Data Center Facilities Technician, Controls

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

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

related technical field or equivalent practical experience.

* 5 years of experience in Controls/Automation/Electrical in an industrial or

commercial environment

* Experience in controls, instrumentation, PLC and SCADA systems.

* 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.

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* 3 years of experience in Controls, Instrumentation, PLC and SCADA systems or

the equivalent in a critical/construction/high-tech environment.

* Experience in data centers, hospitals, hotel industry, power plants,

industrial plants, mining, woodworking, pulp and paper industry or other

mission critical facility maintenance and operational experience.

* Knowledge of mechanical, electrical and controls systems, including:

Chillers, Air handling units and CRAC units; 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.

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.

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:

* Manage the uptime and maintenance of electrical distribution, control and

monitoring systems.

* Operate, monitor, maintain and respond to conditions in the data center

facilities systems and equipment.

* Support startup, commissioning and integration of new equipment and systems

into facilities infrastructure.

* Demonstrate the ability to follow the site’s environmental health and safety

policies.

* Execute control systems programming, startup, commissioning, documentation

and facilities turnover on assigned projects.