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Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical

Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical

19 Hours ago • 5 Years + • Facilities Management

About the job

Summary

The Data Center Facilities Technician, Mechanical, at Google, monitors and maintains critical mechanical systems in state-of-the-art data centers. Responsibilities include operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting HVAC, pumps, power generation, and electrical distribution systems. The role requires proactive problem-solving, quick response to emergencies, and adherence to safety and environmental standards. Technicians contribute to optimizing data center efficiency and minimizing downtime. This involves leading complex projects, performing data analysis to identify failure patterns, and collaborating effectively within a team. Experience with large-scale facilities maintenance, including UPS systems and generators, is highly valued.

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Must have:

5+ years experience in mechanical/HVAC maintenance
Associate's degree or equivalent experience
Experience with fire and safety systems
Troubleshooting and repair of data center systems
Ability to work non-standard hours

Good to have:

Experience in critical facilities (Data Centers)
Data analysis and failure investigation skills
Knowledge of electrical and control systems
Complex controls system programming experience

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Minimum qualifications:

Associate's degree, trade school certification, other verifiable 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.
Experience with mechanical maintenance, including Fire and Safety Systems, Buildings Infrastructure, Pumps, Tanks, Piping, Elevators, and Cooling Systems (e.g., HVAC equipment, Chillers, Cooling Towers).

Preferred qualifications:

Experience in mechanical maintenance of critical large-scale facilities (e.g., Data Centers, Pharma/Medical/Electrical installations) including maintenance of UPS systems, generators, and associated devices.
Experience investigating failures and performing data analysis.
Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and controls systems including Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units, Chillers, or commercial HVAC units.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively to perform maintenance or projects on the systems.
Ability to work non-standard hours including, shift-based schedules, weekends, and holidays.

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.

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.
Be responsible for the uptime, maintenance, and troubleshooting of various data center systems such as pumps, HVAC, control and monitoring systems, stand-by power generation, and electrical distribution.
Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
Lead the execution of complex controls system programming, start-up, commissioning, documentation, and full facilities turnover on assigned projects.
Follow the site’s environmental health and safety policies.

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