Data Center Facilities Engineer, Mechanical

1 Month ago • 4 Years + • Facilities Management

Job Summary

Job Description

This Data Center Facilities Engineer (Mechanical) role requires fluency in English and Japanese, supporting client relationships. Responsibilities include operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting mechanical equipment (HVAC, chillers, pumps, etc.) within a data center environment. The successful candidate will perform root cause analysis, implement preventative measures, and ensure adherence to safety regulations. Collaboration with vendors, project implementation support (testing, inspections), procedure development, and team training are also key aspects. The role involves managing data center performance in emergencies and minimizing recovery times from failures.
Must have:
  • 4+ years HVAC/mechanical systems experience
  • Fluent English and Japanese
  • Troubleshooting and repair skills
  • Data center environment experience
  • Safety regulations adherence
Good to have:
  • Data center certifications (CDCP, CDFOM, AOS)
  • Relevant Japanese licenses/certifications
  • Experience with critical mechanical systems
  • Understanding of multiple disciplines (mechanical, electrical, control, generator systems)
  • Experience in complex mission-critical facilities

Job Details


Minimum qualifications:

  • Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4 years of experience in operating, maintaining, or troubleshooting HVAC and mechanical systems of industrial facilities.
  • Ability to communicate in English and Japanese fluently to support client relationship management in this region.
  • Ability to work non-standard working hours including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Certification in data center facilities (e.g., CDCP, CDFOM, AOS) or relevant license/certification effective in Japan (e.g., Refrigeration Equipment Supervisor, Fire Protection Engineer, Building Environment and Sanitation Management Technician, Energy Manager).
  • Experience in complex mission-critical facility environments, including data centers, hospitals, production factories, etc.
  • Experience in performing maintenance on critical mechanical systems (e.g., chiller, pump, cooling tower, AHU, water treatment systems).
  • Understanding of multiple disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, control, and generator systems used in a data center environment.

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.

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.

Responsibilities

  • Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical equipment in a data center environment. Ensure safety rules and regulations associated with operating infrastructure.
  • Provide root cause analysis, recovery, prevention actions for service failure, continuous improvement on site, and operational efficiency, and minimize environmental impact.
  • Prepare and execute operation procedures, respond to work requests, and provide operational and technical expertise in required areas.
  • Coordinate vendor support in repairs and replacements, and support project implementation (e.g., site acceptance tests, factory acceptance tests, site inspection for defects, etc.).
  • Develop infrastructure design and sequence of operation. Prepare and conduct training, sharing with the team.

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