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Data Center Facilities Technician

Google·Richmond, Virginia
Full-timerotating

Salary

$105k–$145k/ annually

Posted today

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About This Role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training

in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

* 5 years of experience in electrical maintenance, electrical safety,

electrical systems, electrical infrastructure systems, mechanical

infrastructure systems, mechanical maintenance, mechanical testing, mission

critical systems, control panels, generators, controllers.

* Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying

or moving up to 50 lbs of equipment, the required use of OSHA standard safety

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

and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses.

* Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* 5 years of experience in controls/automation, or construction/technical

environment or a related field.

* Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.

* Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center

environment (e.g., Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS

systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units, Chillers, Air handling units, and CRAC

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).

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $105000 - $145000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more

about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as piping and

non-critical electrical or mechanical system components. 

* Provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints/schematics,

conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.

* Manage the uptime and maintenance of water pumps and treatment systems, HVAC,

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 equipment and systems

into facilities infrastructure.

Required Skills

Electrical maintenanceMechanical maintenanceHVAC systemsData center operationsTroubleshootingBlueprint readingUPS systemsGeneratorsSwitchgearChillersAir handling unitsControl panelsElectrical safetyMission critical systemsCalibrationInfrastructure maintenance

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