Technical Operations Manager, Third Party Data Center Facilities (English)
GoogleLondon, England
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Free account to apply · application completed on Google
Free account to apply · application completed on Google
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
* Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
* 9 years of experience working in mission critical facility maintenance and
operations.
* Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.
* Ability to communicate in English fluently to support client relationship
management in this region.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Experience in initiating and executing strategic initiatives in a global
environment
* Experience working in data center environments, including building and
operating infrastructure.
* Ability to perform operational assessment and risk analysis of third-party
sites
* Ability to forecast resource requirements in a data-driven way
* Passion for operations and people management.
* Excellent 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.
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
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:
* 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.