Data Center Facilities Technician

3 Months ago • 5-5 Years • Facilities Management

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Data Center Facilities Technician, you will be responsible for operating, monitoring, and supporting physical facilities conditions for our data centers. You will inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical system components. You will also provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints or schematics, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order. You will manage the uptime and maintenance of water pumps and treatment systems, Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning(HVAC), Uninterruptible power supply(UPS), generators, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems. You will also operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment. You will support startup, commissioning, and integration of new equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.
Must have:
  • Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field
  • 5 years of Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, or Controls/Automation experience in an industrial/commercial environment
  • Ability to communicate in English fluently
  • Ability to participate in material handling tasks
  • Ability to work non-standard hours and work rotations/shifts
Good to have:
  • 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
  • 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

Job Details

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 communicate in English fluently to support client relationship
    management.
  • Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs of equipment, the required use of OSHA standard safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses.
  • Ability to work non-standard hours and 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).

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 a diverse, upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical system components. 
  • Provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints or schematics, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
  • Manage the uptime and maintenance of water pumps and treatment systems, Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning(HVAC), Uninterruptible power supply(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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