Data Center Operations Site Lead (English, French) at Google — Saint-Ghislain, Wallonia | Racks & RowsData Center Operations Site Lead (English, French)
Google·Saint-Ghislain, Wallonia
Full-time
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About This Role
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
* Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
* 10 years of experience managing technical teams in charge of operating,
maintaining, and troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and controls
infrastructure and components.
* 5 years of experience in developing and managing managers.
* Experience with people management and leading teams.
* Ability to communicate in English and French fluently to support client
relationship management in this region.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Experience collaborating with cross-functional business units to meet company
* Experience with electrical and mechanical systems in a data center
* Experience in managing mission critical facilities portfolio.
* Understanding of power and HVAC requirements for high-availability data
The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated
electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and HVAC systems in the world.
Facility Technicians at Google data centers operate, monitor and support
physical facilities conditions. Some 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'll provide daily assistance to senior
technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems and
assess their working order.
You will 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
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.
* Own campus operational budgets, managing expense forecasting, cost-effective
operations, and total cost of ownership minimization.
* Set regional deployment strategies across multiple sites, integrating
Google-wide execution with internal and external partners.
* Direct global data center compliance activities, ensuring regional teams
adhere to schedule guidelines and Google design standards.
* Oversee systems monitoring, controls site activities to minimize risk, and
ensure effective responses to any operational excursions.
* Benchmark maintenance programs, drive environmental efficiency initiatives,
and leverage domain expertise to optimize future data center designs.
Required Skills
Data center operationsElectrical infrastructureMechanical infrastructureHVAC systemsPeople managementBudget managementCompliance managementTroubleshootingStrategic planningRisk managementFacility maintenanceProject managementClient relationship managementOperational efficiencyEmergency response