Data Center Facilities Technician

Google•Monrovia, IN

18h•$105,000 - $145,000

About The Position

The Data Center Facilities Technician operates, monitors, and supports physical facilities conditions in Google data centers. The role involves maintaining systems that provide heating and cooling, power supply, backup generation, electrical distribution, and controls and monitoring. The technician inspects, maintains, and repairs data center systems, including piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical components. The technician promotes best practices and develops approaches to reduce operating costs while improving data center efficiency. The role also includes ensuring environmental and safety standards are met, identifying problems, making timely repairs, and managing facilities performance issues and outages during emergencies or abnormal conditions to minimize recovery time. The position is part of Google’s AI and Infrastructure team, which delivers infrastructure and computing capabilities for Google customers, Cloud customers, and Google users worldwide.

Requirements

Associate's degree, trade school certification, other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Five years of Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, or Controls/Automation experience in an industrial or commercial environment.
Ability to participate in material handling tasks, including lifting, carrying, or moving equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
Ability to use OSHA-standard safety equipment, including limited weight-bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools, and personal protective equipment such as safety harnesses.
Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations or shifts.

Nice To Haves

Five years of experience in controls/automation, a construction or technical environment, or a related field.
Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems used in data centers, such as feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units, chillers, air handling units, and CRAC units.
Knowledge of meters, devices, and sensors, and troubleshooting using standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration/diagnostic equipment.
Ability to communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrades on data center systems.

Responsibilities

Inspect, maintain, and repair data center systems such as piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical system components.
Provide daily assistance to technicians by reading blueprints and schematics, conducting system tours, and assessing systems’ working order.
Manage the uptime and maintenance of water pumps and treatment systems, HVAC, UPS, generators, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems.
Operate, monitor, and maintain data center facilities systems and equipment, and respond to abnormal conditions.
Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.
Identify problems and make repairs quickly while ensuring environmental and safety standards are met.
Manage facilities performance issues and outages in emergency situations or abnormal conditions to minimize recovery time.
Develop approaches to reduce operational costs and improve data center efficiency.