Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Associate's degree, trade school certification, other verifiable training in a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with mechanical maintenance, including Fire and Safety Systems, Buildings Infrastructure, Pumps, Tanks, Piping, Elevators, and Cooling Systems (e.g., HVAC equipment, Chillers, Cooling Towers).
Preferred qualifications:
- Universal Refrigeration Handler's certification.
- Experience with data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
- Knowledge of the electrical mechanical systems used in data center environments (i.e., feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS/PDU/PMM/CRAC/air handling units, and chillers).
- Ability to communicate with the project team.
- Ability to work non-standard work hours as needed, including weekends, holidays, and other shifts.
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). You provide daily assistance to senior technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems and assess their working order.
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.
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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $77,000-$110,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. 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.
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Responsibilities
- Operate, monitor, and support physical facilities conditions (e.g., heating and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems).
- Design and operate electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and HVAC systems.
- Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems (i.e., piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical system components).
- Provide assistance to executive technicians as you read blueprints, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
- Ensure that environmental and safety standards are consistently met, identifying problems, and making repairs quickly in emergency situations or abnormal conditions. Manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize the recovery time from failures.
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