Data Center Plant Engineer, Mechanical

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 commercial/industrial HVAC, chillers, mechanical

cooling systems, and mission-critical facility operations.

* 4 years of experience working in data centers, central utility plants,

hospitals, or industrial process facilities.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Experience maintaining data center cooling infrastructure beyond the minimum.

* Familiarity with Building Management Systems (BMS), controls sequences, and

mechanical telemetry.

* Knowledge of large-scale mechanical systems, including chillers, cooling

towers, CRAH/CRAC units, pumps, and water treatment.

* Ability to coordinate with external mechanical contractors performing

maintenance and repairs.

* Ability to work non-standard hours, including shift rotations, weekends, and

on-call response.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center

Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future.

Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies

are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on

complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art,

environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for

efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can

make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to

senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities

technicians.

With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards,

develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty

(e.g., cooling, electrical).

This team ensures that our customer service level agreements and availability

goals are met while maintaining environmental and safety standards, at scale. We

manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize the recovery time

from failures, identifying problems while making repairs quickly in emergency

situations.

In this role, you will approach complex topics like how we manage the lifecycle

of our computing, network, and storage infrastructure in state of the art,

environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for

efficiency, seeks continuous improvements, communicates recommendations to

senior-level executives and drives implementation alongside peers. You will act

as the lead from a site in providing technical direction or input on quality or

reliability issues at a site or that affects multiple sites across the globe or

region, and provide design inputs in the domain of expertise.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the

Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and

maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google

platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our

engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we

can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have

the best and fastest experience possible.

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:

* Monitor plant efficiency (PUE/WUE) at a data center. Be a technical lead in

these efficiency areas and work with technicians, leads, and managers to

drive site level programs.

* Take a more strategic approach in EHS, operations, and maintenance programs

to focus on compliance with those program requirements. Be a resource and

mentor for FTs to drive improvements and feedback to programs.

* Be proficient in navigating organizational change processes including

providing site level feedback, ensuring appropriate SMEs are included,

coordinating with other FTs and managers to execute approved decisions, and

properly closing out technical bugs.

* Be focused on providing input and direction to site teams in DC commissioning

processes and procedures, commissioning or retesting requirements following

replacement or major repairs, and act as a site lead in collaborating with

quality on quality issues or concerns.