Plant Engineer, Data Center Operations

1 Month ago • All levels • Facilities Management

Job Summary

Job Description

The Plant Engineer, Data Center Operations role at Google involves managing and maintaining critical data center systems. Responsibilities include shift leadership for troubleshooting, commissioning, repairs, and replacements of critical equipment. The engineer will operate critical plant equipment, coordinate global facilities programs, respond to data center events and alarms, and ensure adherence to environmental and safety standards. This role requires expertise in mechanical, electrical, and HVAC systems and experience in project and facilities management. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering
  • Project and facilities management experience
  • Experience managing geographically dispersed projects
  • Fluent English communication
  • Troubleshooting critical systems
  • Equipment operation and maintenance
Good to have:
  • MEP certification
  • Supervisory/management experience
  • Cost reduction and efficiency improvement experience

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience in project and facilities management.
  • Experience managing multiple projects with geographically dispersed, cross-functional stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Certification in Mechanical, Electrical, or Plumbing (MEP) discipline.
  • Experience as a supervisor/manager with an assigned technical team.
  • Ability to communicate in English fluently as this role requires interactions with local stakeholders.

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 a master of exceptional 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

  • Provide effective shift leadership for successful critical system troubleshooting, unit commissioning, repairs/replacements with little to no supervision in quality, quantity, and timeliness as assigned.
  • Operate critical plant equipment as authorized by facilities manager.
  • Provide coordination/input for global facilities programs.
  • Respond to critical data center events and alarms in accordance with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and be a point of escalation on operational issues.

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