
Data Center Plant Electrical Engineer
Salary
$138k–$200k/ annually
Application completed on Google
About This Role
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
* Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training
in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
* 9 years of years of experience in Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, or controls
experience in an industrial/commercial environment.
* Ability to lift and move 50 lbs of equipment, and work on platforms, ladders,
and under raised floors.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a related
field.
* Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, and troubleshooting utilizing standard
hand tools, digital metering, or calibration/diagnostic equipment.
* Knowledge of the mechanical systems used in a data center environment (e.g.,
Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems or similar).
* Knowledge of the building management controls 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.
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: $138000 - $200000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google
[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Drive efforts to test, validate, improve, and certify new processes and
procedures for critical complex equipment operation for data center domain of
expertise.
* Lead efforts to perform compliance activities for a data center and analyze
compliance results for data centers globally. Ensure regional and global
teams are complying with project/schedule guidelines and Google design
standards.
* Drive efforts to monitor data center systems operations, control site
activities to minimize risk, and to ensure effective response to any
excursions.
* Drive efforts to ensure sites are following facility, maintenance, and
standard programs globally while exhibiting strength in improvement to said
policies and programs.
* Lead the development of strategies to keep operational costs to a minimum,
improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact at a site, along with
driving site-level development of programs and initiatives.
Required Skills
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