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Data Center Facilities Technician, Electrical

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Other Engineering, Operations

United States

Posted on Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree, trade school certification, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, or controls experience in an industrial/commercial environment.
Ability to lift 50 lbs of equipment, and work on platforms, ladders, and under raised floors.
Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.

Preferred qualifications:

5 years of experience in controls/automation, or construction/technical environment or a related field.
Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units, Chillers, Air handling units, and CRAC units).
Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, and troubleshooting utilizing standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration/diagnostic equipment.
Ability to communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work on the data center systems.

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.

In this role, 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 a diverse, 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 $63,000-$105,000 + 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

Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems (i.e., 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.

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