Plant Engineer, Data Center Operations Facilities Technician

$125,000 - $185,000/Yr

Google - Columbus, OH

Full-time

Columbus, OH

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About the position

The Data Center team at Google is responsible for designing and operating some of the most sophisticated electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and HVAC systems in the world. Facilities Technicians play a crucial role in ensuring the optimal operation of these systems within the data centers. This position involves operating, monitoring, and supporting the physical conditions of the facilities, which includes managing the heating and cooling of air and water, overseeing power supply systems, generators, UPS systems, and electrical distribution and control systems. As a Facilities Technician, you will be tasked with inspecting, maintaining, and repairing various data center systems, including piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical components. You will provide daily assistance to senior technicians, which includes reading blueprints and schematics, conducting tours of systems, and assessing their operational status. Your role will also involve advocating for best practices and developing innovative approaches to reduce operational costs while enhancing overall data center efficiency. In addition to routine maintenance, you will ensure that environmental and safety standards are consistently met, identifying problems and making repairs swiftly. In emergency situations or abnormal conditions, you will manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize recovery time from failures. The work you do is vital to maintaining the architecture that supports Google's online services, ensuring that users have the best and fastest experience possible. This position offers a competitive salary range of $125,000 to $185,000, along with bonuses, equity, and benefits. The specific salary will depend on various factors, including work location, skills, experience, and education. Overall, this role is integral to the Technical Infrastructure team, which is dedicated to developing and maintaining data centers and building the next generation of Google platforms.

Responsibilities

• Drive efforts to test, validate, improve, and certify new processes and procedures for critical complex equipment operation for data center domain of expertise.
• Lead efforts to perform compliance activities for a data center and analyze compliance results for data centers globally.
• Ensure regional and global teams are complying with project/schedule guidelines and Google design standards.
• Drive efforts to monitor data center systems operations, control site activities to minimize risk, and to ensure effective response to any excursions.
• Drive efforts to ensure sites are following facility, maintenance, and standard programs globally while exhibiting strength in improvement to said policies and programs.
• Lead the development of strategies to keep operational costs to a minimum, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact at a site, along with driving site-level development of programs and initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 9 years of experience in HVAC, electrical, controls, water chemistry, generators, mechanical, or other similar technical domain.
• 3 years of experience in a data center or facilities environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in a related Engineering field.
• Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems in a data center environment.
• Effective people management and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $125,000-$185,000
• Bonus opportunities
• Equity options
• Comprehensive benefits package