Data Center Facilities Technician, Electrical

1 Month ago • 2-4 Years • Facilities Management

Job Summary

Job Description

The Data Center Facilities Technician, Electrical, based in Hamina, Finland, will inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems. Responsibilities include managing the uptime and maintenance of UPS, generators, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems. The role requires responding to abnormal conditions, supporting new equipment integration, and assisting senior technicians with tasks like blueprint reading and system assessments. This position demands a strong understanding of data center electrical systems (feeders, transformers, generators, etc.) and experience with electrical testing equipment and troubleshooting. The candidate will contribute to maintaining data center efficiency and ensuring environmental and safety standards are met.
Must have:
  • Associate's degree or equivalent experience
  • 2 years electrical experience in industrial/commercial setting
  • Ability to lift 50 lbs and use safety equipment
  • Knowledge of data center electrical systems
  • Troubleshooting and maintenance skills
Good to have:
  • Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants
  • Experience with electrical distribution systems
  • Knowledge of meters, sensors, and diagnostic equipment
  • Ability to communicate with contractors

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of Electrical experience (eg. electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) in an industrial or commercial environment.
  • Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs (23 kg) of equipment, the required use of safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses in accordance with EHS guidelines and assessments.
  • Ability to work non-standard hours and work rotations/shifts.

Preferred qualifications:

  • 2 years of experience in maintenance of electrical distribution systems or construction/technical environment or a related field.
  • Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
  • Knowledge of electrical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM 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). 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.

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.
  • Provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints/schematics/sequence of operations, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
  • Manage the uptime and maintenance of 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 electrical equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.

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