Data Center Plant Engineer, Electrical

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

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

in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

* 9 years of experience with electrical and mechanical systems used in an

industrial or data center environment (e.g., feeders, transformers,

generators, switchgear, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, Automatic

Transfer Switch (ATS)/Static Transfer Switch (STS) units, Power Distribution

Unit (PDU)/Power Management Module (PMM) units, chillers, air handling units,

and CRAC units).

* 9 years of experience with electrical infrastructure, and other mission

critical facility maintenance and operational experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor’s degree or advanced education in a related field.

* Ability to communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade

work on the data center systems.

* Ability to work non-standard hours, including working weekends, holidays, and

on shift-based schedules.

* Adaptability and prompt problem-solving skills.

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 a master of exceptional 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 Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated

electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative,

team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful

data centers.

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

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $138000 - $201000 (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.