About the job

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and HVAC systems in the world. Facility Technicians at Google data centers operate, monitor and support physical facilities conditions. Some duties will include heating and cooling of air and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution and control and monitoring systems. You regularly help inspect, maintain and repair various data center systems such as piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical system components). You'll provide daily assistance to senior technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems and assess their working order.

You will develop creative approaches to reducing operational costs while improving overall data center efficiency. You ensure that environmental and safety standards are consistently met, identifying problems and making repairs quickly In emergency situations or abnormal conditions, you manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize the recovery time from failures.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Empower your team through hiring, talent development, and career support. Integrate Google-wide strategy with internal and external partners, ensuring aligned goals.

• Plan and manage operational budgets and expense forecasting. Create and deploy strategies for cost-effective operations focused on total cost of ownership.

• Meet service level agreements (SLAs) on uptime, efficiency, and cost with internal teams. Set strategy and plan deployments across multiple sites.

• Demonstrate critical thinking and innovation in addressing traditional and emergent data center issues. Demonstrate flexibility and the ability to support the operations, take the lead in responding to critical events when necessary.

• Implement and drive a safety culture at the site. Lead by example, deliver results, develop people, and build community.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.

• 10 years of experience in the management of teams performing installation, maintenance, or work in data centers or business-critical facilities.

• 7 years of experience in a Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC), electrical, controls, water chemistry, generators, mechanical, or other similar technical domain.

• 5 years of experience in data centers, hospitals, hotel industry, power plants, electrical substations, or other mission critical facility maintenance and operations.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience managing a large-scale, mission critical facilities portfolio or operations.

• Understanding of the operations and maintenance of electrical, control systems, and mechanical systems in a data center environment.

• Understanding of electrical and mechanical systems in data center environments and controls/monitoring systems.

• Ability to develop and grow team members, through coaching, mentoring, and training.

• Excellent people management and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.