Data Center Facilities Technician, Electrical

Minimum qualifications:

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, or Controls/Automation experience in an industrial/commercial environment.
• Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs (23 kg) of equipment, the required use of safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses in accordance with safety and ergonomic guidelines and assessments.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and work rotations/shifts.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with data center, hospital or power plant, and industrial facilities.
• Knowledge of the electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center environment, including: feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/MTS units, PDU/PMM (Power Distribution Unit/Power Management Module), HV/MV (High Voltage/Medium Voltage).
• Ability to communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work on these systems.
• Ability to learn quickly and address issues as they arise during normal working hours or when on-call.
• Ability to obtain licensing by electrical applicants if needed by the local jurisdiction.
• Ability to support 24x7 operational shift.
  
  

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. 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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $87,000-$125,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Manage the uptime and maintenance of generators, UPS systems, switchgear, electrical maintenance.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.
• Monitor, control, maintain, and respond to abnormal or unexpected conditions in facilities systems (electrical, mechanical, and control).
• Provide operational and maintenance insights into design review process.
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .