Area Site Operations Manager, Data Center Tech

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, Reliability Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in a HVAC, electrical, controls, water chemistry, generators, mechanical, or other similar technical domain.
• 4 years of experience in a data center or facilities environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, or Reliability Engineering.
  
• 8 years of experience in managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  
• 3 years of experience in supervising.
  
• Experience in reliability centered maintenance and engineering.
  
• Experience in communicating effectively with all levels of the organization, including executives.
  
• Ability to forecast resource requirements in data-driven ways.
  

About the job

At Google, we aim to foster Googley work environments that are collaborative, friendly and fun. The Facilities Management team brings our spaces to life as you oversee the daily operations of our offices. While roles with similar names at other companies can be far more mundane, you're a creative, organized customer service specialist, who takes pride in seeing things run smoothly and efficiently. You go out of your way to make sure that clients are not only satisfied, but singing Google's praises. You're comfortable in a fast-paced environment with the highest standards of excellence. You aren't afraid to have fun with your job, and bring an enthusiasm, dedication and a collaborative spirit to build and maintain office spaces that facilitate some of the world's most cutting edge innovation.

As an Area Site Operations Manager, you will manage a team that is deeply involved in nearly every aspect of colocation operations of our electrical, cooling, and information technology infrastructure. You will partner with Google data center engineering, engineering field service, network infrastructure and third party data center vendors and operators with a focus on operability, maintainability and reliability. In this role, you will be responsible to ensure your team is the represent of the operations organization, and will be responsible to ensure operability, maintainability and reliability are critical criteria for Google assets.

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 $149,000-$223,000 + 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 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.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of technical operations managers supporting across north america through the successful completion of required maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair tasks to maintain equipment to our global standard.
• Support site selection process through operational and technical knowledge.
• Perform operational assessment and risk analysis of third-party colocation sites.
• Own colocation sites facility operation within an area/region, with full accountability for this area tactically and strategically.
• Keep main stakeholders informed about current work and discuss strategic decisions and directions with them.