Data Center Facilities Electrical Technician

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 participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying

or moving up to 50 lbs (23 kg) of equipment, required use of safety equipment

such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and

personal protective equipment like safety harnesses in accordance with safety

and ergonomic guidelines and assessments.

* Ability to work non-standard hours and differing 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 AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google

customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and

Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our

customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users

worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering

the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing

power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable

developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping

the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the

development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking,

Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

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.