leveraged from the programmatic design Plan of Records (PoR). Drive procurement, construction, and commissioning.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, or Construction Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent practical experience.

• 12 years of experience in facility design and construction environments.

• Experience with data center equipment/environments, including switchgear, generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, controls, security monitoring systems, and fire safety systems.

• Experience with vendor and project management.

• Experience in people management.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of design build processes or associated documents and agreements, and electrical and mechanical systems.

• Knowledge of start up or commissioning processes.

• Ability to travel 25% of the time as needed.