Data Center Facilities Technician, Generator

Full-time - Entry Level

The Dalles, OR

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About the position

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and HVAC systems in the world. Facilities Technicians at Google data centers operate, monitor and support physical facilities conditions. Some of these 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). As an advocate for best practices, you 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. As a Facilities Technician, you will operate, monitor, and support physical facilities conditions for our data centers. The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical system components.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
• Manage the uptime and maintenance of water pumps and treatment systems, HVAC, UPS, generators, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems.
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.

Requirements

• Associate's degree, trade school certification or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in an Apprenticeship/Technician-level diesel generator service and maintenance role.
• Ability to lift and move 50 lbs of equipment; work on platforms, ladders and under raised floors.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.

Nice-to-haves

• Universal Refrigerant Handler's Certification.
• Oregon electrical license or ability to reciprocate from approved states.
• Experience in a data center, hospital or power plant environment.
• Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center environment, including: Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units, Chillers, Air handling units and CRAC units.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Health benefits