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Data Center Facilities Technician, Controls

Kymenlaakso, Finland (On-site)

Data Center Facilities Technician, Controls

1 Month ago • 2 Years + • Facilities Management

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Job Description

As a Data Center Facilities Technician, Controls, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and supporting the critical physical infrastructure of Google's data centers. You will be responsible for monitoring and controlling a variety of systems, including HVAC, power supply, generators, UPS systems, and electrical distribution. You will also work with senior technicians on inspection, maintenance, and repair tasks, ensuring the smooth operation of the data center environment. Your responsibilities include: * Monitoring multiple information streams in the control room and making accurate mission-critical decisions. * Directing the execution of complex controls system programming, start-up, commissioning, documentation, and full facilities turnover on assigned projects. * Supporting startup, commissioning, and integration of new equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure. * Operating, monitoring, maintaining, and responding to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment. * Being responsible for electrical protection and control systems, and working on gathering new automation/controls requirements. You will be a key contributor to the team, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of the data center, and promoting safety and environmental compliance.

Must have:

Associate's degree or equivalent experience
2 years of electrical, mechanical/HVAC or controls experience
Experience with control systems (e.g., BMS, SCADA)
Ability to lift 50 lbs
Ability to work non-standard hours
Experience in maintenance of critical large-scale facilities

Good to have:

Experience with UPS systems, generators
Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new processes
Ability to communicate effectively with contractors

Minimum qualifications:

Associate's degree, trade school certification, verifiable training in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of electrical, mechanical/HVAC or controls experience in an industrial or commercial environment.
Experience with control systems (e.g., power management systems, Building Management System (BMS), SCADA, field devices or automation).
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:

Experience in maintenance of critical large-scale facilities (e.g., Data Centers, Pharma/Medical/Electrical installations) including maintenance of UPS systems, generators, and associated devices.
Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new processes, procedures, and equipment.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with contractors who perform maintenance or projects on these 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.

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.

Responsibilities

Monitor multiple information streams in the control room and make accurate mission-critical decisions.
Direct the execution of complex controls system programming, start-up, commission, documentation, and full facilities turnover on assigned projects.
Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.
Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
Be responsible for electrical protection and control systems, and work on gathering new automation/controls requirements.

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