Description

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 (e.g., electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) in an industrial or commercial environment.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and work rotations/shifts.
• Ability to participate in material handling tasks, such as lifting, carrying, or moving up to 50 lbs of equipment, and the ability to use OSHA-standard safety equipment, including weight-bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools, and personal protective equipment (PPE) such as safety harnesses.

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience in the maintenance of electrical distribution systems, construction, technical environments, or a related field.
• Experience working in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
• Knowledge of electrical systems used in a data center environment, such as feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, Automatic/Static Transfer Switches (ATS/STS) units, and Power Distribution Units (PDU).
• Knowledge of meters, devices, and sensors, and troubleshooting with standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration and diagnostic equipment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work on 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 an upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $78,500-$110,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians by interpreting blueprints, schematics, and sequences of operations, conducting system tours, and assessing equipment 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 data center facilities, systems, and equipment.
• Support the startup, commissioning, and integration of new electrical equipment and systems into the facilities infrastructure.

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Requisition #: 77978551617233606

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